Bryan Allen-Smith Email & Phone Number

Memphis, Tn

Supporting Company operated Popeyes restaurants by designing and implementing routines and processes to achieve best in brand results. Lead expert and coach to make financial, guest, operational routines a priority. Brand innovation and testing. New Franchisee and field leader high touchpoint trainer.

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Supporting Popeyes company operated restaurants in AR, MS & Memphis area!

Greater Memphis Area

Develop High performance work group through leadership, counseling and mentoring to ensure a friendly, efficient work place for 13 stores in Western Chicago SuburbsDirect all functions of store operations including completing weekly, monthly & quarterly paperwork & consult managers on all aspects of store P&LMonitor stores versus company, area and region on measurable reported performance, identify areas of opportunity and work with management team to devise action plansManage, hire, evaluate, terminate and train a staff of 13 store managers and participate in district wide assessment daysEvaluate and ensure standards in all stores and help managers root cause to ensure problem areas are resolvedParticipate in DM planning sessions and meetings and provide input to the teamParticipate in recruitment/development days with other DM teams to source external candidates, assess internal candidates and provide feedback to candidates looking to promote or join the company

Sold advertising to a wide variety of businesses in the St. CharlesDeveloped accounts through analysis of client sales needsMaintained and grew a designated territoryCreated advertising campaigns for clients using in paper ads, insertsCoordinated special sections within company parametersManaged all aspects of advertising department & Develop budgetWorked with outside clients to ensure successful marketing campaignsDeveloped key strategies to grow revenueManaged the development of sales materials and media kits

Created and published a weekly newspaper & managed day to day operations of restaurantManaged, hired, evaluated and terminated a staff of reporters, office personnel and associatesMet with clients and potential clients for ad salesDesigned, layout paper and advertising each weekCovered stories and events, wrote articles and took photosSent paper to printers, distributed papers to subscribers and retail storesCreated and design menu and promotions & determined ROIDeveloped all training materials and conducted training

Managed Associate training programs & Implemented Success UniversityLed several cross-functional project teamsCreated training manuals for programs & designed training aides for company roll-outsFacilitated manager training from hire date through evaluationDeveloped training processes & materials for promotions & evaluated ROIConducted training classes & Developed computer based training moduleEvaluated training processes and made recommendations for gapsWorked on cross-functional teams as training & ops representativeCoordinated training for Associates, Managers and Regional Staff

Bachelor’S Degree, Organizational Leadership

Certificate, Training & Development

Associates Degree, Business Management / Certificate; Supervisory Management