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Listing ID #8983

Director of Operations

Candidate: #178813
Current Position: Director of Operations
Industry: Retail, QSR, CPG
Experience: 20+ years
Relocation: Tennessee, Open to Travel

Scope:

This top-tier Director of Operations has an established track record of success in C-Store, QSR and Retail Leadership. This strategic and tactical planner is a highly regarded leader that has worked for some of the largest players in the industry. We highly recommend that you look at the candidate’s full profile to gain more insight into this candidate’s background.

Accomplishments:

  • Lead a team of field operations consisting of 6+ District Leaders, and 75+ store teams with nearly $1B in total sales (merchandise and fuel).

  • Co-creator of revised labor scheduling standards, reducing overtime expense by an average of 40%+ each week.

  • Built & managed unprecedented dashboard reporting for all field teams using self-taught Power BI capabilities.

  • Successfully led all operations for a major divestiture of 2 state territories generating over $95M+ in EBITDA.

  • Propelled regional sales +2.5% to budget and +11.5% to prior year while raising staffing levels above 100%.

  • Reduced district shrink results by 165+ basis points in first year within a historically high-shrink inner-city district.

  • Region “champion” for frozen food initiative; only increasing region in zone and most improved district at 15.0%+.

  • Owned excellence of execution, training, and general operation of 550+ company stores, leading 3 RVP's, 27 District Managers, and 5,500 store and pharmacy team members across 15 states generating $1.3B in annual sales.

Haskel Thompson & Associates:

Since our founding in 1979, we have been the go-to recruiting firm within the Retail, QSR, CPG, Private Equity, and Petroleum industries to bring your organization top-tier talent. With our proprietary and extensive vetting process, you can rest assured that you will be adding highly educated, knowledgeable, and qualified candidates to help grow your organization.
For more information about this candidate, please contact Kristina Sawdy at 239-302-3581 or kristina@haskelthompson.com