Tyler Schwecke
Director of Operations
Minneapolis,MN
Summary
Highly motivated and experienced leader looking for a new opportunity to grow personally and professionally. Forward thinking executive who loves to learn by listening to input from team, and leads by example. Understands the importance and effort required, to build a team for long term excellence. Excels at developing teams to take the initiative to achieve goals that lead to operational success. Progressive thinker focused on keeping business at forefront of new resources to ensure sustained success. Diverse experience including different perspectives and multiple facets related to operating businesses, especially relating to growth.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Operations
Erbert & Gerbert's Franchise Systems
12.2020 - Current
- Lead day-to-day operational activities in accordance with business objectives for 4 Corporate owned stores and 74 franchised locations.
- Cultivated significant culture shift within EGFS operations that led to record setting total revenue and consolidated profit in 2021 and 2022.
- Recognized by President for revitalizing EGFS after COVID and setting foundation for new growth.
- Responsible for franchisee compliance and implementing necessary accountability measures and corrective action plans.
- Resurrected Corporate Store Division (CSD) that has operated at a loss for 16 consecutive years prior to my arrival. Resulting in growth from 1 to 4 units. During 2022 achieved 40% year over year sales.
- Developed and built systems and procedures for daily store operations that was core to improving system profitability.
- Responsible for designing first ever true Drive Thru concept
- Oversaw New Store Development and Construction department. Systematized and created more efficient processes for building new units.
- Took over management and oversight of EGFS sourcing and vendor relationships, that resulted in net decrease in COGS during 2022 despite record setting inflation.
- Directly responsible for revamped menu offerings to be more efficient and profitable resulting in 2% decrease in COGS, 4.5% decrease in labor and 7% year over year sales growth in 2022.
- Responsible for R&D of LTO's since 2021 that have resulted in the 3 single highest grossing LTO's in the company history.
Operator /Director of Operations
Jimmy John's - (Franchisee DKPM)
10.2015 - 12.2020
- Responsible for overall operations of 8 profitable units grossing 7.5 million annually and exceeding 16% margins
- Developed reports and analysis for measuring and managing labor, COGS and year over year sales growth
- Managed team of 8 GM's, 2 Area Managers, 1 Training Manager and 1 Marketing Manager
- Created and developed new training material eventually adopted by entire company.
- Saw manager growth from implementation of new MIT program that led to positive year over year growth as overall market, with 75% of stores showing 20% growth in 2020
- Built sustainable culture that allowed for all management positions to be groomed from within with 90% retention through COVID
- Set and tracked short and long term goals with entire team to achieve success in training, marketing, cost managing and sales growth
- Managed to strengths of each individual on team
- Found new vendors at better rates and improved quality of product/ services received
Franchise Consultant
Jimmy Johns Franchise LLC (JJ Corporate)
06.2008 - 06.2015
- Worked directly with franchisees as liaison from Jimmy John's corporate and taught them innovative methods for growing sales, reducing costs and improving in-store execution
- Analyzed COGS and developed in-depth action plans for franchisees to improve profitability. My region consistently ranked in top 3 nationally.
- Set both short term and long term goals to reduce costs and increase sales. Then tracked goals on each visit to ensure success
- Advanced and given task to develop 3 new markets as first Consultant in each new market after only 2 years experience in Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN; Seattle WA; Spokane, WA; Las Vegas, NV)
- Assisted in growing Seattle from 12 locations to over 30 during my time and saw them become highest AUV (average unit volume) market in the 2 years I spent there in 2011 & 2012.
- Managed own schedule that required travel 2+ weeks monthly to multiple cities
- Oversaw between 25-30 stores at time
- Executed audit scores every 4-6 weeks to ensure compliance per their franchise agreement
- Executed various training and marketing events throughout year
- Responsible for opening new locations in both support and compliance role
Education
Bachelor of Science - Geology
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN2008
Skills
- Motivator
- Effective Communicator
- Forward Thinking
- Staff Training & Development
- Staff Recruitment & Retention
- Strategic Planning and Execution
- Budget Management
- Operations Management
- Effective Goal Setting
- Performance Management
Work Availability
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Quote
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Timeline
Director of Operations
Erbert & Gerbert's Franchise Systems
12.2020 - Current
Operator /Director of Operations
Jimmy John's - (Franchisee DKPM)
10.2015 - 12.2020
Franchise Consultant
Jimmy Johns Franchise LLC (JJ Corporate)
06.2008 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Science - Geology
Macalester College
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