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Listing ID #8661

Travel Center General Manager

Candidate: #180043
Current Position: Travel Center General Manager/Multi-Site Manager
Industry: Retail, QSR, Petroleum
Experience: 30+ years of experience
Relocation: Open

Scope:

This top-tier Travel Center General Manager has over 30 years of leadership experience in Travel Centers in a wide array of geographical locations. In addition to this the candidate has vast restaurant knowledge along with fuel desk management experience. We highly recommend that you take a look at the candidate’s full profile to gain more insight into this candidate’s background.

Accomplishments:

  • Promoted to oversee 2 travel center locations based on performance, leadership and customer service.

  • Introduced staff training initiatives to drive increased sales resulting in total gallons reaching over 295K gallons of diesel and over 145K gallons of gasoline within the first several months of opening.

  • Through effective coaching and training, established sales of over 1 million gallons per month for 4 consecutive months.

  • Led a team of over 75 team members across two profit centers.

  • Experienced in new site management having directed the final 3 months of construction and grand opening of $17M+ state-of-the-art facility.

  • Led over 145+ employees which included store staff, restaurant staff, facilities management staff and fuel department staff.

  • Instrumental in the decision to build a lucrative truck wash.

  • Experienced in empathetic leadership, coaching, counseling, and training employees to get the most out of each team member while still having a high level of accountability.

  • Possesses knowledge of Trendar, Comdata, Pacific Pride and Fuelman Systems.

  • Extremely familiar with the VA, PA, GA, NC, TN, NY, and MO markets.

  • Displays a great deal of loyalty with an average tenure over the last 30 years of 8.5 years per place of employment with acquisition being the primary catalyst to facilitate change.

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 Robert Hurt at 239-302-3569 or robert@haskelthompson.com.