Tory Traut Email & Phone Number

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Greater Denver Area

Denver Metropolitan Area

FAST Healthy Vending provides healthy food choices through state-of-the-art vending machines designed especially for today's busy, more health conscious consumers. We are in the business of making healthier food choices more accessible for businesses, schools, and other locations. Our customers choose FAST Healthy Vending because they are assured of a technologically advanced vending system, high-quality products that taste great, at a fair price with attentive local service and ownership.

Los Angeles And Washington

Responsible for guiding and supporting 10 Franchise Operators and 200+ restaurants in order to adhere to Jack in the Box brand standards and to achieve operational and financial success that contributes to the Jack in the Box brand and the Company mission, vision and values. Responsible for identifying key business issues affecting franchisee performance, influencing decisions, aligning necessary resources and ensuring immediate actions are taken to increase franchisee capability and performance.* Ensures that the main focus is on the guest experience at all levels of operations by influencing the cultural change and operational excellence through company standards and initiatives.* Builds strong relationships and trust with franchise operators to guide and influence them to consistently execute company systems and processes to consistently deliver high quality, great tasting food in a clean restaurant.* Reviews financial and operational reviews/reports to evaluate franchisee and to identify any potential issues; addresses the issues and influences the franchise operator to take corrective action.* Ensures business operations and practices are in compliance with franchise agreements and Company standards; avoids conflicts of interest, including potential business relationships with franchisees.* Conducts high impact visits to the restaurants to observe all areas of operations to evaluate all six pieces of guest experience (friendly, fast, hassle free, accurate, food safety/quality, clean); communicates Company values; consults on brand standards assessment results and provides operational expertise.

Denver, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Indianapolis, Cincinnati

• Multi-unit operator accountable for People, Sales, and Profit results across 50+ restaurants with AUV's of $1.8M• Directly support 8 Area Coaches to ensure achievement of Region, Division and Company policies, practices, and objectives • Accountable to assist Real Estate and D&C to determine new sites. Responsible to develop new Teams to open and support successful New Restaurant Openings.• Support the implementation of company programs, procedures, methods and practices to promote Jack In The Box key messages and objectives• Responsible for each restaurant's operational results within Jack's Assessment Consultation guidelines• Responsible for exceeding Sales and Profit targets at each restaurant and on all Area and Region levels • Responsible for growing the Jack Culture through hiring, training, and developing great Teams• Responsible for developing local restaurant marketing strategies for all area locations in each Market• Bi-annual performance evaluations and goal setting with all Area Coaches, General Managers and Team Leaders within the Region

Responsibilities included hiring and recruiting at a Multi-unit level and developing Regional Directors to hit key metrics, protect the Brand and grow the Culture. My Team consisted of (5) DMs, (1) Regional F&B Director, (1) Facility Manager, (1) Regional Recruiter, and (1) Regional Training Director. We oversaw (34) restaurants in (5) states and had over ($100M) in annual sales. We consistently ranked in the top 10% in results.

Responsibilities included helping Franchisees grow Sales and Profits, protect the Brand and develop their People.Directly supported (2) Franchise Partners with (25) restaurants and I supported a FOD with an additional (11) Franchise Partners with (38) restaurants. I helped create and implement an organizational and leadership structure through weekly department calls, monthly one-to-ones, and quarterly department meetings focused on goal setting and on-going development. I was successful in implementing several key Systems into the Franchise Community, as well as sat on and led various Committees at the Home Office.

My Team consisted of (2) DOs, (1) Regional Kitchen Manager and (1) Regional Recruiter. We had (21) restaurants in (4) states - Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio. We successfully opened (6) restaurants in the Ohio markets and we successfully merged two Franchisee companies with the parent company.

Responsibilities included hiring and recruiting at a Multi-unit level and developing the Directors to hit key metrics, protect the Brand and grow the Culture. My Team consisted of (2) DOs, (3) RODs, (1) F&B Director, (1) Facility Manager, and (1) recruiter. We oversaw (21) restaurants in (2) provinces - British Columbia and Alberta. We had over ($75M) in annual sales. I was sent to an underperforming Franchisee, and in two years we:* Developed quality standards with purchasing as well as negotiated National and International contractsIncreased quality and decreased costs.* Hired and developed a Marketing Team.* Worked with the Facility Manager to start upgrades and remodels/refreshes.* Worked with partners to maintain and negotiate the Franchise ADA and Leases.

Responsibilities included hiring and recruiting all salaried manpower, overall quality of operations both FOH and HOH, monthly team leader meetings, quarterly brand inspections, and General Manager leadership development. I had (9) restaurants in Colorado. I received recognition for the Franchisee for Highest Profit per Restaurant.

Responsibilities included hiring and recruiting all hourly Team Members, overall quality of operations both FOH and HOH, monthly team leader meetings, quarterly brand inspections, and Assistant Manager leadership development. I was GM of (4) different restaurants, I opened (3), and was able to established Training status at each one. On a national level, I won General Manager of the Year for 1997, had the highest sales increase and set a record for highest hourly sales. We also won Restaurant of the Year for 1995.