Chief Executive Officer (CEO) B2B & Exports

You are a dynamic and growth-oriented Chief Executive Officer (CEO) being sought to lead FASTA PIZZA, a Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) company with a focus on expanding B2B partnerships and venturing into international markets. Your primary role will involve spearheading strategic planning, operational excellence, and driving profitable growth in both domestic and export channels. Your responsibilities will include designing and implementing growth strategies for QSR outlets, institutional clients, and export markets. You will be tasked with identifying new business models such as franchising, co-branding, and cloud kitchens, as well as expanding presence in lucrative international markets. Moreover, as the CEO, you will be responsible for establishing strategic partnerships with corporate clients, aggregators, and foodservice operators, managing global distributor and supply chain networks, and ensuring product standardization and scalability for exports. In terms of operational oversight, your role will encompass supervising store operations, supply chain management, kitchen productivity, and enhancing customer experience. You will drive the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to maintain consistency, quality, and efficiency across all outlets and export units, while leveraging technology for kitchen operations, order management, and analytics. Financially, you will have complete P&L responsibility, oversee budgeting, and capital planning, monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) such as costs, margins, customer retention, store performance, and export volume. Reporting progress, risks, and opportunities to the board and management will also be a crucial aspect of your role. Furthermore, you will be required to build and lead a high-performance leadership team spanning operations, marketing, and supply chain functions, fostering a results-driven, customer-centric culture that prioritizes innovation and speed. The ideal candidate for this position should possess 10+ years of experience in senior leadership roles within the QSR, food retail, or FMCG industry, with a proven track record in B2B foodservice and/or food exports. Strong commercial acumen, experience in scaling operations, and expanding markets, as well as familiarity with franchise or multi-unit models are essential. A Bachelor's degree is required, while an MBA or equivalent qualification is preferred. Preferred attributes include a strong industry network encompassing aggregators, institutional buyers, and export agents, knowledge of food regulations and compliance on both local and global levels, and experience in driving digital transformation, such as POS, CRM, and delivery integration.,