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London, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

• Sourcing and on-boarding of new Franchisees and Markets to develop stores within the European region.
• Maintain and grow the Taco Bell UK & Europe market plan of trading assets and new store locations.
• Presenting for brand approval of new store locations based on financial modeling and brand key drivers.
• Implementation of market mapping software within region to ensure new stores are a success.
• Co-ordinate design process for all new locations and remodels.
• Creation of future years new store pipeline and strategy, ensuring sustainable growth in the brand.

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the procurement of over £20 million annual spend across various Food and Non-Food categories for all brands of The Restaurant Group (Wagamama, Frankie & Bennys etc). Categories include Packaging & Consumables, Bakery, Ready Meals, Cleaning, Health & Safety and PPE.

Birmingham

Handled all purchasing aspects for all M&B brands for Beer, Cider, Craft Beer and Cask Ale. Included engaging with Marketing teams to create plans for beer and cider festival, tap takeovers and other key activations.

Solely responsible procurement operations for the groups Live Music venues and festivals. Included planned market testing and negotiation with both existing and new suppliers database to deliver savings and provide a best in class product range.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Dealt with the centralised car pricing for all of the Evans Halshaw dealerships in the UK. This involved regularly checking the local markets for each vehicle, coming to a decision on what price each vehicle should be sold at.I regularly researched pricing information on new models, and passed this research on to the dealerships and to other team members.

A Level Business Economics Statistics

12 Gcse'S A*-C