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Midas International · 1 day ago

Franchise Development Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Midas International is a rapidly expanding automotive car care brand seeking a Franchise Development Manager. This role focuses on awarding new franchises, aiding in site identification, and developing a pipeline to convert leads into successful franchisee candidates.

Automotive

Hiring Manager

Mirlusca Kiely

Responsibilities

Identify and create strategic development opportunities within your region, to include cold calling, door knocking, and networking events

Build and maintain a development plan for your region that drives key performance indicators to meet or exceed your targeted new store openings

Create a network of professionals that will support your pipeline development, including business brokers, real estate brokers, existing Midas franchisees, other franchise systems, and competing or complementary businesses in the automotive field

Develop relationships and drive key activities with all business units and stakeholders involved in the franchise system, including but not limited to franchisees, transactional, real estate, legal, and operational team members

Create and maintain a sense of urgency and a culture of support for our franchisee’s success

Understanding of state and federal laws concerning franchise sales and disclosures including Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDD)

Familiar with lead generation software (ex. FranConnect) and have technical skills to navigate, populate, and utilize the tool to timely and efficiently track your pipeline

Lead candidates through a complex, multi-stage process to educate them about our franchise opportunity and get them approved

Continue to be the primary point of contact for approved franchisees and work with internal and external parties to ensure the franchisee achieves the goal of opening a new store

Maintain strict compliance with all state and federal franchise sales and disclosure laws

Timely and professionally respond to all candidates, franchisees, and colleagues

Ability to travel as required, including weekends

Aptitude to work in a self-directed, fast paced environment

Strong presentation skills, including public speaking

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Franchise sales experienceLead generation softwareNegotiation skillsBusiness acumenPresentation skillsCustomer serviceBilingual skillsTeam player

Required

Hunter sales mentality and results orientation are required

Proven team player with verifiable results

Negotiation skills with a mindset to create 'win-win' outcomes

Understanding of the difference between productivity and activity, and ability to create productivity that support both the franchisor and franchisee

Must be able to work well under pressure and handle multiple tasks at one time

Deliver impeccable customer service with tenacious follow up skills

Foster and maintain a high level of professional courtesy and integrity

Exhibit strong business acumen, with a thorough understanding of key financial metrics, ratios, and operational drivers in the retail space (cash flow, break-even, profitability, ROI, labor factors, rent factors, gross profit % vs gross profit $)

Exceptional Microsoft office skills – including building and presenting in PowerPoint

Preferred

Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required

Prefer a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in high growth franchise sales but not required for the right candidate. Transferable skills include real estate, financial, SAAS, or any other regulated professional selling to high level executives

Bi-lingual language skills are a plus