Marketing Director - Papa Johns National Capital Region Co-op

The Marketing Director of the National Capital Region is responsible for supporting and coordinating regional activation activities centered on executing Papa Johns’ national marketing strategy alive in the local market. He/she will support marketing the new products and customer feedback, and impact to revenue and margin targets as part of PJI’s business strategy. He/she will create communications, summaries, and reports to help provide updates to stakeholders on field activation efforts and effectiveness. This role supports and coordinates regional activation efforts to implement the Papa Johns’ national marketing strategy to life in local markets.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supports the Regional Directors in implementation of national strategies at the local level

• Serves as central point of contact with internal and external stakeholders

• Provides weekly sales updates to agency partners relative to brand and market performance, and assists with ad hoc data requests as needed

• Responsible for the timely development and dissemination of communications to the field

• Creates and executes local playbooks as an extension of national brand strategies; tracks and aggregates competitive activity across assigned regions and proactively shares across the commercial organization

• Builds effective relationships with operators and gains trust through consistent communications and follow-up

• Provides training on available tools that support business objectives at the market level

• Performs administrative tasks supporting the field organization’s broader goals as needed, including invoice processing, data entry, and producing marketing materials.

Education, Experience & Certifications

· Expertise in brand activation and go to market strategy planning for food products

· Analytical Skills: effectively uses data to generate insights for operations excellence

· Planning & Prioritization: highest impact, highest value

· Financial & Business Acumen

· Communicates Effectively and Candidly

· Problem Solving; ability to use rigorous logic to solve problems with innovative effective solutions

· Process Improvement: Strive to continually improve

· Positive, can-do attitude with a keen personal sense of integrity

· Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field; MBA a plus

· 2 years’ experience in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving environment; QSR experience a plus

· Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills

· Flexible and able to adjust daily priorities as business needs demand

· Strong work ethic and desire to advance within the organization

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The team member frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The team member is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, repetitive us (or motion) of arms and hands, bend and stoop, and lift up to 10 pounds.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Working conditions are normal for an office environment.

Papa Johns will make reasonable accommodation(s) in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, including changes made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.

COMPETENCIES:

Strive for Excellence: Knowledgeable about how organizations work; Knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network; Understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures; Understands the cultures of organizations.

Harnessing Value and Potential: Uses a mentoring style that is honest, solid and empowering; Drives team performance without compromising the work culture; Provides ongoing coaching and follow up support to help team members achieve their desired performance; When coaching, ensures feedback is both constructive and objective.

Customer Centric: Takes personal responsibility for increasing customer satisfaction; Ensures that a consistent message has been delivered internally and externally regarding the Papa John’s customer brand; Promotes an environment where team members and leaders (e.g., corporate office or restaurants) are held responsible for their role in delivering the customer service brand promise

Leadership Courage: Clearly defines the expectations and how they will change for internal and external stakeholders; Manages any resistance to change within teams; Fosters an environment where team members’ and leaders’ egos and sense of entitlement are kept in check; Monitors the team’s successes and failures, and shows a willingness to course correct whenever necessary.

Bias for Action: Demonstrates a willingness to jump into action wherever they might be needed; Using good judgment, seizes opportunities to improve systems and processes that impact team members’ performance; Demonstrates the ability to make difficult decisions based on a minimum of planning;

Optimizing Collaboration: Creates a team environment where hard and soft resources are openly shared; Facilitates team discussion and open communication; Clarifies the role and responsibilities of each team member, as well as the leader; Sustains the team’s energy by reinforcing the value of achieving the shared goal.

Credibility and Influence: Can negotiate skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups; Can win concessions without damaging relationships; Can be both direct and forceful as well as diplomatic; Gains trust quickly of other parties to the negotiations.

Pay: From $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $100,000