US Franchise Sales Manager

Magnolia Bakery opened our first location on a quiet street corner in the heart of New York City's West Village in 1996. From then to now, Magnolia Bakery has grown to become a globally famous, locally loved retail bakery and desserts brand. With locations in New York City, LA and Chicago, a nationwide e-commerce and wholesale business, international locations in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and an emerging Grocery business in the US, Magnolia Bakery's whimsical spin on classic, American desserts is now in every neighborhood.

Role: US Franchise Sales Manager

Reports To: International Franchise Development and Operations Lead

Salary: $80,0000-$100,000/yr + 10% bonus eligibility

Position Summary: The US Franchise Sales Manager supports the effort to grow the Magnolia Bakery U.S. footprint with new franchisees. This includes sourcing new franchisees and building a bench of potential future franchisees. This role leads the initial diligence and internal approval process as well as creating a franchise sales strategy and effective marketing resources to increase new partner interest.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with business unit leaders in developing and executing development strategy for long-term growth of the Magnolia Bakery brand.

• Develop and execute a strategy to attract the highest quality prospective franchisees, marketing the opportunity externally.

• Perform daily CRM and database management inputting and tracking lead throughout the business development process, including the processing and vetting of franchisee applications.

• Conduct due diligence on prospective candidates and partners, including in-market visits of prospective franchisees' existing operations.

• Develop and deliver presentations both internally and externally to executive level leadership.

• Manage between relevant internal departments to ensure timely launch of franchise partner businesses.

Required Skills:

• Undergraduate bachelor's degree

• Experience dealing with Franchisors and Franchisees

• Sales & Lead generation experience

• Years of experience 4-6 (related or sales role)

• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving, organization and project management skills

• Excel and online database management

• PowerPoint and presentation structuring

• Ability to collaborate with different departments to collect variety of data to incorporate into market launches.

• Honesty, high integrity, personal accountability, and a passion for the success of the brand, the team, and personal career growth

Salary Range

$80,000-$100,000 USD

Magnolia Bakery is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.
• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, coworkers, and management.
• Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception.
• Requires manual dexterity to use and operate all necessary equipment.
• Domestic travel required.