Multi-brand restaurant operator managing 33,000+ locations globally
Inspire is a large-scale restaurant operator running six major brands across 33,000+ locations worldwide. The tech stack reflects a mature, centralized operations model: Oracle + SAP for ERP, Workday for workforce management, and Fiserv for payments, paired with enterprise martech (DV360, The Trade Desk) and modern identity layers (Auth0, Azure AD B2C adoption). The hiring shape is heavily operations-skewed (87% of active roles) with manager-level emphasis, matching their core challenge: scaling franchise compliance, performance consistency, and staff engagement across a distributed network.
Notable leadership hires: Art Director, Biddable Media Director, Head of Partnerships
Inspire Brands operates a portfolio of six restaurant brands—Arby's, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin', Jimmy John's, and SONIC—totaling more than 33,000 locations worldwide. The company is headquartered in Atlanta and employs more than 10,000 people. The business model is franchise-heavy, requiring coordination across site selection, new location onboarding, supply chain, marketing promotions, POS systems, and restaurant-level operations. Active priorities include new store openings and remodels, franchisee enablement, product innovation (taste tests and new menu items), and network-wide performance improvement tied to sales and profit goals.
Oracle and SAP for enterprise resource planning, Workday for HR and payroll, Fiserv for payment processing, Power BI for analytics, and The Trade Desk and DV360 for media buying. Recently adopting Cloudflare, Auth0, and Azure AD B2C.
Atlanta, Georgia. The company employs more than 10,000 people and hires across the United States, India, Singapore, Panama, and Canada.
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