COBS Bread

Operations

• Conduct regular bakery visits/assessments to evaluate franchisee compliance with merchandising, customer experience, and product quality and support implementation of changes as necessary
• Provide in-bakery training and operational support to address improvement opportunities for increasing bakery sales
• Coordinate and implement local marketing initiatives
• Implement plans to improve franchise operating profit across portfolio as directed by the Regional Director
• Attend in-person production process reviews, including recipe compliance
• Conduct in-bakery reviews of actual production versus production schedules
• Attend Quarterly and Annual Business Reviews as required and contribute to discussions to ensure outputs align with in-bakery actions
• Monitor and ensure bakeries meet standard expectations, and implement actions with franchisees
• Comply with all relevant OH&S policies
• Complete other projects and tasks as required

Regional Operations Specialist

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting process across the North American business, including Canada and the USA
• Manage short- and long-range financial planning and forecasting cycles
• Conduct variance analysis and provide insights into financial performance and trends
• Prepare financial reports and forecasts to support business decision-making
• Lead monthly financial reviews and partner with departmental leaders to understand business performance
• Hold leaders accountable for financial results and agreed KPIs through regular reporting and review processes
• Establish, monitor and report on KPIs with key stakeholders
• Identify trends, risks and opportunities and translate financial results into actionable recommendations
• Act as a Finance partner in the company’s long-range strategic planning process
• Develop financial models and analysis to support strategic initiatives and market opportunities
• Review business cases and evaluate investment decisions, including financial returns, risks and opportunities
• Provide recommendations to help maximize return on investment
• Build relationships with senior executives and leaders across the organization
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Projects, Marketing, Property/Growth and Franchisees
• Identify opportunities to reduce ingredient, COGS, labour and capital costs and improve productivity
• Support Marketing with ROI analysis of campaigns and marketing spend
• Conduct financial viability analysis and evaluate ROI for new stores, relocations and refurbishments
• Develop financial models and recommendations to support growth decisions
• Analyze franchisee financial performance and identify opportunities to improve profitability and financial health
• Develop and support profit improvement strategies and programs
• Perform other tasks and projects as assigned

Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis – FP&A

Sales

• Build attractive product displays
• Provide an excellent in-bakery customer experience
• Sell quality bakery products
• Learn and perform scratch baking techniques, including spinning and shaping dough and baking products
• Participate in hands-on and online customer experience, sales, and merchandising training
• Work with the team to keep the bakery organized and clean
• Contribute to a great customer experience
• Work in a supportive team environment
• Donate leftovers to charities supporting community needs

Sales Specialist

• Build product displays and provide an excellent in-bakery customer experience
• Spend part of the role learning scratch baking and filling shelves with handcrafted products
• Get to know regular customers and sell quality products
• Learn scratch baking techniques, including spinning and shaping dough and baking products
• Learn customer experience, sales, and merchandising techniques through hands-on and online training
• Work with the team to keep the bakery organized and clean
• Contribute to a great customer experience in a supportive teamwork environment
• Donate leftovers to charities supporting community needs

Regional Operations Specialist

Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis – FP&A

Sales Specialist

Sales Associate – Baker COBS Bread