Shady Ayoub, Director of Operations & Growth

Shady Ayoub

Director of Operations & Growth

Gourmet Gulf (UAE)

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, BA in Business and Hotel management
Experience
1 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :1 years, 7 Months

Director of Operations & Growth at Gourmet Gulf (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since November 2022

Module - Store fronts
• Group growth & operational aspect management - Set the yearly strategy for 17 locations 6 Brands
• Division restructuring, developing its 5 years business module & growth in 3 markets (KSA, Qatar & UAE)
• Budgeting & group planning - New initiatives & top line focus while maintaining a solid bottom line
• Responsible for the division P&L & achieving on average a 55% growth on EBIDTA Level
• Leading on brand acquisitions
• Leading the Operation Excellence Planning - Building an efficient business approach
• Setting the division OKR & KPI implementation

Regional Director of Operations at KITOPI
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2019 to September 2020

• KSA market operation set-up - On Demand Service, Catering & Subscription modules
• Set-up the Grocery service line initiative in UAE - Offering a 1500+ SKUs
• KSA operation expansion management
• Budget & yearly sales forecast planning - Monthly targets analysis & planning
• Quality assurance & Workflow management
• P&L Assessment & Cost Optimization, reflected between 2 & 4% on bottom line
• Developed the leadership team weekly business review
• Licensing module adoption - Expanded more then 50 brands

Education

Bachelor's degree, BA in Business and Hotel management
  • at Notre Dame University
  • January 2007

Specialized in Hospitality & Restaurant Management

Specialties & Skills

Franchising
Driving Revenue
Strategising
Team Building
Budgeting
Marketing
BUDGETING
MANAGEMENT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FORECASTING
PLANNING
CATERING MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
OPERATIONS
PURCHASING
TURNKEY (BUSINESS)
Problem Solving
Operation
Negotiation
Operations Management
Supply Chain Management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
French
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Marketing and strategic thinking training (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Swimming, Reading & Music