Peter Kais Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Established in 1986 by Ray Titus and the first Signarama Store in New York, United Franchise Group has grown to be the leader in Signage, Marketing, Office Space and Hospitality franchise brands, with 1600 franchisees in over 80 countries. As the RVP I was responsible for handling local market development, franchise sales and mentoring of our franchisee network across UFG brands; Signarama, Transworld Business Advisors, Fully Promoted, EmbroidMe, Venture X Coworking Space, Accurate Franchising International (AFI), Experimac and Jon Smith Subs.Working with buyers, franchise owners and stakeholders in all local and international regions, advising on sales, marketing, location, leasing and operations strategies.

Melbourne, Australia

Established in 1946, Klemms has been at the forefront of Melbourne business scene, and grown to become one of Melbourne's and Victoria's premier business brokerage agencies with a proud history and reputation of achieving outstanding results for clients.As the Marketing Manager, my role had multiple functions; primarily to grow the Klemms business, charged with executing the Director’s vision for continued growth into new markets and channels, rebranding the entire business, managing and motivating a team of over 20 brokers, supporting them to achieve their individual sales goals. Writing listing ads, handling Contracts of Sale for the team, increasing buyer and seller leads through direct marketing, online web portals, digital marketing agencies and print advertising channels. Handling all advertising, search, selection and development and training of new brokers.

Melbourne, Australia

As a member of the Klemms Business Broker team, I was responsible for handling the sale and acquisition of Hospitality & Leisure Businesses in the Melbourne market, transacting many deals achieving excellent results for my vendors and clients alike.Consultative and business advisory based role, specialising in helping people buy and sell businesses, franchises and commercial properties. Conducting inspections, business appraisals, negotiations, sale contracts, listing presentations and developing tailored sales and marketing programs for my vendors.

Managing Director of HospitalityTrader Pty Ltd, National Wholesaler and retailer of Hotel and Restaurant Supplies and Catering Equipment sourced directly from leading trade brands around the world.Supplying commercial barware, cookware, furniture and equipment to home consumers, corporate and trade customers such as cafes, restaurants, hotels, caterers, clubs and hospitality students, training institutions, FMCG, events and charities.

A start-up division in the Foster’s International Partners Team, working with some of the worlds leading premium Wine & Spirits houses, developing on and off trade marketing programs for new and existing brands including; Asahi Draught, Aperol, 42Below Vodka, Crown Lager, Victoria Bitter, Hpnotiq Liquor, South Gin, Isle of Jura Single Malt Scotch Whiskey, Superstition, Saltram Wines, The Dalmore, and Glayva.

As the Premium On Premise Manager, my role was to establish a specialised multi beverage sales team focused on selling a select range of Foster’s premium beer, wine, spirits and soft drink brands to Premium On Premise and selected retail customers, recruiting a handful of key talent from existing sales staff and integrating the team with the states sales structures, along with developing divisional capability to support and manage the team including sales processes, product training, tools, metrics and segment based promotional programs across beer, wine and spirits categories..

Coming from a successful track record in sales and customer management, I was promoted to the Trade Marketing team as Business Development Manager for On Premise. Consultative role working collaboratively across innovation, category, finance and brand teams to deliver high quality business trade marketing programs for premium beers, spirits, key customers and hotel groups in On Premise segments.

My passion and background in hospitality truly came to life in this role. Working as part of the Carlton & United Breweries and Carlton Special Beverages sales team, my main responsibility was sales and territory management of over 300 accounts and all major events in Melbourne CBD and inner metro areas and bringing in new business through contract and ranging conversions.