Report to: Thailand G.M.

Job Purpose:

Lead F&B Service and New Store Development to achieve same store sales growth, new store expansion and target EBITDA in Thailand.

Job Responsibilities :

• Developing and strengthening Operations framework, raise standards of operations excellence (customer, employee, profit)
• Identify new store locations, manage relationship with developers and take charge of new store openings in Thailand
• Influencing the Profitability of the business through Gross Margin expansion and world-class labor deployment
• Customer experience consistency across the estate through rigorous training and monitoring of operating standards
• Build a team and bench strength to stay ahead of the growth curve.
• Provide functional leadership to F&B Business and new countries marked for expansion.

Skills Experience Qualifications :

• Fluent in English
• Hotel & Restaurant Management Graduate
• 10 years plus in a middle to large sized Casual Dining businesses (International Brands),  Cross boundary experience with international business
• At least 5 years in-role experience as Director Operations/COO/Hotel GM with P&L responsibility
• Strong domain knowledge, hands-on operator with multi-store Restaurant Operations, New Store openings
• Proven decision making skills, managing conflicting agenda
• Customer oriented, passionate about service & quality of food
• Process Orientation & Deployment, with “Enabling” mindset- approachability
• Commercially astute- understanding of how operational decisions impact business in Top-line / bottom-line terms
• Builder of performance-culture, fosters collaboration
• Revenues Growth mindset, fire-in-the-belly, result driven
• Understands importance of menu innovation and provides feedback to keep menu relevant and exciting
• IT savvy, leverages technology to enable business
• Good knowledge in Training and Development of large, distributed team
• Good communication / networking skills- relevant for influencing
• Self-driven leadership, especially cross functional, cross cultural, develop cohesive team
• Bias for action, attention to detail, cuts through clutter to get to core of issues, aligns and implements solutions
• Opportunity Mindset- ability to spot commercial opportunities in real estate, attract talent
• Ability to work in a boundary-less manner & influence people / collaborate across spectrum- Networking skills
• Self-assured to express different opinion, disagree and shape opinion; open to receiving constructive criticism

Qualified candidates please submit your resumes stating present and expected salary & package details to Apply Now

Wine Connection Co., Ltd.
90/9 Sathorn Thani Building 1, 6 Floor, North Sathorn Road, Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500     Tel : 02 238 2137, Fax : 02 238 2138
Website : http://www.wineconnection.com

Founded in 1998, Wine Connection has developed expertise in offering affordable, high quality and exclusive wines from around the world through owned F&B outlets. The Company targets the region’s growing middle class through a differentiated offering focusing on affordable and quality western food and beverages. Wine Connection has grown to become the leading wine retailer and wine-themed restaurant operator in SE Asia.

Wine Connection operates more than 80 Wine Stores and Restaurants in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea. The business has a mission of making wine drinking democratic by make it affordable, accessible and simple to enjoy. The restaurants offer a casual dining experience rooted in wine and European Food in an inviting ambience with friendly service.