Manager, Strategy

3 weeks ago


Pasadena, United States Dine Brands Full time

The DINE Strategy + Innovation team reports directly to the CEO of Dine Brands. We work with every group across the business: Marketing, Culinary, Operations, Development, Consumer Insights, Finance and franchisee leadership committees.

The Manager will report to the Vice President, Strategy + Corporate Development and will be an individual contributor. Work spans a broad spectrum from big strategy questions looking over the horizon to regular business reporting and quick ad-hoc analytics. Key responsibilities include:

Serving as a thought partner and thought leader for the VP, Strategy and for the broader organization, across all functional areas (Brand Leadership, IT, Finance, HR) and levels, including regular interaction across the IHOP and Applebee’s teams Responsible for ongoing management and growth of DINE’s efforts in retail licensing (a multi-million-dollar annual business). This includes developing a pipeline of future licensing opportunities, directing agents, identifying CPG partners, negotiating deals, and project managing new product launches Day-to-day leadership of Dine’s M&A work, including networking with external partners (including investment banks, PE funds, etc..), evaluating potential acquisition targets, and helping to develop DINE’s perspective on inorganic growth levers Building a strategy capability across Dine Brands: identifying growth areas for the company to pursue based on analysis of macro trends and internal data. Incorporating information into annual strategic plan and ongoing management of the business Support the DINE Executive Team and Board of Directors with company performance reporting, trend analysis and hypothesis-driven insights Collaborating closely with the Applebee’ s and IHOP Consumer Insights and Business Analytics teams to bring together key insights from various teams into a synthesized, distilled and compelling answer

WHAT we are looking for

Work experience:Minimum 1-2 years of strategy consulting for a top tier firm or 2-3 years in a corporate role in Strategy, Product, Marketing or FinancePreferably 1-2 years managing teams in a consulting or corporate role Critical capabilities:Excellent analytical skills and attention to detailStrong organizational skillsExcellent written and oral communication skills, including a strong aptitude for PowerPointProficiency in Microsoft office applications, including: Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams  Helpful industry experience:Restaurant industryFranchisees and franchised businessesConsumer InsightsFood / hospitality operationsFood / hospitality real estate developmentMergers & AcquisitionsLicensing Personal traits we love:Curiosity paired with skepticismOwnership mentality – you see it as your responsibility to ensure things get done and to ensure guests have the best experienceYou take your work personally and hold yourself to high personal standards – you excel in your work for your own sake, not because anyone demands it of youComfort with ambiguity – you can proceed confidently and efficiently with incomplete and imperfect dataAbility to pivot – when new data comes in or decisions change, you can re-evaluate and continue driving forward, even if it may be in a new directionMental flexibility – the ability to look at the same problem from multiple anglesResilience – the energy to keep trying those different angles until you find the one that works betterStructure – the skills to ensure all those iterations make forward progress toward a clear goalCreativity, storytelling – the ability to wrap the analytical answer into something truly compelling that gives your colleagues the confidence to actEnergy, sense of humorStrong personal interest in strategy at the highest levels of the organizationPassion for ongoing learning paired with a desire to drive tangible impact wherever you areAbility to work well with a wide variety of perspectives, including an ability to create a path forward through disparate points of view
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