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Ernesto 🍯 Mandowsky

Fabio E.

Franchise Owner

Restaurant Brands International

POS Software Updating and Testing
- Responsible for transition to a new POS vendor, testing and executing major software updates.
- Streamlined POS and BOH system alignment, ensuring accurate processing and integration with platforms like Restaurant365 and RTI for over 20 franchisee groups, 150 pilot stores.

Testing and QA
- Executed pilot and QA testing programs, identifying and resolving edge-case issues to deliver reliable software updates with minimal operational disruption.
- Tested integration workflows between kiosks, first-party apps, and delivery marketplaces, ensuring operational efficiency and customer experience.

Training Materials
- Created scalable training materials used by franchisees and managers, enabling effective self-guided training and consistent adoption post-rollout.

Senior Anaylst, Technology Deployment

FoodSense, Inc.

As a Restaurant Consultant with comprehensive hands-on experience, I bring a full-circle approach to every aspect of the restaurant business. My expertise ranges from managing daily business operations and team leadership, to strategic negotiations and expansions. Here's a detailed overview:

Operations Management & Team Leadership:
  - Managed daily operations, ensuring sales enhancement and customer service excellence.
  - Fostered a cooperative relationship with Turnberry, leading to operational success.
  - Directed inventory management and maintained robust vendor relationships.

Sales Strategies & Growth Initiatives:
  - Instrumental in achieving the 'Best-Performing Restaurant' accolade in December 2023.
  - Developed and executed sales strategies that notably increased revenue and customer engagement.

Expansion & Strategic Partnerships:
  - Spearheaded the opening of new locations that bring in over $4m. 
  - Launched and managed nationwide delivery through Goldbelly, boosting sales by $50,000 in the 2023 Holiday Season.
  - Negotiated strategic partnerships with third-party delivery services, resulting in a 30% increase in sales across restaurants.

Technology Implementation
  - Implemented Toast POS and xtraChef by Toast, enhancing operational efficiency and financial management.

Real Estate & Site Selection:
  - Played a key role in dealing with commercial real estate companies for site selection, optimizing location strategy for new ventures.

First-Party Delivery Strategy:
  - Currently leading the implementation of a first-party delivery strategy, projected to increase delivery order profits by 12%.

My experience positions me uniquely to consult effectively across various aspects of the restaurant industry, from operational management to strategic growth and technology integration.

Restaurant Strategy and Operations

Doggi's Arepa Bar

Growth and Expansions Project Manager. Responsible for new business models that contribute to EBITDA. Responsible for strategic maps and planning. 

- Opened Aventura Food Hall
- Opened Shoma Bazaar
- Launched Nationwide Delivery through Goldbelly
- Negotiated 3rd Party Delivery Partnership

I spearheaded the launch of new restaurant locations, which are on track to contribute an additional $4 million annually in sales. I played a pivotal role in devising and executing a comprehensive negotiation strategy for our delivery services, resulting in a remarkable 30% sales increase across each restaurant. My strategic acumen was further demonstrated through securing an exclusive partnership with Goldbelly as the sole Venezuelan concept on their platform, boosting our sales by $50,000 during the 2023 Holiday Season alone. Currently, I am leading the implementation of a first-party delivery strategy anticipated to enhance our delivery order profits by 12%.

Strategy and Operations Project Manager

Doggi’s Arepa Bar - Aventura Mall

Daily Business Operations
Team Leadership
Customer Service
Sales Strategies
Food Costs

Managed relationships with Turnberry, fostering a cooperative and effective partnership.
Achieved the 'Best-Performing Restaurant' accolade in December 2023.
Overseeing daily operations, including sales enhancement, customer service excellence, and staff training.
Directing inventory management, maintained strong vendor relationships, and handled detailed reporting.
Analyzing the quick-service model, deriving insights to optimize processes for future restaurant openings.

Restaurant Manager

OnMyWay™ Commerce

VP Restaurant Partnerships

Miami Media School

Bilingual Marketing Instructor covering the following subjects:

• Intro to Wordpress and other CMS tools
• Principles of SEO
• Personal Brand and Monetization
• Marketing Project Proposals

Marketing Instructor

ShipMonk

●     Onboarding all new e-commerce and direct-to-consumer accounts ensuring seamless integration between marketplace software and Shipmonk product software. 
●	Using problem-solving skills, relentless curiosity to solve account queries, and extreme organizational skills to deal with all different support channels available to accounts. 
●	Currently overseeing 50+ new accounts troubleshooting integration issues between software platforms, coordinating logistics of shipments to our warehouse, and teaching accounts on how to become experts with the Shipmonk platform before they launch. 
●	Reduced the time between onboarding and go-to-market by 25% through a reorganization of Asana structure

Senior Client Relationship Manager

REEF Technology

Responsible for onboarding, maintaining and growing restaurant brands within the Reef Kitchens Ecosystem. Serving as the liaison between external clients and internal teams at REEF ensuring success and growth.

●	Created an exponentially scalable commercial strategy for onboarding up and coming local restaurant brands on to REEF Kitchens platform across US and Canada overseeing a team of 25 people. 
●	Implemented a process framework with activities, goals, and KPIs that tracked 90+ key partnerships through the use of online collaboration and program management tools reducing brand onboarding process time by 67% and incrementing our key partnership pipeline by 245%. 
●	Built various playbooks to standardize project management, qualifying key partnership leads, pricing strategies, and brand onboarding.
●	Contributed to the growth of the business development team by filtering and interviewing candidates from 3 to 8 well-qualified people. Negotiated additional support of 20 people from the operations team and 2 external consultants. 
●	Fostered relationships with internal teams including operations, marketing, digital marketing, supply chain, culinary, strategy, and commercial

Marketing and Brand Success Manager

Guangala Chocolate

Reporting to the Board of Directors and CEO.

Responsible for building the chocolate business from the ground up. Developed strategic pillars and go-to-market strategies. Supervise product development roadmap, brand architecture, sales strategy, pricing strategies, negotiations with suppliers. In charge of negotiating key accounts and modern channel. Built a team and distribution business model to broaden product availability in Ecuador through different points of sale. Future plans to export and develop other product lines.
- Aggressive Digital Marketing Launch Campaign
- Launched product that resulted in a 8% share of market within the first 9 months
- Created 4 product lines and 5 product extensions
- Created a distribution of sales that covered 100+ super markets, 500 bakeries, and partenerd with 2 logistics providers that gave us access to over 200,000 points of sale

Managing Director Marketing

Grupo AJE

Reporting to the Country Manager and Global Brand Director

Brand Marketing Manager responsible for relaunch and exponential growth of Sporade (Sports Drink) and Cool Tea (RTD Tea). Market Share Growth: From 0.2% to 22% (April 2015) Sporade YoY 205% growth ('14 v '15)

Product Launch: Feasibility Study, Coordination with Procurement, Packaging design proposals, Marketing Plan, Budget Negotiations, Distribution Channel strategies, and promotional sales tactics.

Responsibilities:
• Plan, execute marketing, advertising and promotion campaigns that will  ensure volume, profit growth and equity of the brands. 
• Actively integrated with sales and commercial teams to ensure proper implementation of ATL and BTL execution. 
• Followup and channel promotional activities and strategies down the Sales and Distribution channels
• Work together with Agencies and Media partners in the execution of various communication material including advertising, traditional, digital media, and promotions.

Senior Brand Manager

Primax S.A

Operated gas stations for Primax Ecuador. Among the most relevant responsibilities of day to day operations are sales, purchasing, human resources, legal, and tributary aspects of running a business in Ecuador.
Involved in the re-branding process from Shell Ecuador to Primax Ecuador. Advised the implementation of an internal franchise for the convenience store, automation and software upgrades for the store as well as the fuels area.

With over 6 years of transformative leadership in the restaurant tech industry, I specialize in enhancing technology use to drive revenue, operational efficiency, and customer reach across diverse digital channels.

Key achievements:
Leading successful launches of new locations and onboarding 20+ restaurant brands onto ghost kitchens, optimizing operational capabilities.
Developing 8 virtual brands, attuned to emerging market trends.
Achieving 27% market share for three beverage brands in Ecuador and Peru, demonstrating prowess in product launch and market penetration.
Leveraging 8 years of strategic planning and execution skills in consulting across various sectors, I offer innovative solutions to address clients' challenges effectively.

I'm positioned to support clients in product, growth, and brand marketing consulting, driven by a passion for developing brands and services that deliver genuine value to customers.

My ultimate goal is to drive impactful change in the restaurant and tech industries by integrating traditional and digital strategies, fostering sustainable growth for my clients.

Keywords:
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