Business Analyst- Procurement

Business Analyst- Procurement

Company Background

Flynn Restaurant Group (FRG) was started in 1999 as the owner and operator of eight Applebees in Washington State.

Since then the company has grown at over 30% a year, added three additional leading brands in Taco Bell, Panera, and Arbys, and has become the largest restaurant franchise and one of top 20 largest foodservice companies in the United States.

Today, through its four wholly-owned subsidiaries, Apple American Group, Bell American, Pan American, and RB American Group, FRG owns and operates over 460 Applebee's, 280 Taco Bells, 130 Panera cafes, and 360 Arbys representing $2.3 Billion in Sales and directly employing almost 50,000 people in 35 states.

Going forward the company plans to continue its aggressive growth by building and acquiring additional restaurants as well as opportunistically expanding into other brands and businesses.

Flynn Restaurant Group Support Center

Our mission at the Support Center is clear we provide ever improving support and systems that enable our operators to be more effective and focus on running premier restaurants.

We value our 150+ employees and are committed to setting clear expectations, rewarding and appreciating their contributions and helping our employees reach their full potential.

We look for people to join our team who think beyond themselves and consider the overall business, that want to Own it and have the Whatever it Takes attitude!

Position Description

The Analyst position will support the Procurement team by managing processes that provide critical information to the organization and enable our restaurants to run efficiently and cost effectively. This role includes, but is not limited to, producing and optimizing reporting, producing analyses, managing and optimizing a PM system, providing support to procurement initiatives, and process improvement. To be successful in this role, the individual will be a detailed, organized, self-starter with ownership, process improvement and critical thinking skills that is comfortable juggling a wide variety of projects.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Compile data from multiple sources to produce recurring spend reporting delivered to various stakeholders across the organization.
• Create new reports and optimize existing reports to deliver information to internal stakeholders accurately and efficiently.
• Complete analyses based on reporting, procurement initiatives or ad hoc requests to determine drivers and financial impacts of changes to the business.
• Manage and optimize project management system for restaurant remodels to ensure accurate and efficient information.
• Provide support during implementation of Procurement initiatives, including but not limited to organization of data, status reporting, issue resolution and communication to stakeholders.
• Triage issues, identify solutions and execute activities to deliver desired procurement outcomes of delivering quality, simplifying operations and/or driving out costs.
• Complete other duties as may be assigned

EXPERIENCE:

• Four (4) year college degree, ideally in business, statistics or math
• Proficient in Office 365 environment, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• xperience with financial or reporting systems (i.e. SAP, PowerBI)
• Experience in restaurant operations is a plus

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• A critical thinker with advanced problem-solving and sound decision-making abilities.
• Self-starter with a drive to take ownership and achieve results that make a positive impact on the organization
• Ability to quickly learn and utilize various software platforms.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to understand the intended value of a process, identify potential improvements and execute on them.
• Comfortable managing competing and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Why Work for Flynn?

Flynn Restaurant Group offers a variety of benefits and perks to encourage and empower our employees. We are committed to helping each employee work and live to his or her fullest potential. We offer a variety of benefits and perks while working for us:

Medical / Dental Vision

Short and Long Term Disability

Basic Life Insurance

Voluntary Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Schedules

Company Outings

Dining Discounts

PC/Laptop Assistances

On-Site Fitness Center

On-Site Daycare

On site Cafe

FUN CULTURE!

The Flynn Restaurant Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer