Nikhil Baxi Email & Phone Number

Vaughan, On, Ca

Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada

Skills Summary: Visionary leader with a passion for creating distinctive culinary experiences. Expert in scaling restaurant brands, conceptualizing new dining formats, and driving operational efficiency across casual and specialty dining segments.

Woodbridge, Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Develop new food concepts.Conduct project feasibility and analysis.Create restaurant layouts, design and branding.Multi-cuisine menu creation, recipe management and menu engineering.Establish supply-chain and back-end vendor alliances.Multi-unit Restaurant management.

New York, Ny

Job SummaryManaged four restaurants with combined sales of over 2 million USD, including a high traffic restaurant located in Grand Central Terminal, NYC. Executed three restaurant openings in 2 years.Key Responsibilities:Develop strategic alliances with ERP, equipment, food, beverage, sanitation, and packaging vendors.Hire, counsel, and coach employees for FOH and BOH daily store operations. Forecast financial budgets, track daily sales and prime-cost. Conduct menu R&D set new processes and streamline old ones.Weekly schedules and the purchase orders. Manage customer complaints if any. Set Health and safety procedures, coordinate health inspections and follow-ups.Create promotions and put in place sales growth strategies. Ensured managers followed cash and banking procedures. Set-up central food production facility and logistic services.Conduct store audits and took corrective measures.Conduct business feasibility, develop pre-opening strategy and execute projects.Negotiate budgets with architects and contractors. Coordinate with landlords, architects, contractors, city officers, and equipment vendors for time-bound new openings.

Barrie, On, Canada

Key Responsibilities:New start-up - Conceptualize and create an Indian casual dining restaurant, Tikka Boulevard® in Barrie, Ajax and Mississauga, ON. Develop and put in place FOH and BOH operating systems.Establish financial budgets for prime-cost, achieve operational profits.Identify reliable vendors and food manufacturers.Hire and coach team members to manage daily operations.Plan and execute menu creations and changes.Track sales and prime-cost and develop sales growth strategies.Establish web and social media presence, track customer feedback, plan and execute brand marketing, in-store promotions, print and digital media strategies.Build a central production facility.Develop food catering business, establish production of all base sauces and Indian bread for Tikka Boulevard® stores.

New Market, Barrie, On, Canada

Key Responsibilities:Manage KFC/ Tacobell multi-brand units in New Market and Barrie, ON.Provide leadership in the Multi-Brand KFC/ Taco Bell restaurant.Recruit, recognize, coach and train the team to achieve operational excellence.Ensure the highest level of customer service.Control profit and loss by ensuring team members follow cash control/ security and health & safety procedures, maintain inventory, manage labour, up-sell strategies, review financial reports and take action when appropriate.Execute corporate and local marketing programs.

Dubai Uae/ New Delhi Area, India

Key Responsibilities:Lead a team of Territory and Area managers to manage over 45 company-owned multi-ethnic quick service restaurants across Middle-east and India with over $10 million group sales.Sourced vendors, developed products for ethnic restaurant concepts.Played a significant role in hiring and developing a team of over 300 employees to achieve positive results.Developed processes to check the quality of food and customer service.Executed annual marketing plans, in-store promotions to achieve sales targets.

Mississauga, On, Canada

Dubai

Mumbai Area, India

Mba, Total Quality Management

Certificate, Restaurant Start Up And Operations Course

Diploma, Food Production/ F&B Service

Bachelor'S Degree, Hotel, Motel, And Restaurant Management