John Smith Email & Phone Number

John Smith is a Director, International Business, MENA at Inspire. He possess expertise in profit, store management, retail, restaurants, catering and 5 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "John is an intelligent, articulate, financially savvy leader who drives world class operating standards and, in turn, customer service by building empowered, commercially astute teams. His communication skills are exemplary and he builds trust quickly. He has strong technical and leadership skills, is highly conscientious with a great work ethic. Fantastic industry experience, commercially minded, and operationally focused; John is equally comfortable developing long term strategy and discussing the granular details of employee experience, supply-chain, marketing, product range or customer journey. He is known for his strategic thinking and an ability to make complex scenarios simple, enabling him to solve business challenges. Leading with integrity, a real point of difference is John’s courage as a leader, speaking up on the things that need to be said when others won't. Creating a psychologically safe space allows people to share feedback, challenge, and share opinions that would be heard and acted upon. John thinks bigger picture to connect initiatives and work towards audacious goals in the achievement of Organizational success. This has enabled the delivery of industry-leading solutions at scale, overcoming complexity. His systematic approach helps others overcome problems and deliver simple, focused outcomes, especially in high-stakes situations. With high learning agility, John takes on new challenges, and varied roles, using his experience, intelligence and expertise around him to grow himself, others, and the business and ultimately drive results. I wouldn’t hesitate in any way to recommend John for any business and am confident that he will add value through his considered approach and be a valuable asset in any organization." and "I have worked with John in the past 3 years when he run our Starbucks business across Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and previously Kuwait, altogether more than 150 stores in 4 different markets. John is one of the best operators I have ever encountered: organized, disciplined, confident, clear in the way he communicates. The stores he was looking after were models and champions of operational execution. We often took our senior management team to Qatar or Bahrain to learn and mirror the best practices of John's team. John also develop a large number of very strong District Managers, who we were consequently able to deploy across our business in MENA. John's true trade mark is his personality. Passionate, energetic, driven, focused on people first, courageous when facing difficulties and getting things done. Add the respect for diversity, honesty and great sense of humor to define a great colleague I was very fortunate to work with. Highly recommended to anyone who needs a challenging partner who knows the right balance between the "hard-core" operations and a coaching style leadership."

Listed skills include Profit, Store Management, Retail, Restaurants, and 6 others.