CEO - Chief Executive Officer - $300k base salary - Orange County California

CEO - Chief Executive Officer

Key responsibilities include:

Looking for a Turnaround expert in Franchising restaurant industry

• Plans the initial implementation and on-going use of essential systems and processes. Drives and supports the effective partnership of Franchise Business and franchisees in executing the operating system to improve operational metrics and overall performance.
• Run Legal, Financial reporting to Board of Directors
• Reviews operational metrics on an on-going basis. Proactively collaborates with the franchise operations team, franchisees, and cross-functional teams to identify areas of opportunity and their root causes. Facilitates the creation and improvement of franchise level execution reports and scorecard metrics.
• Run Marketing and Branding Strategies
• Provides structure for the Franchise Operations team to conduct franchise business reviews, using plan/review as the basis for on-going dialogue.
• Oversees key executives in Operations managing relationships with key franchisees to ensure compliance with corporate standards and to evaluate their operational execution level. Meets with franchisees to develop action plans to improve operations. Follows-up on action plan implementation at future visits and reports observations to franchisees.
• Conducts initial review of existing operations of prospective franchisees: participates in site review for new restaurants; provides operational support for new market/restaurant openings; directs and/or facilitates regional/system-wide franchisee meetings (Operational, Marketing, Ops-tech, etc.), and coordinates with corporate resources; keeps franchisees informed concerning upcoming events, issues, and best practices within EPL.

Our ideal candidate will have a BA degree with 10 plus years franchise operations management experience in multi-state, growing restaurant/retail/hospitality industry. Must possess a track record of success in leading, managing, and developing high performance teams. We're seeking a hands-on/high energy coach who is adept at delivering results, detail oriented, a strong project manager and success with delivering exceptional customer service. Must possess exceptional interpersonal/written/verbal communication skills, be well organized, self-disciplined, and proficient in Microsoft Office. Valid driver's license and ability to travel required.