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A stand-out, multi-award-winning senior leader with a phenomenal track record of success within the retail and hospitality sectors. Brings +15 years’ experience of directing and optimising FMCG high profile multi-sites operations, with accountability for leading large & diverse teams and grand turnovers across the Yorkshire region. Started, nurtured and grew a prosperous international brand (Pizza Hut) restaurant business; spearheading multiple profitable outlets by delivering against intelligent business plans. Well-qualified, I have a master’s degree in Economics. A visionary, commercial minded individual equipped with a well-polished senior leadership skill set, combined with excellent communications skills, strong entrepreneurial flair, a growth focused approach and a natural propensity for high-performance, I’m well-placed to exceed expectations. Creating value lies at the heart of my approach, and I take pride in masterminding intelligent business plans that maximise market share, sales and profit. Sets the highest standards and leads by example. Extremely knowledgeable about the hospitality and retail landscape, including emerging challenges, threats and opportunities. My expertise lies in successfully maintaining superior customer relationships and providing outstanding service and support to meet, and surpass, expectations and requirements. Leads with an engaging, inspiring management style that gets commitment and high-performance from teams. Driven to outperform performance targets, forecasted financial P&L growth and sales outcomes. I succeed at creating options, maximising opportunities, problem solving and bringing new techniques/ideas. Challenges constructively, takes considered risks, turns around underperformance and maximises opportunities. Willing to challenge the status quo to achieve best possible results.