Senior Director of Foodservice Operations & Strategy

Candidate: #146982
Current Position: Senior Director of Foodservice Operations & Strategy
Industry: C-Store Retail
Education: Master of Business Administration
Experience: 15+ years
Relocation: Open
Scope:
This top?tier Senior Director of Foodservice Operations & Strategy is a proven leader in large?scale retail food
and beverage environments, known for delivering record?setting category growth, driving enterprise?level
innovation, and elevating profitability through strategic vision, operational excellence, and cross?functional
influence. We highly recommend you take a further look into their profile.
Accomplishments:

• Achieved 56+% sales growth in a major prepared?food category over eight years, setting an organizational record for category performance.
• Delivered double?digit gains across all key financial and operational metrics within a high?volume foodservice platform.
• Built and executed comprehensive strategies for product innovation, promotional planning, and pricing to increase consumer engagement and spending.
• Led a cross?functional testing and implementation team to ensure flawless execution of new product launches and gather actionable customer insights.
• Collaborated closely with product development, procurement, and operations teams to create cohesive menu strategies that drove measurable results.
• Held full P&L responsibility for a major foodservice category, including margin performance, unit volume, and topline sales.
• Served on a strategic budgeting committee alongside senior leaders to guide enterprise?wide financial planning.
• Received an industry award recognizing excellence in category management and foodservice leadership.
• Developed a multi?year food strategy for thousands of retail locations, driving profitable growth across multiple fresh?food categories.
• Negotiated a 5+% reduction in cost of goods, improving profitability across a national food program.
• Launched eight new or enhanced food products in a single year, generating more than $73,000+ in daily incremental sales.
• Led assigned food categories to a record?breaking sales year, achieving 9.5+% year?over?year growth.
• Drove category performance to exceed $298+ million in annual sales for the first time.
• Developed and rolled out a new beverage platform to more than 6,000 retail locations, establishing a scalable national program.

Haskel Thompson & Associates:
Since our founding in 1979, we have been the go-to recruiting firm within 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 Phalynn Meeds at 239-302-3571 or
Phalynn@haskelthompson.com