Aaron Gibson Email & Phone Number

Tomago, New South Wales, Au

Franklin, Tennessee, Us

Responsible for the operational performance and unit growth within the Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Islands region. Manage the Franchisee relationship between the Franchisee’s and CKE to build brand awareness and deliver sustainable growth in income and EBIT

Alexandria, New South Wales, Au

Responsible for managing a team of 8 direct reports and 11 indirect reports to implement the retail strategy for AMPOL Australia. Manage the implementation of AQTF to deliver training for team members during the transition from franchised to company operated sites the network. Review, communicate, and implement merchandising plans in accordance with contracted agreements whilst balancing operational challenges. Project manage large scale initiatives via CFT management and engagement

Alexandria, New South Wales, Au

Responsible for developing, implementing, and scaling new business initiatives within the AMPOL network to deliver sustainable sales growth and unlock EBIT within the company owned assets. Engage with potential business partners and negotiate favorable terms to drive unit profitability. Integrate new business requirements within the existing business systems for AMPOL

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Background: Plan and deliver significant consumer change management strategies to meet McDonalds Australia Business plan, leading a team of 13 direct reports and multiple internal and external cross functional teamsKey Responsibilities: • Create a detailed breakdown of existing assets and create scope of works for each individual restaurant via a site specific survey• Consult with construction teams, external vendors, IT developers, Supply Chain, and Internal • Cross functional teams to develop project timelines and milestones culminating in a national deployment schedule• Facilitate project management meetings, and provide updates to senior leadership on project deliverables• Develop and facilitate training plans and coaching sessions with regional field teams• Manage the various stake holders and coordinate delivery, installation, training and go-live for all sites Australia wide• Provide detailed analysis of launch sites including operational performance• Ensure continuous improvement during the launch and sustain phases including a full SWOT analysis to address outstanding consumer tensions

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Background: Provide direction and consultation to individual countries operations teams to implement new initiatives within the Asia Pacific RegionKey Responsibilites: • Formulate and deliver field training of new initiatives to operations leadership, training managers, and operations managers within the region • Manage projects including detailed planning, project control and resource procurement.• Develop and deliver restaurant capacity solutions to enable growth within the Asia Pacific region including the design and footprint of new restaurants• Consult with identified stakeholders on global projects to be cascaded within the region.• Localise global materials to ensure relevancy within the local regions• Develop and deploy market specific operational solutions to address unique challenges within the Asia Pacific region• Share best practice initiatives amongst the 6 wholly owned markets to which I consulted, and drive ongoing success

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Background: Manage a team of 6 direct reports, and multiple project teams consisting of up to 30 stakeholders to execute the Trans Tasman McDonalds Business plan.Key Responsibilities• Manage projects including detailed planning, project control and resource procurement.• Policy and procedure development and implementation.• Consult with identified stakeholders on the design and impact of new products, procedures, and materials before implementation.• Communicate and work with other corporate departments to implement new initiatives and make changes where necessary that support the attainment of McDonald’s Business Plan.• Establish and nurture first class performance among direct reports. Provide consistent on-the-job and formal coaching• Coaching, development, and management of indirect reports.• Make decisions on restaurant reinvestment plans, new restaurant design, platform design, and equipment purchases.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Background: Lead the Menu Management Team to prioritise, develop, and deploy new menu items and optimise existing menu items and SKU’s to grow sales and profitability for the Australian business.Key Responsibilities• Plan, assess, prioritise and co-ordinate resources and people to achieve corporate departmental objectives.• Build strong relationships and foster teamwork among corporate departments, suppliers, and agencies to achieve business plan objectives.• Identify and utilise available resources in the development and execution of projects.• Establish and maintain effective relationships with people having different values, abilities, expertise, and business practices.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Background: Develop, trial, and deploy operational policies and procedures for new business initiatives encompassing menu, equipment, kitchen platform, and service models.Key Responsibilities •Provide and communicate operational solutions to meet restaurants needs whilst maximising business outcomes.• Lead the implementation of various systems within the corporate office and provide project support/management as required. • Improve the efficiency of McDonald’s restaurants by providing operational expertise and solutions across all corporate departments.• Provide operational solutions that support the corporate business plan that are operationally executable and reinforce McDonalds commitment to workplace safety.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Background: Develop, trial, and pilot a windows based back office platform to replace MSDOS based systemKey Responsibilities• Collaborate with restaurants and IT to identify operational and strategic opportunities.• Provide counsel to programmers on functional and system requirements.• Ensure strategic directions and architecture are utilised throughout the organisation.• Recommended changes and clarified priorities, and co-ordinated cross-organisational consortia where system opportunities were identified.• Performed quality control across the product portfolio to ensure stable operations for the end users with minimal support requirements.• Developed and deployed training materials for system pilot.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Operated as multi site area manager responsible for all aspects of profit and loss, talent management, sales/marketing, operations and implementation of strategy. • Enhanced the execution of business systems to drive continuous improvement and sustainability in profitable growth. • Gathered and analysed data to identify trends and business opportunities; adjusting tactics to exploit the local market to exceed portfolio targets. • Formulated and executed a talent management processes to build capability within the group; resulting in the development of high performing teams and future leaders.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

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