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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Macquarie Park, Nsw, Au

Coming to Australia in 2025. Wendy's was founded in 1969 by Dave Thomas in Columbus, Ohio. Dave built his business on the premise, “Quality Is Our Recipe®”, which remains the guidepost of the Wendy's system. Wendy's is best known for its made-to-order square hamburgers, using fresh, never frozen beef*, freshly-prepared salads, and other signature items like chili, baked potatoes and the Frosty® dessert.

Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Au

Pizza Hut has more restaurant locations in the world than any other pizza company. Founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kan., Pizza Hut operates over 19,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. Pizza Hut Australia operates over 270 restaurants across the country.Responsible for the overall development and store expansion strategy of Pizza Hut Australia, including teams across franchising, site identification and leasing, design, construction and franchise legals and compliance.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Before heading out to ski 10,000 vertical feet or after a day of mountain biking or dropping into big barrels, you deserve some good eats to keep you going. Mad Mex was born of the belief that fast food should and could be better. Your body is your temple! 100% pure fresh Baja Mexican!Responsible for the all development aspects of the Mad Mex business including:- Franchising- Leasing and Real Estate- Design and Construction- Legals

Männedorf, Ch

Swarovski designs, manufactures, and sells crystal, genuine gemstones, created stones, and finished products such as accessories and lighting solutions. Key Responsibilities:• Overall responsibility for the Real Estate and Distribution strategy in Australia and New Zealand with a portfolio of 72 stores, MYER concessions, independent retailer partnerships, 150 multi-brand retailers and eCommerce partnerships with core focus on providing an omni-channel approach and sustainable growth.• Full P&L responsibility of Distribution Infrastructure, R&M and CAPEX cost centres, including preparation of budgets, forecasting and cost reduction initiatives.• Led, coached and developed a team of 2 direct reports (one dotted line) to achieve annual initiatives and growth targets.• Developed and implemented the Distribution Master plan 2020-2023.Key Achievements:• Delivered $1.1 million hard rent savings in 2019 resulting in a 5.4% reduction in total portfolio occupancy costs, and a further $641k in savings in 2020. • Directed local COVID-19 Real Estate and Distribution response , navigating challenges with landlords, resulting in rental savings in excess of $2.5 million and ongoing savings for highly impacted stores. • Led local project team, orchestrating Swarovski's transformational brand elevation, including development of the 2021-2023 sales plan and presentation to the global Management Board.• Championed and launched the ANZ Corporate Social Responsibility team achieving global team support for local initiatives including bushfire relief, crisis management process, International Women's Day activities and Swarovski's inaugural Wellbeing Week.

Woodbury, Minnesota, Us

Anytime Fitness is the fastest-growing gym franchise in the world, serving 4,000,000 members at nearly 5,000 gyms and is the only franchise of any kind to have locations on all seven continents. Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Anytime Fitness prides itself on providing its members with convenient fitness options and friendly, personal service in well-maintained facilities that feature top-quality exercise equipment.Key Responsibilities:• Oversaw the establishment of the Anytime Fitness brand in Sweden, from market analysis and concept to testing and network/product development, overseeing Franchise Sales, Leasing, Club Development, Club Operations, Learning and Development and Marketing.• Led, coached and developed a team of 37 corporate office and in-club team members to test and implement the brand in the market to meet monthly targets. • Contract negotiation of an extensive network of local vendors for club development and operations and ongoing performance management of vendors.Key Achievements:• Spearheaded Franchise sales efforts, leading 'Discovery Day' information days, expo's and sales tours. • Localisation of the Anytime Fitness club design and adaptation to meet market expectations.• Designed all clubs in conjunction with contracted architect including layouts, finishes and equipment plans and led construction project meetings with external construction manager.• Project managed implementation of local technology development including website, membership billing systems and CRM systems. • Localised and adapted operations manuals, sales processes, learning and development curriculum and marketing campaigns for the Swedish consumer while maintaining global standards.

Woodbury, Minnesota, Us

Key Responsibilities:• Oversaw the development and growth of Anytime Fitness in Australia, including franchise sales, territory determination, site selection and leasing, town planning, tenancy design, procurement, supplier partner development and brand compliance. • Led and managed a team of 11, supporting franchisees in the key development phase of their business and executing the network development plan.Key Achievements:• Opened in excess of 300 clubs during my tenure, with the busiest year resulting in over 100 new openings.• Devised the territory determination and allocation strategy detailing future network growth opportunities and guidelines for fair and equitable decision making of territory allocation to the existing franchise network.• Designed and developed 'just in time' delivery of club projects, coordinating with key vendors and club onboarding team, resulting in reducing club development pipelines and increasing productivity of the development team.

Woodbury, Minnesota, Us

Key Responsibilities:• Spearheaded site identification, acquisition and strategic growth strategy of the franchise network in Queensland, Regional New South Wales, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria with between 70-100 deals completed each year.• Site identification, research and inspections of potential locations• Consulted with Franchisees to ensure agreement on negotiations and timely submission of documentation, council submissions and club openings in accordance with their franchise obligations.Key Achievements:• Negotiated key partnerships with national landlords including Fabcot (Woolworths), SCA and Coles for Anytime Fitness to be the 'gym of choice' in new shopping centre developments. • Negotiation of lease terms within region, including rental, lessor works and incentives with average rental incentives of 17% achieved.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Key Responsibilities:• Management of NSW Casual Leasing team, including 2 direct reports and 6 assets; budget $2.6m.• Account Management of key clients based in NSW.• Presentation of detailed Quarterly Asset Review reports to Fund Managers.• Smooth acquisition of new NSW assets into the Casual Leasing Portfolio, ensuring staff and client transition• Management and review of budgets and expenditure across the portfolio in accordance with business initiatives.• Project and Team Management of national business development initiatives.Key Achievements:• Implemented new business development initiatives and strategies focusing on asset optimisation, increasing site occupancy and yield across the portfolio resulting in a 256% increase in revenue.

New York, Ny, Us

Key Responsibilities and Achievements:• Responsibility for and management of Casual Leasing activities at World Square Shopping Centre including special events, bookings, administration, compliance, budgeting and forecasting providing a 340% increase in revenue throughout my tenure and solidifying a previously untapped revenue stream. • Assistance to the Marketing Manager in the establishment of marketing campaigns, photo shoots and retailer communication.• Assistance to the Centre Manager in the development of the center repositioning strategy including tenancy mix and competitive overview for Asset Manager approval - adopted and implemented.

Bachelor Of Business Administration, (Property Services Management)

Associate Degree Of Business, Property Services Management