Vice President Of Development
Current
Chattanooga, Tennessee Area
• Train franchisees and managers on site selection, construction management, marketing, and more.• Directly train and manage the director of operations, director of finance, operations support managers, marketing manager, and facility project manager. Indirectly manage 100+/- facility employees.• Developed mapping criteria based on demographics and psychographics for site selection.• Speaker at the IBPSA - International Boarding Pet Service Association annual conference. • Build relationships with franchise brokers & consultants around the country.• Build onboarding training systems for new managers and franchisees. • Established and monitored KPIs and tracked sales across all locations,• Create, monitor, and adjust marketing plans via various platforms.• Lead & collaborated with operations and legal team to create and launch franchise system including franchise disclosure document (FDD), franchise agreement, training & brand standard manual.• Design, create, and implement sales funnel and all sales collateral for The Ark Pet Spa & Hotel franchise.• Successfully closed the sale of a franchise in Salt Lake City, UT in 2021.• Opened four locations in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama on time & on a budget between 2015-2020.• Utilize mapping software for site selection and research demographics, psychographics, zoning, competition, and other criteria to find ideal Ark locations using data and boots-on-the-ground tactics. • Design efficient kennel/facility layouts using SketchUp & AutoCAD then collaborate with architects & engineers to develop full permit-ready construction plans. • Create pro forma and projections to secure financing for the development of new locations and offices.• Collaborate with real estate partners in LOIs, lease negotiations & purchase negotiations for corporate and franchise locations.