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Director, Brand IT Systems and Management

Applebee's Services, Inc.  - Overland Park, KS
Friday, November 20, 2009

Discover Applebee's:
Your opportunity to support two of America's favorite restaurants has arrived! As the parent company of IHOP and Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & BarĀ®, DineEquity, Inc. is the world's largest full-service restaurant company. But while big is good, our focus is on being the best!

Our commitment to leadership in our industry and the continued success of our brands means we recruit only the best. If you seek a company committed to employee satisfaction and continuous improvement, DineEquity, Inc. is the choice for you.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
DineEquity is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Key Accountabilities:
1. Create and implement core IT & POS related strategies for a specific brand group. Determine needs and solutions for short and long-term IT/POS deployments across the brand. Manage short and long-term SLAs, projects, escalations and issues while focusing on long-term continuous improvement in data quality, capture and data conversion to useful information for better decision making.

2. Based on client business needs, create Brand Systems solutions and translate those solutions into viable IT task and project plans. As a partner with the business and IT, implement solutions in a timely and fiscally prudent manner. Manage contract administration for managed services for Brand Systems functions.

3. Develop and implement long-term Brand Systems strategies that improve restaurant operations, enhance the guest experience and drives additional revenue and margin at the restaurant level. Create and evangelize solutions across the franchise community leading to system-wide adoption.

4. As a member of the IT and business Unit leadership team, seek opportunities to improve business results through the use of professional level information management techniques. Be a leader, not a follower.

5. Develop; maintain phenomenal client based relationships with core business leaders of a particular brand. As a business partner, take accountability for business success or failure. Rise above circumstances to find solutions as a trusted advisor.
Ideal candidate will have:
EDUCATION, TRAINING & CERTIFICATION:
Required: BS Information management, computer science or business administration.
Desired: MBA or MS Information Management preferred; PMP or other project related certification.

EXPERIENCE IN SIMILAR ROLE OR FUNCTION:
Required: 10-15 years experience in a technical account management or consulting role with expert level experience in multi-unit POS systems, decentralized computer solutions mgt. and large scale data center based computing.
Required: 5-10 years general business experience in a leadership role with heavy interaction with senior executives or business owners.

Applebee's, with more than 1,900 restaurants across the U.S. and in 16 other countries, is the largest casual-dining restaurant concept in the world. Our high standards have earned us prestigious awards, including Chain of the Year (Restaurant Hospitality magazine); and Heart of the Workplace, Top Performer in Management Retention and Catalyst (People Report). Chain Leader magazine also named us one of the Best Places to Work, and a Parents magazine poll found Applebee's to be the Favorite Family Restaurant. But we're not taking our success for granted,we keep working to improve our concept, our menu, our service and our careers. That's why we're still growing,and why you shouldn't miss an opportunity this good.

Overland Park, Kansas

Overland Park, KS



 

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