Mohamed Yakout
Riyadh,Saudi Rabia
Summary
Results-oriented Area Manager with 15+ years of success in leading high-volume restaurant operations and managing multi-branch performance. Currently responsible for 7 locations, delivering consistent revenue growth of over 30% while managing teams exceeding 100+ employees. Expert in transforming operational performance, elevating customer satisfaction, and enforcing high-quality standards. Demonstrated ability to optimize costs, increase profitability, and implement scalable systems that drive business growth. A decisive leader with a strong commercial mindset, known for delivering measurable results, building disciplined teams, and consistently exceeding KPIs in competitive market environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Area Manager
Bait Al Shawaya
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
10.2023 - Current
- Motivated sales staff to continuously improve strategies through competitions and personalised coaching plans.
- Led, trained and coached employees to consistently meet and exceed target KPIs.
- Managed budget allocation for each location, ensuring expenditure aligned with financial targets and business objectives.
- Led regional sales teams across multiple locations, significantly increasing revenue through strategic planning and performance monitoring.
- Developed and implemented operational procedures to maximise efficiency and reduce costs within designated areas.
Store Manager
Frozen Beanz
Muscat
09.2021 - 11.2022
- Manage day-to-day operations of the store.
- Control food cost and usage by following proper requisition of products from storage areas, standard recipes, and waste control procedures.
- Monitor inventory levels and perform weekly inventory assessments.
- Ensuring that standards for quality, customer service, health & safety & food hygiene are met & maintain a safe working environment
- Constantly striving to meet or exceed budgetary goals, understand how to achieve increased sales while maintaining wastage (FIFO, Ordering, Receiving, etc.) controls.
HOH Manager
Buffalo Wild Wings
Muscat
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Ensure that all food and products are consistently prepared and served according to the restaurant's recipes, portioning, cooking, and serving standards.
- Control food cost and usage by following proper requisition of products from storage areas, product storage procedures, standard recipes, and waste control procedures.
- Schedule labor as required by anticipated business activity while ensuring that all positions are staffed when and as needed and labor cost objectives are met.
- Monitor inventory levels and perform weekly inventory assessments.
Restaurant Manager
Five Guys
Muscat
11.2017 - 01.2021
- Always be hands-on in all operational areas; prefer to show how to rather than to tell how to when crew approach for support or advice.
- Consistently encouraging the team in driving sales while maintaining wastage (FIFO, ordering, receiving high-quality products only, etc.). controls.
- Going the extra mile and positively engaging with our customers by building loyalty that extends and lasts.
- Working with my restaurant management team to manage stock levels.
- Estimates daily prep, ordering, and maintaining par levels and inventory food requirements, and ensures wastage control is effectively managed.
Restaurant Manager
International Tourism Company - Americana
Muscat
05.2011 - 11.2015
- Driving restaurant operations with impeccable brand standards and integrity.
- Be hands-on in FOH, BOH activities, and lead the team by setting examples to motivate them to increase sales and achieve daily targets.
- Ensuring that standards for quality, customer service, health and safety, and food hygiene are met, and maintaining a safe working environment by complying with the Food Alert policy.
- Constantly striving to meet or exceed budgetary goals, I understand how to achieve increased sales while maintaining wastage (FIFO, ordering, receiving, etc.). controls.
- Estimate daily preparation, ordering, and maintain par levels and inventory food requirements.
Assistant Restaurant Manager
Lilly Land Beach Club
Hurghada
10.2009 - 05.2011
- Supervise the efficient working of departments and assigned shifts, administer pre-meal meetings, and rectify all staff service.
- Monitor and manage guest complaints, ensure satisfaction, and administer efficient follow-up for the same to receive feedback.
- Manage workload, ensure effective working of restaurant activities, and maintain excellent standards to meet operational expectations.
- Coordinate with the team to meet sales targets, ensure customer satisfaction, and follow company procedures to increase productivity.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Hotels Management Department
Faculty Of Tourism And Hotels
Alexandria01-2009
Skills
- Multi-unit Management
- Operations Leadership
- Cost Control
- Development of the team
- Food Safety
- Customer Experience
- P&L Management
Certification
- ICDL - International knowledge center
- Marketing - Alexandria university
- Sales Skills - Alexandria university
- Italian Language 2 levels - Culture Center
- Food Service and Hospitality - International tourism company
- FOOD SAFETY AND HACCP - International tourism company
- Time Management - International tourism company
- Customer Service Management - International tourism company
- High Coach Impact - International tourism company
- Leadership - International tourism company
- Quality Assurance - International tourism company
Languages
Arabic
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
References
Available upon request
Interests
- Leadership & Team Development
- Customer Experience improvment
- Business Performance Analysis
- Fitness & Healthy Lifestyle
Timeline
Area Manager
Bait Al Shawaya
10.2023 - Current
Store Manager
Frozen Beanz
09.2021 - 11.2022
HOH Manager
Buffalo Wild Wings
02.2021 - 08.2021
Restaurant Manager
Five Guys
11.2017 - 01.2021
Restaurant Manager
International Tourism Company - Americana
05.2011 - 11.2015
Assistant Restaurant Manager
Lilly Land Beach Club
10.2009 - 05.2011
Bachelor's Degree - Hotels Management Department
Faculty Of Tourism And Hotels