Senior Manager, Market Intelligence

Senior Manager, Market Intelligence – Inspire

We are actively searching for a Senior Manager, Market Intelligence to manage a team of analysts responsible for monitoring and reporting on our landscape for Inspire Brands and its key stakeholders. This individual will partner closely with the Senior Director, Market Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Commercial Group, Finance, as well as the brand teams and franchisees that support our portfolio of nearly 32,000 restaurants and over $30 billion of global systemwide sales.

As Senior Manager, Market Intelligence, you will ensure that the team understands the holistic competitive landscape and provides a synthesized view and narrative on where the market is going, who is winning and why, and how we can continue to differentiate and strategically invest to build value.

• Manage the day-to-day activities, process, and timelines of the market intelligence team, ensuring deadlines and project objectives are met.
• Deliver and synthesize actionable insights from internal and external company data by applying appropriate analytical techniques.
• Work with the Brand Analytics teams to build a strategic and integrated view of the market relative to our brands and consumers.
• Develop near-real-time reports with actionable insights on competitors and industry dynamics.
• Provide insight to various teams on a periodic cadence regarding industry trends and subsequent industry implications.

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business or Economics preferred or equivalent related experience and training.

• 10+ years of market intelligence experience, preferably with experience in food service, CPG, or grocery.
• Proven experience in delivering crisp and synthesized work products.
• Public-company experience desired.

• Strong leadership ability and experience building, developing and leading teams.
• Market research experience across primary and secondary methodologies as well as knowledge of key analytical models and tools.
• Ability to understand and think strategically, integrating and balancing big-picture concerns with day-to-day activities.
• Proven ability to deliver results through insights and data.
• Demonstrated experience staying ahead of key competitor actions and their implications or threats to Inspire Brands portfolio.
• Experience quickly analyzing and then synthesizing key information from competitive earnings calls and reports that’s made both digestible and actionable for leadership teams.
• Understands and interprets financial results and analysis and develop appropriate recommendations.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Champions new ideas and initiatives and creates an environment that supports innovation; leverages fresh perspectives, breakthrough ideas, and new paradigms to create value in the market.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment across all levels throughout the organization; can thrive in a fast-paced working environment.

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. 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.