Business Development Manager - Vic

Here at Schnitz, we are one big family, passionate about spreading happiness with authentic hand-crafted schnitzel.

From our stores to our support office and our franchisees, we live and breathe our values of quality, compassion, integrity, and family. And it’s our love for making people happy that brings us all together and makes our dedicated, passionate family business thrive.

At Schnitz, service is at the core of everything we do. We achieve together, embrace diversity and work hard to get it right. And with restaurants across the country, it’s clear that we’re onto something special.

We are looking for a Business Development Manager- VIC to join our Operations team, reporting to our National Operations Manager. You will manage franchise and corporate restaurants focusing on upskilling our Franchise Partners and Restaurant Managers, supporting them to run profitable and well performing stores.

The Role Recipe:

• Communicating with the Support Office, Franchise Partners and Restaurant Managers in a diplomatic and respectful manner to gain support for our Corporate policies;
• Helping our Franchise Partners and Restaurant Managers analyse Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and financial management issues impacting on their profitability;
• Providing our Franchise Partners and Restaurant Managers with practical expert advice and support (in person or via phone or email) to improve the efficiency of their daily operations;
• Helping our Franchise Partners and Restaurant Managers grow their sales and local market share in a way that is consistent with our brand and marketing strategy;
• Organising and conducting meetings that constructively engage our Franchise Partners/ Restaurant Managers and encourage a two-way flow of ideas and information;
• Develop Franchise Partners and their teams, in line with the learning & development, succession planning and growth strategies of the business.

Key Ingredients:

• Solid business experience, managing multi-site franchised and company operations
• Strong guest focus
• Ability to build relationships quickly with a wide range of stakeholders
• Excellent communication, presentation and time management skills
• Proven influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong financial acumen, experience with P&L's and budgets
• Proven experience achieving KPIs and maximising profit
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Our commitment to you:

• Flexible work arrangements and a fantastic work culture built on a foundation of quality, compassion, integrity and family;
• Work as part of a dynamic and innovative team in a multi-faceted and challenging role in a fun and modern office space;
• Excellent office location with benefits such as team lunches, table tennis, barista coffee machine, and birthday celebrations
• Opportunities for continued career growth and development.

Schnitz is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Apply now to join the Schnitz family and make our passion yours!