Job Description
About the opportunitynWe are looking for a senior Expansion & Current Store Development leader to work with a quick-growing food chain that is entering its next phase of rapid expansion.
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nThis is a fractional leadership mandate for someone who has personally built and scaled the engine behind rapid multi-location expansion.
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nThe mandate is not simply to manage individual store projects. It is to bring structure, speed and predictability to the entire new-store creation process.
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What you will be responsible forn
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Build a scalable new-store development and expansion playbook n
Drive the process from site identification and feasibility through to store opening and handover n
Establish transparent timelines, milestones, ownership and governance for multiple concurrent openingsn
Work closely with leadership on location feasibility, store formats, capex and unit economics n
Manage architects, contractors, vendors and other external partnersn
Identify and resolve bottlenecks that slow down store openingsn
Create a repeatable operating rhythm that can support rapid expansion across multiple citiesn
Ensure new stores are opening-ready across projects, operations, people, technology and supply chainn
Track project timelines and costs and provide leadership with clear visibility on progress and risksn
Build internal capability so that the organisation can eventually manage the expansion engine independentlyn
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The ideal profilenWe are looking for someone who has actually led rapid new-store rollouts , rather than someone whose experience is primarily in running an existing restaurant network.
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15+ years of experience in QSR, F&B;, retail or another multi-location consumer business n
Experience leading rapid store / outlet expansion n
Personally taken multiple locations from site selection / feasibility to opening n
Experience managing several stores simultaneously across citi