About us:
DAR PRO Solutions a brand of Darling Ingredients recycles cooking oils grease trap waste and meat by-products across multiple food-service related industries. Our customers include restaurants supermarkets food trucks etc. Traditional resources are depleting and the need for sustainable ingredients is growing thats where we come in. We believe we can maximize our use of natural resources by continuously improving ourselves our processes and our products.
About the role:
- This individual provides leadership in evaluating and bringing to market new strategic partnerships and initiatives that further the Dar Pro Solutions core mission and business interests.
- Assists in driving further integration across the restaurant ecosystem with respect to specified service lines and restaurant based services.
- Collaboration with restaurant leaders and executive leadership to monitor and understand current performance and potential opportunities.
- Leads strategic development work streams for service line programs as appropriate.
- Communicates priorities and expectations monitors progress and provides direction and course corrections along the way.
- Support the Strategic direction as it pertains to business/service line development.
- Proactively seeks to develop business and market opportunities that are presented or enhancing existing business through established relationships.
- Assures that revenue expenses contribution margin and FTEs meet or exceed budget; prepares and submits budget and related reports; forecasts and accurately projects expenses; takes corrective action to address negative variances; identifies and proposes capital budget items appropriately
- Manages developed programs and is responsible for the long term success of the programs. Measures success through agreed to KPIs.
- Consult with other restaurant leaders and staff to ensure strategic and business plan strategies are executed. Maintains awareness of the current and potential competitive forces in the marketplace and ensures that the entity has an active and continuous marketing plan that meets the overall strategic objectives for specified service lines
Youll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Business Administration or a related field
- 5 years of restaurant services experience including knowledge of restaurant ecosystem CRM and other technology systems
- 5 years of experience in relationship development
- Experience managing budgets
- Proven ability to lead and implement change
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working within the restaurant ecosystem
- Experience in developing restaurant solutions
- Excellent analytical problem-solving interpersonal and communication skills
Physical Demands
- Frequently must sit for extended periods.
- Occasionally walk bend balance or stoop.
- Regularly required to reach with hands or arms.
Work Environment
- Job functions will be carried out in an office environment.
- Less than 10% domestic travel.
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