G.Ahmed M. Khalid

Establishment of new franchise stores inside and outside the country. Creation of operational manuals for the brands.

• Contacted potential partners to secure franchising opportunities.
• Maintained and updated brand asset management systems.
• Developed and implemented brand strategies.
• Tracked competitor activities and analyzed their strategies.
• Maintained personal and professional connections.
• Evaluated productivity and performance of staff.
• Tested and identified potential product platforms.
• Prepared franchise contracts to secure relationships.
• Developed brand strategies.
• Designed and updated style guides.
• Determined business partnership requirements.
• Identified potential franchise partners.
• Assigned tasks to the franchise development team.
• Engaged in product training, demonstrations, consumer awareness, branding, and acquisition initiatives to raise awareness and revenues.
• Compiled and analyzed data to determine approaches to improve sales and performance.

Supporting franchise openings. Project manager for a new initiative, Selection of new countries and outlets, construction, pre-opening on-site work, training, and system design related to the start of new outlets. The implementation of the projects and ensuring that they are launched in a timely manner.

• Developed key performance goals and managed the performance of staff.
• Planned, developed, and implemented strategies for business growth
• Hiring new staff within a department or business unit
• Ensuring that departments or units deliver quality offerings to clients.
• Working closely with account managers and other senior staff to retain clients.
• Developing new solutions to meet client needs.
• Improving internal processes for better productivity.
• Overseeing large projects and interpreting performance reports.
• Managing the budget and monitoring the financial health of a location or business unit.

Utilized existing resources and drove the sales from 60,000 to 150,000 per truck without acquiring any new assets else the manpower. Successfully headed the company vision 2021 expansion plan and opened 25 new food trucks in the northern emirates.

• Enhanced resource allocations while monitoring expenses successfully managed existing stores of JUST FRESH JUICE and build a new restaurant chain, JUST BURGER/DONER PASHA with total revenue of 100 million p.a.
• Drove organizational goals by effectively and efficiently identifying and solving complex strategy problems.
• Build team, Departmentalization, Recruiting, Menu Development, innovation and build franchise model operational manual etc.
• Motivating and supporting Restaurant managers with specific issues, such as staffing, business management, implementing the company's business development strategies within the outlets.
• Responsibly opened new store and ensure that opportunities for business development are maximized.
• Opened 48 stores successfully in 4 year.
• Recruit staff (435 recruitments), oversee their induction, appraisals and training. Responsible for conducting assessment needs of new employees.
• Handle the tasks of developing employee skill sets like relationship building, territory management and presentation skills. Having an in-depth knowledge of all menus. Liaising with the Head Chef to discuss and develop the menu.

• Managing a high volume of MULTI UNIT restaurant & improving all controllable costs thereby maximizing financial performance. Also responsible for effectively developing, managing and leading the restaurant team to provide excellent service.
• Operates and control 2 outlets.
• Overseeing the opening of new Restaurants assigned in my district.
• Standardizing systems and policies within outlets to meet the company's overall standard or image.
• Marketing and promotion of the business.
• Trains, develops and motivates restaurant teams by leveraging interpersonal communication skills (both oral and written).
• Ensure that profit margins are maintained, agreed costs are not exceeded through effective control systems, including issuing against dockets, sales analysis, menu costing and cash checked that they offer professional and courteous service to their customers.
• Delivering Highest Standards of Q.S.C. (Quality, Services & Cleanliness).
• Ensuring and improving performance, productivity, efficiency and profitability.
• Preparing and analyzing daily, weekly and monthly reports as well as assessing areas of improvement.
• Handling the store at Global Village for consecutive years. 2012 -01/2013

• Providing mentor ship and management to all F&B leaders and colleagues, ensuring the delivery of service promise
• Assisting the Restaurant General Manager in building collaborative relationships throughout the store, including but not limed to
• Culinary, Stewarding, Banquets, Engineering, Human Resources and Sales
• Engaging and managing internal and external expectations by building strong relationships; communicating issues; conducting reviews and meetings, problem solving and participating in and leading in cross functional hotel assignments.