Opportunity Details

An experienced strategic retail and operations executive is seeking a senior-level Chief Operating Officer role, with a willingness to relocate. This candidate has over 20 years of leadership experience across convenience retail, foodservice, hospitality, and emerging regulated industries. Known for building and scaling new business concepts, and leading complex multi-unit operations, they have a history of transforming organizations through operational discipline, brand development, and strategic growth initiatives, driving revenue growth, margin expansion, and operational scalability.

This candidate has demonstrated accomplishments in overseeing retail growth and operational strategy within a multi-brand platform, including managing convenience retail operations and launching new retail and foodservice concepts. Their experience includes building operating models and go-to-market strategies, enhancing margin capture through advanced planning and execution, and guiding restructuring initiatives that resulted in substantial cost savings and improved performance. The candidate has directed the launch and commercialization of consumer product brands, deploying strong go-to-market strategies and achieving significant early profitability from new retail concepts.

The executive has also led strategic foodservice initiatives, securing investment for category growth and improvements. They have implemented cost optimization and pricing initiatives generating sustained margin enhancements and designed operational models to improve production efficiency and customer throughput. Additionally, they created a multi-unit restaurant concept that served as both a profitable enterprise and a product innovation platform. The candidate's background showcases their ability to build scalable frameworks to support multi-unit expansion and to effectively steer national growth strategies.