Lisa Ray

About Lisa Ray

Franchise recruitment and business development professional with additional expertise in franchise auditing to improve services, education consulting, financial education, workforce development, public speaking and training. I enjoy working with a company that values integrity, strong communication skills, resourcefulness and on-going professional development. Diversified management, training/education, community and business development, sales and customer service background. Highly organized with ability to manage projects to completion in a timely and cost effective manner. Experience handling media interviews including television, radio and print.

Experience

1. Franchise Recruiter - Network Development Specialist

   Kumon North America, Inc.

   Jan 2019 — Present · Huntsville, AL, US

   Collaborate with three branch offices to recruit franchisees in 11 states for new locations and resale locations• Franchise recruiter covering 11 states in the Eastern United States for an afterschool math and reading program recruiting over 15 – 20 plus franchisees per year.• Create and follow a plan to achieve targeted, performance goals by identifying, advancing and closing deals • Facilitate on-going collaborative weekly meetings with three branch offices and upper management to discuss progress of potential franchisees, release new expansion areas and develop plans to increase leads.• Work with senior management and area development to explore new markets using ESRI data, assess viability of those areas and make recommendations based on research and local knowledge of the market releasing 28 markets in 2020 and 33 markets in 2021 to achieve yearly goals of markets released• Establish strong relationship with franchise owners interested in selling their location to help them locate a buyer and processing the buyer through the full recruitment process in collaboration with the franchisee• Processing candidates from lead generation through the full cycle recruitment process including intro calls, seminars, processing of paperwork, exam proctor, background check verification, competency interviews and presenting candidates to General Manager for acceptance into training• Tracking full recruitment process in FranConnect, franchise recruitment software, and an additional recruit management system• Holding in person seminars in targeted areas of my regions to promote Kumon and encourage candidates to move forward through the process• Produce and distribute marketing letters to obtain possible candidates• Was instrumental in developing a transfer toolkit for our branches to use for locations interested in selling their franchise• Deliver transfer workshops to franchisee/instructors for 3 branches for instructors to know the process of selling their center

Education

• Ambassador University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Home Economics with a minor in Theology

• Ambassador University

  Bachelor's degree

  1984 — 1988