Kelly Cruickshank

• Promoting a People First Culture, developing and nurturing future talent in a positive and engaging working environment.
• Working closely with senior management to embed strategies aimed at improving overall business performance.
• Data led, growth mindset throughout all work streamlines with current and future customers at the heart of everything.
• Collaborated with cross functional teams for successful alignment across the business and fundamentally Running Great Restaurants.
• Encouraged innovation within my team leading to fresh ideas, solutions and benchmarking exceptional.
• Collaborated with marketing team to understand customer needs, challenges, problem solving and solutions.
• Protect Brand standards and support continual improvements in areas of Operations excellence.
• Build strong community connections, championing the three legged stool supporting the future success of the business.
• Provide values based leadership, coaching and strategic direction to numerous Business Leaders growing top line sales and a profitable Business.

Business Leader across 6 Restaurants in time in role.

Within a variety of Restaurants from Shopping mall, High Street and high volume Drive Thru's.

Finalising my BM career opening 2 new Restaurant in the Aberdeen area.

Journey as Business Leader started in Franchise, then moved to McOpCo in 2015.

Vast variety of skills sets in role due to the locality and changing conditions, supported building a great well rounded skill set for new step in career journey.

Progressed through the talent led pipeline whilst in Education.