Cathy Weir

Work History

Soul Origin LTD

01.2021 - Current

Overall accountability of 30 Franchised stores within Victoria, with one Area Coach directly reporting to me
Working collaboratively with National Training Manager to best utilise 3 Training Coaches, based in Victoria

G8 Education Ltd

10.2019 - 12.2020

Ensuring the quality of care meets National Quality Frameworks within 13 Early Childcare Centres and ensuring overall bottom line profitability meets the companies budgeted EBITDA;
Management of 450 team members
Maximise Area occupancy and revenue via local area marketing (LAM), enrolments and value add services
P&L accountability to deliver budget expectations across the area
Monitors weekly business KPI’s to deliver on budget objectives
Monitors balance scorecard and performance trends, recognises strong performance and/or develops plans with Centre Manger to correct performance
Develops action plans with Centre Manager to address and resolve issues
Manage escalated debt owed by families within company guidelines
Ensure Centre facilities and resources are at an appropriate quality standard and resolving issues as necessary
Reviewing Centre pricing and offers and making recommendations accordingly
Conducting periodic reviews of local competitor landscape
Ensuring child safety is adhered to and steps put in place to ensure best practice.

Boost Juice Bars

07.2017 - 10.2019

Comparative growth of 8% over two consecutive years, development of existing partners into Multi Site Partners, opened 6 New Greenfield Sites, Coached and Mentored 10 New Franchise Partners, Assisted with 7 existing store sales and 6 Refurbishments
Overall accountability for 25 stores in my region and achieving 8% comparative growth over two consecutive years
Action plans in place for all stores
Proactively working with partners to develop them into multi- operators
Franchise Recruitment and development
Store openings and assignments
Coaching and ongoing development of Franchise Partners and Store Managers
Delivery of operational excellence throughout the region
Accountable for State Budgets and EBITDA
Working proactively with other departments to deliver on our brand promise to internal and external customers
Delivery of group training programs to Franchise partners and Store Managers.

The Coffee Club Franchising

01.2010 - 07.2017

Consecutive years over overall sales growth average with Mystery Shopper programme- region average 91% online training engagement for each store – achieved
Assisted and lead, 14 store sales, and 14 store refurbishments
Up to 28 stores
Accountable for 5 company owned stores overall results
23 Franchised stores, including Multi Site Operators
Coordination with the support office on new store openings/store sales
New franchisee induction and training program
Developing franchisees to enable them to become Multi Site Operators
Business planning
Accountability for sales growth and bottom-line profitability for Franchisees
Store openings and store sales
Ongoing training and development
Actively working on action plans for non-compliant/distressed stores

01.2009 - 01.2010

Pandoro Panetteria
Recruitment, training, development and reviewing of staff
Meeting company KPI’s and budgets
Profitability and P&L control access across all branches
Overseeing quality assurance of barista procedures and coffee excellence
Ensure effective Health and Safety as well as Food Safety programs are implemented and maintained to a high standard.

NZ Franchisee, Sierra

01.2008 - 01.2010

Taking Shape

01.2007 - 01.2010

01.2008 - 01.2009

McDonalds Corporation

01.1987 - 01.2007