Experience

Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming

• United States
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Sep 2022 - Present



Sieben Advisory

• Miami, Florida, United States

• President

  • Jan 2022 - Sep 2022

  Working with Franchise Owners to help identify and execute growth opportunities, optimization potential and acquisition targets Working with Franchise Owners to help identify and execute growth opportunities, optimization potential and acquisition targets



Burger King

• United States
• Restaurants
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Franchising & Business Development

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  Reporting to BK President. Led Franchising, Franchisee Relations and Business Development for Burger King NA, driving strategic direction for 450 Franchisees and 7,500 restaurants. Led a team of 27, including 4 direct reports: Head of Franchising; Head of Business Development; Head of Development Execution; Head of Design & Construction.

• Head of NA Field Operations

  • Nov 2018 - Jan 2021

  Reporting to BK President. Provided leadership for 6 Divisions + Non-Traditional Development in North America, serving as head of team executing National strategy at the local level. Responsibility for P&L of $550M EBITDA. Led a team of 67 including 7 direct report General Managers / North American Divisions Heads.

• Global Head of Operations Excellence

  • Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

  Reporting to Global Brand President. Led Global Operations Strategy and Execution for 16,000 restaurants, including brand standards compliance, safety protocols, equipment and procedures, process flows, and guest service interactions. Led the turnaround of 49 Company-owned stores, overseeing $80M in sales and ~1,500 staff.

• Division Vice President, Northeast Division

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2017

  Managed P&L of $100M EBITDA and team of 25 overseeing ~1,500 restaurants and 143 operators (Operations, Business Development, Franchising, Marketing, Real Estate, and Finance). Owned end-to-end new restaurant development for Franchisee-led store openings / remodels, including Market Strategy and Planning, Site Selection and Approval, Construction, and Operational transfer.

• Director, Calendar Planning

  • Apr 2014 - May 2015

  Oversaw allocation of $400M in advertising funds across all media channels, facilitating media savings of 10% and allowing expansion into new media channels (Social & Digital), resulting in an improvement in reach by 15%. Designed 2015 US Marketing Calendar, which drove a record 5.5% in Same-Store Sales and 1.5% in Same-Store Traffic.

• Sr Manager, Sales Planning & Competitive Intelligence

  • Aug 2013 - Mar 2014

  Created sales targets for 7,000 restaurants, improving forecast accuracy by +50% to less than +/-1% forecasting error. Provided product-level forecasts for limited time offers (LTOs) and special products for purchasing & inventory stocking purposes, reducing product liability in the system by 80%. Revamped Competitive Intelligence process to more frequent and more in-depth analyses of the competitive landscape, creating “best competitive analysis since the acquisition” (comment of Board).



Burger King Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jan 2019 - Dec 2021

  Educating communities around the world - from granting college scholarships and providing emergency relief in America to building schools in countries throughout APAC and EMEA. Educating communities around the world - from granting college scholarships and providing emergency relief in America to building schools in countries throughout APAC and EMEA.



Simon-Kucher

• Germany
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Feb 2012 - Aug 2013

  Supervised project team of 3 Consultants; Supported project team for multiple B2B clients in automotive OEM parts, construction, equipment rentals, to optimize processes around sales revenues and business development efforts. Supervised project team of 3 Consultants; Supported project team for multiple B2B clients in automotive OEM parts, construction, equipment rentals, to optimize processes around sales revenues and business development efforts.



CLEVIS Research GmbH

• Germany
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr Research Analyst

  • Mar 2010 - Jun 2011



BASF

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Management Consultant

  • Jan 2010 - Mar 2010



Lufthansa

• Germany
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Americas Pricing

  • Apr 2009 - Aug 2009



MTP - Marketing zwischen Theorie und Praxis e.V.

• Germany
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Logistics Project Lead

  • Jan 2008 - May 2009



BASF

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development

  • Sep 2008 - Feb 2009



BMW Group

• Germany
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• CRM

  • May 2005 - Jul 2005