Business Planning Manager

We are seeking a talented and experienced Business Planning Manager to join our team at Yum! Restaurants International (Thailand) Co., Ltd. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in driving the business forward through insightful financial analysis, budgeting, and effective partnership with both Yum and Franchisee senior leadership. This position offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the success of the KFC brand in Thailand.

Responsibilities:

• Lead feasibility/post evaluation of projects/initiatives to support long term growth
•  Annual business budgeting and rolling forecast with reasonable assumptions/insight/analysis
• Lead business analysis, Define market test KPIs and success measures with view for risks & opportunities
• Evaluate & Analyze test results to suggest for decisions making with insights recommendation
• Establish a sound business case for each project then provide insights and recommendations to leadership team
• Partner with multi-functional teams (digital, development, operation) - provide analysis, target, recommendation
• Partner with franchisee, review business, provide consultation and build franchisee capability
• Estimated financial impact of any foreseeable opportunity/risk, update forecast and heads up to business partners
• Establish performance tracking/reporting and management information requirements
• Proactive involvement in optimizing processes
• Ad-hoc analyses and special projects assigned by Head of Business Planning

Qualifications:

• Any Business or Engineering degree
• 6-8 years’ overall experience with emphasis on commercial planning and analysis, performance evaluation, forecasting specifically Involved with statistical analysis of financial data
• Solid background on financial planning, forecasting and analysis.
• Strategic thinking, Analytical & problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Competent user of MS office especially Excel
• Good command of English both spoken and written.
• Strong communication and presentation skills