Operations Business Manager (Fuel, Retail

at  Pro Talent

A market leader seeks to employ an experienced Operations Business Manager: Fuel, Retail & Food Manager to
oversee multiple sites encompassing multi-store levels to include franchised brands of; Retail, Quick serve
restaurants, Supermarkets, Filling stations. Fostering Franchisee relationships, ensuring the continued operational
management and expansion of National Fuel, Retail and Food sites by driving and developing sales and profitability by business optimization.

Requirements:

• Position related tertiary qualification required
• Min 5-7 years’ experience in a Regional / Area / Operations Manager role
• Min 5-7 years’ experience in Franchisee / Fuel / Retail Operations
• Driver’s license
• Available to travel between sites & regions
• Computer literate (MS Office & Google Suite)
• Point of Sales / Arch / Winbranch / AURA / GAAP exp (adv)

Duties:

• Negotiate and secure profitable contracts
• Handle CCMA Cases
• Multiple regions / site management portfolio
• Ability to enhance current operations while turnaround failing businesses into high-performing avenues
• Lead companies into new markets segments
• Brand awareness and engagement
• Introducing profit-driven initiatives that establish new revenue streams
• Building a self-reliant network of franchisees that support each other’s successes and under-performing
• gaps, and to collaborate across all levels culturally and nationally.
• Established standardization of key supplier, contractor and costing specification model for all national food brands
• Rollouts to include promotional strategies, new operational manuals, operations standards inspection
• audits, food training program for franchisees.
• All of which accelerate brand awareness, sales and category profitability
• Focused on customer service excellence
• Franchisee KPI achievement
• Brand compliance
• Staff recruitment and training
• Launching stores and site selections
• Ensured franchises achieve optimal GP margins by implementing turnaround strategies, improve existing
• processes, renegotiate supplier contracts, facilitate forums/regional meetings, and deliver sales-focused
• short-term strategies
• Back-end areas include P&L, marketing, promotions, product development, visual merchandising,
• national inventory management, Health & Safety, audits, legislative inspections, brand development and
• competitor analytic review
• Leading the launch, opening, management and optimization retail outlet conversions
• Inspections/Audits Software, Retail Checklist, Auditing & Online Training Programs rolled out nationally in all sites
• Oversee all franchisees with focus on evaluating performance, driving product innovation, preparing annual regional sales budgets and brand management activities
• Operations advisor on key financial and operational areas such as merchandising, minimizing expenses,
• planograms, store layout planning, driving sales, margin improvements, poor store turnarounds, maintenance standards, procurement and marketing

Salary I R 30 – R40 000 CTC per month
Please only apply if you meet the spec, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Please email your cv to kendall@proappoint.co.z

• Negotiate and secure profitable contracts
• Handle CCMA Cases
• Multiple regions / site management portfolio
• Ability to enhance current operations while turnaround failing businesses into high-performing avenues
• Lead companies into new markets segments
• Brand awareness and engagement
• Introducing profit-driven initiatives that establish new revenue streams
• Building a self-reliant network of franchisees that support each other’s successes and under-performing
• gaps, and to collaborate across all levels culturally and nationally.
• Established standardization of key supplier, contractor and costing specification model for all national food brands
• Rollouts to include promotional strategies, new operational manuals, operations standards inspection
• audits, food training program for franchisees.
• All of which accelerate brand awareness, sales and category profitability
• Focused on customer service excellence
• Franchisee KPI achievement
• Brand compliance
• Staff recruitment and training
• Launching stores and site selections
• Ensured franchises achieve optimal GP margins by implementing turnaround strategies, improve existing
• processes, renegotiate supplier contracts, facilitate forums/regional meetings, and deliver sales-focused
• short-term strategies
• Back-end areas include P&L, marketing, promotions, product development, visual merchandising,
• national inventory management, Health & Safety, audits, legislative inspections, brand development and
• competitor analytic review
• Leading the launch, opening, management and optimization retail outlet conversions
• Inspections/Audits Software, Retail Checklist, Auditing & Online Training Programs rolled out nationally in all sites
• Oversee all franchisees with focus on evaluating performance, driving product innovation, preparing annual regional sales budgets and brand management activities
• Operations advisor on key financial and operational areas such as merchandising, minimizing expenses,
• planograms, store layout planning, driving sales, margin improvements, poor store turnarounds, maintenance standards, procurement and marketin