Inspire · 6 hours ago
Vice President - International Business (Americas)
Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide. The Vice President of Americas will lead the strategic direction for the region and new market expansion, focusing on team leadership, stakeholder engagement, and driving growth and profitability across a portfolio of brands.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingRestaurants
Responsibilities
In partnership with the International Team, spearhead the development of the region's long-term strategic growth plan that strengthen and accelerate the brands, its business, competitive position and uniqueness/consumer differentiation
Identify and secure franchise strategic partnerships that align and drive the overall value of Inspire Brands' business. This will include strengthening the franchise system through the identification and selection of new investors and/or franchise partners, the execution of franchise development growth agreements with existing franchise partners
Lead a high-performing team through performance management, accountability and continuous development to ensure they can effectively and efficiently achieve the company’s strategic priorities
Build high trust, positive, value-added and collaborative relationship with the franchisee community
Model key leadership traits, generating enthusiasm and rallying the team towards a shared set of goals
Work on the ground and lead a cross a global matrix organization, motivating various teams in operating together
Identifies and meets with key players and stake holders to help them shape a consensus collectively and engages in a dialogue to reach a final conclusion together, compromising as necessary for results
Qualification
Required
4-year Degree or equivalent certification in Communications, Learning Design, Human Resources, Organizational Development, or field related to understanding human behavior
10+ years' experience in restaurant, retail or consumer-facing organizations with excellent knowledge of the full range of international franchise systems -- from master franchise agreements, to joint ventures and building a portfolio of franchisees
5+ years' experience holding P&L responsibility for a business of similar size/scale with proven track record of achieving corporate targets, preferably with turnaround experience
Written and verbal communication skills in Spanish and English
Ability to build relationships and work seamlessly across a global matrix organization
Demonstrates an expert level of knowledge of franchisee organizations with the ability to establish strong network with key decisions makers
Enables higher performance by incrementally improving approaches based on calculated risks and benefits
Proactively seeks to improve processes and implement best in class solutions, raising quality and productivity in a calculated way
Identifies new processes and/or systems to improve productivity and/or make the business more efficient
Promotes collaboration across multiple parties
Leads by example, humble and with ability to influence
Independent, self-motivated, with strong emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
Resilient and tenacious under challenging situations
Culturally flexible with ability to work across multiple markets
Computer skills – Office Suite (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Skype, Learning Management Systems
Effective verbal and written communication skills. Should be able to adapt communication style to suit different audiences
Preferred
MBA preferred
Preferred candidate location would be Atlanta, GA
Secondary locations include Miami, FL; Ontario, Canada
Company
Inspire
Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company & owner. It is a sub-organization of Roark Capital Group.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
2025-10-17
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