Assistant Restaurant Manager
KFC
Total years of experience :9 years, 6 months
Key Responsibilities:
• Preparing operation plans and implementing policies and procedures during the initial stages. Analysing cost of various scenarios related to construction and fit out of the restaurant.
• Administering and ensuring that work is progressing as per schedule with contractors and suppliers to meet deadlines.
• Discussing and negotiating best possible prices with suppliers and various service providers. Providing appropriate advice to the owners on choice of equipment and suppliers based on market analysis and cost comparisons.
• Deciding and implementing KPI’s for the entire team and negotiating prices and supply of equipment with the shortlisted companies.
• Segregating cost categories and planning budget for all restaurants processes and ensuring adherence to company guidelines and providing guidance in the certification process.
Key Responsibilities:
• Participated in planning and preparation of General Sales Meetings by translating brands’ features and benefits into sell sheets, concept sells and other selling materials.
• Ensured to maintain a maximum profit margin by providing competitive pricing on all completed work. Enhanced brand image based on quality and positioning of the market.
• Planned long-term strategic goals, built key customer relationships, identified business opportunities, negotiated and closed business deals and maintained extensive knowledge of current market conditions.
• Identified and developed unique selling propositions and differentiators and prepared a pipeline of new business against a highly competitive market.
Key Responsibilities:
• Coordinated sales forecasting, planning, and budgeting processes used within the territory while maintaining high levels of quality, accuracy, and process consistency in the sales organization’s planning efforts.
• Worked closely with sales management to inspect sales process quality and prioritize opportunities for improvement. Assisted sales management to understand process bottlenecks and inconsistencies.
• Monitored the accuracy and efficient distribution of sales reports and other intelligence essential to the sales organization.
• Led and managed teams for running successful operations and developing long range and annual plans with the evaluation and reporting of progress on plans.