Franchise & Business consulting services
Franchise & Business consulting services
Erich Overhardt has amassed decades of experience in casual and quick service restaurants, creating and sustaining high revenues and enormous growth, building and launching companies and markets, leading organizational and strategic planning, overseeing operations, financial forecasting, supply chain, franchise licensing and sales, new business development, creating and establishing branding and brand visibility, real estate strategies, site selection and execution plus ownership of multiple franchises.
A company-builder at the highest level, Erich’s unique skill set, capabilities, and experience have established him as a premier entrepreneurial figure in the world of restaurants.
Consistent track record of increasing sales, customer counts, and profitability for all companies he has consulted.
Erich played a major role over his 12 years in the transformation of the Chipotle Mexican Grill chain from two restaurants in Denver Colorado into a sector-dominating position, due to the business practices he employed and the higher profits that resulted.
Subsequently, Erich played many crucial roles in the opening of dozens of markets and hundreds of stores nationwide. As an original member of the Executive team, Erich sculpted the future of the Chipotle Brand, its business practices, and growth strategies.
As a result of his actions and leadership, Chipotle expanded to 600 restaurants with annual revenues in excess of 750m. Additionally, Chipotle experienced the most successful IPO for a restaurant company.
First operations person who created the framework and strategy for the future of all operations functions, supply chain top to bottom, and new market development while hiring hundreds of people.
In his first year at Chipotle, Erich increased sales by over 50% and store EBITDA by over 100%.
Positions held at Chipotle: Regional Executive Director, Supply Chain Executive Director, Operations Executive Director, Franchising Executive Director, and New Market Development Executive Director.
Other responsibilities for Erich during his administration included: insurance, creating food safety programs, ombudsman, documenting all recipes and with Steve taking them out to manufacturers for production, hiring thousands of people, Branding, marketing, PR, and shaping Chipotle' Culture.
Before Chipotle, Erich, for 13 years, owned and operated Little Caesars Pizza franchises in San Diego and South Dakota. Pioneering the brand into California and starting with one store, Erich learned every aspect of owning a business and gained the unparalleled perspective of having his well-being on the line every day, while working his way towards owning 18 different operations, along with founding and serving as President of the San Diego advertising co-op, on which he served for four years.
Erich also led the expansion of Sotheby’s International Realty into the Florida Keys by acquiring and designing office space in Islamorada, identifying and creating a team of real estate professionals plus creating strategic alliances and programs garnering a larger market share with the launch of Ocean Sotheby’s International Realty.
Erich has consulted for numerous companies throughout the country creating and implementing growth strategies, driving out costs, creating inefficiencies, and accelerating profits. He has chaired and served on Advisory Boards, as well as acting as CEO and COO at EVOS. He has opened over 30 markets domestically.
Erich is an avid offshore fisherman and has lived in South Florida for the past 10 years. He serves on local Boards for fishing and conservation of off-shore fishing and works with local animal rescues.
I have a unique perspective of being both a franchisee and a franchisor during my career.
I was a franchisee with Little Caesar's Pizza for 13 years starting with one unit and ultimately owning, operating, buying, and selling 18 units.
For the next 12 years, I worked with a start-up company in Denver, Chipotle Mexican Grill, where we grew from 2 stores to 600 while I was there.
I started multiple departments including the franchise department and we franchised three markets since our business model was primarily company-owned and operated.
For the last 10 years I have been consulting emerging Brands all over the country to help them grow and franchising was usually part of the growth vehicle.
I currently own four businesses including vending machines and an automotive tiniting and paint protection film franchise.
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