DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Day to day activities:

• Project management, tracking and weekly updates.

• Weekly project meetings with key stakeholders (marketing, culinary and supply chain).

• Managing BME cuttings for new items.

• Attending production runs through the commercialization process.

• Providing weekly project updates to key stakeholders.

• Manage extensive project list of at least 15-25 active projects at various stages of completion at any given time.

Oversee suppliers on the development of new products to meet brand specifications on quality and cost:

• Meet with suppliers to understand each’s capability in core areas (e.g. Dairy, Bakery, Chicken, Beef, Sauces, etc.), and provide information about these capabilities to brand innovation teams.

• Assist suppliers in commercialization of products and establishing processing equipment, equipment settings, and Production Protocols.

• Complete Commercialization Report that captures all production details, analytical data, product dispositions, and corrective actions for reporting to QA and brand innovation teams.

• Develops labeling/packaging text in accordance with regulatory, brand and market requirements and executes market labeling assessments and import registrations as required.

• Write finished product specs and ingredient specs for new items and enter into spec system.

• Facilitate product cuttings with QA and innovation teams to ensure product meets expectations based on marketing briefs and specifications.

Evaluate current products to meet brand specifications on quality and cost:

• Routinely meet with key suppliers to discuss opportunities to reduce cost and/or improve quality on existing products.

• Develop, track, and advocate for value-added ideas on existing products.

• Other duties as assigned by management.

Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 32,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.

We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.

 

Manager – International Product Commercialization is responsible for transforming brand innovation recipes and products into commercialized plant-capable production protocols. The Manager works closely with supplier plants to help develop the products to meet brand specifications on quality and cost. The Manager evaluates current products and proposes modifications to brand innovation teams to improve quality and/or lower cost.