LEE LANUZA

The Network Development Manager at Generika Drugstore is accountable for supporting the company's growth objectives by implementing accelerated store network expansion strategies. This involves various tasks such as identifying and assessing potential sites for new stores, negotiating with landlords and property owners to secure lease agreements, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders for store design, construction, and opening, managing and monitoring the performance of new and existing stores, and developing and executing network development plans and budgets.

• Lease Management and Store Expansion
• Overall in charge of the acquisition of as many possible sites suitable for the business in the best location possible
• Negotiates the lowest possible rent favorable to the business to help manage costs and improve profitability.

• Over all in charge with the group network expansion strategies, like Site Acquisition, Lease Management and other lease-related concerns of the company
• Concentrated our expansion plan in the provinces of Rizal and Cavite.

I was assigned to Metro Manila for four years, and during my time there, I added 50 new stores to the JFC network in my area. After my exposure in Metro Manila, I was transferred to the Visayas Region, where I opened an additional 54 new stores(Jollibee, Chowking, Mang Inasal, Greenwich, and Red Ribbon combined) in my assigned district, which covered Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, and Negros Island. I also covered Central Visayas for almost a year.

• As a Store Network Development Manager, I was tasked on behalf of the store operations group to make sure that the entire process of putting up a Chowking store was followed
• I'm working with our Business Development Team for the site selection process as a member of the Site Committee(SiteCom), Finance department for the store budget and financial viability with our Engineering team for the construction plan production to actual construction
• I report directly to the CEO for updates.
• As an Area Manager in Chowking I'm responsible for overseeing the operations, sales, and profitability of multiple Chowking branches within a designated area. Some of the duties of an Area Manager include:
  - Ensuring that all branches comply with the company’s standards, policies, and procedures
  - Providing guidance, coaching, and training to branch managers and staff
  - Monitoring and analyzing the performance of each branch and implementing action plans to improve results
  - Developing and maintaining good relationships with customers, suppliers, and franchisees
  - Coordinating with the corporate office and other departments on various matters such as marketing, inventory, maintenance, and human resources.