Girish Kumar Email & Phone Number

Chennai Area, India

Job responsibilities:ü Identify potential sites to commence a profitable café.ü Study the profile of the identified area.ü Negotiate & persuade with the landlords to crack a better deal.ü Project the attainable average sale in the area and predict revenue projection.ü Process & customize the agreement accordingly in coordination with the Legal team.ü Initial inspection of documents provided by the landlord.ü Convince the landlord to provide all the amenities required… Show more Job responsibilities:ü Identify potential sites to commence a profitable café.ü Study the profile of the identified area.ü Negotiate & persuade with the landlords to crack a better deal.ü Project the attainable average sale in the area and predict revenue projection.ü Process & customize the agreement accordingly in coordination with the Legal team.ü Initial inspection of documents provided by the landlord.ü Convince the landlord to provide all the amenities required as far as possible.ü Ensure the predicted sale is achieved by the Operations team.ü Build a good rapport with the real estate agents as well as landlords.ü Procure all the required licenses from the corporation.ü Handle & resolve the rental related issues with the existing cafes.ü Renewal of rental agreements & escalations of the existing cafes.ü Coordinate with Project team to complete the fit-out & handover the café on time to Operations.ü Coordinate with Marketing team to place the marketing collaterals in the neighborhood.ü Coordinate with Accounts team to ensure that rents & maintenance are credited on time.Key Achievements:ü Opened 45 new cafes within a short span of 3 years in Tamil Nadu.ü Identified & closed deals in Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Pondicherry, Vellore, Madurai, Kanchipuram, Trichy, Thanjavur and national highways. ü Created a good rapport with more than 30 real estate agents and companies.ü Launched the CCD Square & CCD Lounges (luxury & premium formats) in TN region.ü Successfully renewed the rental agreements of cafes that have completed the 9-year lease period. Show less

Chennai Area, India

Job responsibilities:ü Handle the smooth functioning of 18 stores by leading a team of managers.ü Fix & achieve sales targets for 18 stores and preparing the P&L statements for the same.ü Perform regular store audits to ensure that the SOPs are followed.ü Monitor the maintenance of all records, reports and utility bills.ü Accurately forecast the inventory requirements of all the 18 stores.ü Recruit, train & retail employees at the team member & café manager… Show more Job responsibilities:ü Handle the smooth functioning of 18 stores by leading a team of managers.ü Fix & achieve sales targets for 18 stores and preparing the P&L statements for the same.ü Perform regular store audits to ensure that the SOPs are followed.ü Monitor the maintenance of all records, reports and utility bills.ü Accurately forecast the inventory requirements of all the 18 stores.ü Recruit, train & retail employees at the team member & café manager levels.ü Conduct regular appraisals on the performance of staff every quarter.ü Assign mystery audits to ensure highest levels of customer service.ü Bring footfalls by conducting events & promotions in coordination with marketing team.Key Achievements:ü Won a company sponsored trip to Singapore for achieving the highest merchandise sale in India.ü Took charge of under-performing cafes and converted them into profit generating units.ü Controlled food costs efficiently, thereby had the lowest wastage record in the country.ü Generated the highest ever sales in all the stores under my supervision on 31st Dec.2010, thus creating a new benchmark for the future.ü Recruited and trained more than 450 staffs. Developed over 50 staffs into café managers and area managers.ü Took the initiative of ODCs (Out Door Catering) and generated record business in IPL, Trade Centres, College festivals etc. Show less

Chennai Area, India

Chennai Area, India

Pgdm, Retail Management

Bhm, Hotel Management & Catering Technology

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