Senior Analyst, Development Strategy & Analysis

Wingstop • Dallas, TX

4h • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Analyst of Development Strategy & Analysis will support the development of multi-year strategic growth plans, data analytics tools, reporting and technology that enables the brand to accelerate unit growth. This individual will also provide strategic oversight to the entire franchise development funnel, driving improvements, ensuring scalable development systems and processes are in place to support brand growth. This position requires ownership of comprehensive local, regional and national strategic plans, enabling the best decision-making for both short and long-term growth.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of retail real estate industry; especially in support of site selection & development
• Strong analytical, organizational and decision-making skills
• Builds organizational trust and collaboration
• Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to communicate effectively with all levels
• Self-motived and able to manage deadlines with a high degree of flexibility
• Builds organizational trust and collaboration; proactively identifies additional value-add tasks
• Experience in analog forecasting databases
• Demonstrated aptitude with basic GIS platforms for demographics, market planning and analysis
• Knowledge of demographics and psychographics
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Analytics
• Minimum 3 years finance or analytics experience

Nice To Haves

• Previous franchise and restaurant experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Support Director, Center of Excellence Analytics in development, maintenance, and ongoing refinement of multi-year growth strategies, national whitespace analysis and market playbooks
• Partner with the Real Estate Managers and Franchise Development Directors to identify targets for future development, validate target trade areas, and create and/or revise existing market development plans
• Provide strategic oversight to Franchise Development Directors in creation of optimized development agreement proposals, territories and schedules; ensuring strategic fit in overall market plan
• Generate sales forecasts and financial analysis for potential location scenarios; evaluate multi-scenario situations for existing and potential future deployment strategies
• Develop and maintain key suite of standard reporting and analytics that enable team productivity, accelerate decision making, improve forecasting, and drive insights-based action
• Function as the expert user and owner for 3rd party location-based intelligence tools. Collaborate with Manager, Dev Analytics & Marketing Planning- West to conduct regular audits of GIS platform, ensuring integrity of all development agreement territories, franchise agreement territories and store location data
• Understand and communicate the competitive landscape across local areas, markets and regions; act as a “story-teller”, providing context and perspective for markets that drive key decisions

Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off for exempt employees
• One paid volunteer day of your choice
• Competitive bonus structure for eligible roles
• Team member stock purchase plan
• Health savings or flexible spending account options
• 401k – (dollar for dollar on the first 3% and then 50 cents on the dollar for the next 2% for team member contributions up to 5% of eligible compensation)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Basic life and AD&D insurance provided
• Pet insurance
• Education Assistance
• Wellness reimbursement program
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Lunch provided every Tuesday and Thursday in office
• Discount on Wingstop gift cards
• Onsite game room and patio

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior