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Gauthier LaveixGL

Gauthier Laveix

Finance Project Manager in the Restaurant Industry

€650/day
Paris, FR
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Gauthier

I help restaurants, grocery stores, and short-circuit actors to structure, open, and manage profitable projects.

What I do for you
  • Clarify your model and roadmap: business plan, pricing, product mix, break-even points, dashboards.
  • Open a venue without deviations: backward planning, purchasing, negotiations, coordination of trades, budgets, and equipment.
  • Source accurately and locally: specifications, producer panels, short-circuit logistics, compliance, and traceability.
  • Activate commerce: offering, merchandising, promotions, neighborhood partnerships, B2B/B2C.
My difference
  • Proven operational finance at Nouvelle Garde: P&L, budgets, cash, pricing, dashboards that truly guide.
  • Experience in opening and ramp-up: controlled CAPEX/OPEX, met backward plans, clear handover between works, purchasing, and operations.
  • Large-scale event logistics: managed a 12,000-person bar from start to finish, flows, teams, equipment, costs, security.
  • Terroir sourcing and producer network: demanding specifications, mastered short circuits, traceability.
  • Tools and data serving the field: advanced Excel/Sheets, dashboards, Notion for simple and actionable monitoring.
  • Committed entrepreneur: creating a counter-grocery store in progress, clear product vision, demand for profitability and local anchoring.
Typical Deliverables
  • Complete business plan and bank application.
  • Finance-operations dashboard (margins, cash, purchases).
  • Opening roadmap and secured CAPEX/OPEX budget.
  • Offering and pricing strategy, costed technical sheets.
  • Turnkey "bar/pop-up" kit for events.
Intervention Formats
  • Express audit and action plan.
  • Outsourced management control.
  • Sourcing/purchasing mission.
  • Local commercial PMO.
If your goal is to open on time, maintain your margins, and stay true to your products and your territory, let's talk.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Conversational

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • NOUVELLE GARDE
    Finance Project Manager
    RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SERVICE
    September 2024 - July 2025 (10 months)
    Paris, France
    • Elaboration of the group's restaurant budgets for 2025 (P&L and Balance Sheet)
    • Audit and monitoring of other restaurant expenses (hygiene, small equipment, subscriptions, etc.)
    • Optimization of payroll and exchanges with operational teams
    • Menu engineering and sales audit for 2024 across the six open restaurants
    • Training of managers on the financial stakes of the restaurants and the group
    Microsoft Excel Management Control Revenue Management
  • Nouvelle Garde
    Financial Analyst and Development
    RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SERVICE
    August 2023 - August 2024 (1 year)
    • Implementation of the Dvore platform across the group and team training
    • Participation in group development (feasibility study, site visits, and market analysis)
    • Monitoring of costs and adherence to budgets for future openings
    Market Research Budget Monitoring Budget Management & CAPEX/OPEX Control Microsoft Excel
  • Nouvelle Garde
    Management and Operational Controller
    RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SERVICE
    January 2023 - June 2023 (5 months)
    Paris, France
    • Automation of weekly dashboards and KPI monitoring (Revenue, Average Ticket, Rotations, etc.)
    • Construction of ad hoc studies (market share, wine sales, competitor analysis, etc.)
    • Table service at Brasserie Dubillot (180 covers per service)
    Automation Microsoft Excel Management Control

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Education

  • Master in Management
    ESCP BUSINESS SCHOOL
    2024
    Master en management
  • ECS Preparatory Class
    LYCÉE DESCARTES
    2020
    Classe préparatoire ECS

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