Sunny Ashman, Mba Email & Phone Number

Roswell, Ga, Us

Roswell, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Shapes the strategic direction and ensures the effective execution of NextUp Atlanta's mission to foster leadership skills and career advancement for women through Strategic Leadership, Program Development and Oversight, Partnership and Stakeholder Management, Team Leadership, Advocacy and Thought Leadership, Financial Oversight and BOD/Member Engagement.Served as the Programming Co-Chair from Feb 2023 - Oct 2023. Responsible for create a programming roadmap that ensuring that each event aligns with NextUp Atlanta’s vision and objectives, and flawlessly executing it.

Consults less than 50 unit restaurant brands on how to grow their franchise by analyzing,existing business identifying gaps and making recommendations for improvement acrossoperations, training, marketing, franchise development, people, technology and more.

- Built the strategy and leads the execution of impactful training programs for the five QSR Division brands - Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery, Pretzelmaker, Round Table Pizza and Hot Dog on a Stick. - Collaborated with Franchisees and Field Operations to establish training priorities. - Transformed New Franchisee training to include Orientation, Onboarding and Business Management. - Redeveloped training materials to increase engagement with users by including QR codes, TikTok style training videos and informative quick reference guides. - Launched new LMS for Round Table Pizza growing usage from less than 75 to over 1000 monthly users. - Co-Led the integration process of Nestle Toll House Café franchisees into the Great American Cookies brand.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Builds strategy for and directs team that develops and implements all training tools and programs, conducts onsite training for new bakery openings, identifies and optimizes operational procedures and tools for bakeries, leads food safety efforts, manages Guest Experience program, oversees company operations, eCommerce and Retail Technology. Responsible for budgeting, P&L management (company ops & eCommerce) and people development.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

- Led the rebranding efforts at Moe's Southwest Grill ~ Finalized new decor, menu (in-store & catering), service procedures and standards, merchandising and equipment and implemented in two test locations. Conducted research (logo, focus groups & customer intercepts) during test period and used it to identify remodel packages for existing restaurants. Developed strategy for additional test locations and rollout plan.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

- Led project management; facilitated collaboration, integration and communication; and accelerated implementation of Strategic initiatives across all 6 Focus brands with a emphasis on Third-Party Delivery.- Implemented Third-Party Delivery platforms across all six brands ~ Worked with ELT members to develop delivery strategy, negotiated contracts & MSA's for the large 3PD providers, built the foundation, tools & processes for each platform, and worked with brand representatives to onboard 400+ restaurants.

Responsible for ensuring events run smoothly from beginning to end by coordinating all food and beverage services, staff/servers, and event timeline, so that All Clients are happy. Most events are weddings, but Saratoga also offers full service catering for important fundraisers, festive cocktail receptions, holiday parties, customer appreciation events, product launch functions, themed events with custom menus, retirement parties, anniversary's, bar/bat mitzvahs and more.

Miami, Florida, Us

I led the team that drove the implementation and integration of best-in-class HR and learning programs for Popeyes. I managed a consistent HR and learning agenda that met strategic needs of the business, along with tracked all key metrics demonstrating effectiveness of programs. I managed and aligned all HR projects and key business objectives ensuring a smooth and effective implementation to our franchisees and restaurants.

Miami, Florida, Us

As Project Manager, I was responsible for ensuring all projects (approximately 5-10 at any time) were successfully delivered on time and at or below budget. In order to accomplish this, I regularly communicated with executive and departmental sponsors on progress, budget, and mitigation of risks or escalation of issues impeding advancement. Additionally, I possessinterpersonal skills that leverage team knowledge, create a sense of urgency, influence outcomes, and maintain organizational effectiveness while delivering a quality product that meets the needs of the enterprise and its objectives. I oversaw projects in the following functions: Human Resources, Training, Leadership Development, Operations, Customer Service and Marketing.Additionally, I served as the President for the Popeyes Women's Leadership Forum.

Miami, Florida, Us

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is the 2nd largest chicken concept with over 2200 restaurants globally. My functional role is to recruit new franchisees to Popeyes in the Northeast and West Coast. I also work closely with the Director of Franchising to create and implement growth in our strategic markets by hosting roundtables, visiting conventions and more. Additionally, I serve as the Project Manager on two major brand initiatives - Firepower and Set to Serve. Most recently, I was elected as the Director of Events for the Popeyes Women's Leadership Forum for 2014.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Great Wraps is a small QSR Franchise company with 70 stores nationwide. Being in a small company, most of us wear multiple "hats", so we have the ability to learn different aspects of the business. My primary responsibility at Great Wraps is to oversee the global development of franchise systems with a major focus in Sales. I have personally sold 32 new Franchise units bringing in $433k in Franchise Fees PLUS royalties (based on store performance). I have also implemented new systems allowing us to partner with more highly-qualified Franchisees in our target markets ensuring greater brand-awareness and economies of scale. Hence, growing Franchisee profitability and success. In addition to sales, I have worked closely with the VP of Operations to ensure proper development of new Franchise partners and to enhance Franchisee profitability by conducting mystery shops and implementing new initiatives such as online ordering, new STAR training program, employee moral/incentives and more. Furthermore, I have worked closely with the Chairman and Marketing Manager to grow brand development by creating marketing materials for new promotions and Grand Openings, rebuilding the corporate website to make it more SEO and user-friendly, establishing internet marketing systems for Franchisees to use locally while keeping National brand recognition, and much more.

Sold television spot airtime for various Media General stations across the Southeast. My main responsibility was to build strong business relationships with clients and media providers alike to deliver optimum returns for advertising dollars. I managed a $5.3 million desk in annual TV sales by creating and presenting customized merchandising solutions that met client’s unique advertising needs. During my tenure at MMT, I was awarded “Top AE in Sales Growth from Year to Year” in 2Q ’06 for partnering station in Savannah, GA. I also increased annual shares between 10%-30% on Ford, Cingular Wireless and Food Lion accounts for other Media General stations on the team.

New York, Ny, Us

Started as a Sales Assistant at NCC and quickly got promoted to Sales Planner and then Account Executive on the Continental Team which represented 118 TV markets nationwide (most other teams represented 40 markets). As an AE, I managed a $4 million desk in annual TV sales. Regularly, I hit my monthly and quarterly sales budgets and even achieved 108% of 2005 annual budget and was at 82% of my 2006 annual budget when I left in July. Awards I received include “Top AE for New Business Development Sales” for OnMedia & Bresnan Communications in 2005 and “Employee of the Month” twice – Oct 2004 and Jan 2006. My major clients included Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, General Motors, Hardees, Buffalo Wild Wings, Ford, as well as various political candidates. The Top station groups I worked with included Charter, OnMedia, Time Warner, SuddenLink and Cox Media.

Us

Originally, I was hired as the assistant for an AE with a small budget, but was moved to a Senior AE's desk on my first day because by lunchtime I had learned what I was told "most people take three days to learn". Therefore, I assisted on a Senior Account Executive desk, managing approximately $10 million in annual TV sales. I worked closely with my AE to ensure marketing schedules were run as purchased by our clients. I worked on nine Southeast TV markets including Miami, Charlotte, Orlando, West Palm and more. Some of the major accounts included Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Ford and more. I was also responsible for training all new assistants that were hired in the Atlanta office.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Business & Marketing

Certificate, Effective Communications & Human Relations

Marketing

Certified Franchise Executive