Dafne Sandrini

Pre-Opening & Operations Specialist

Dafne Sandrini

Pre-Opening & Operations Specialist

Supporting hospitality investors, founders and restaurant groups in launching concepts, structuring operations and improving performance.

Supporting hospitality investors, founders and restaurant groups in launching concepts, structuring operations and improving performance.


Get in touch

Get in touch

Experience

With a background as Operations Director at ROKA (Azumi Group), I have led multi-site operations and supported openings across Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, operating in high-volume, high-performance environments.
This experience allows me to quickly identify where operational gaps and inefficiencies sit, and how to structure businesses to perform effectively.

How I Add Value

• Bringing structure and clarity to hospitality projects
• Ensuring full operational readiness ahead of launch
• Supporting investor-level decision making
• Identifying inefficiencies and improving profitability
• Building systems and workflows that support performance

Services

Pre-opening

Pre-opening

Pre-opening

Supporting hospitality projects through the pre-opening phase, ensuring full operational readiness and a smooth, efficient launch.

• Operational structuring ahead of launch
• Team structure and hiring strategy
• Workflows and systems
• SOP framework

Supporting hospitality projects through the pre-opening phase, ensuring full operational readiness and a smooth, efficient launch.

• Operational structuring ahead of launch
• Team structure and hiring strategy
• Workflows and systems
• SOP framework

Operational optimisation & performance

Operational optimisation & performance

Operational optimisation & performance

Identifying inefficiencies and improving performance across existing operations.

• Operational review and analysis
• Cost and performance optimisation
• Structure and process improvements
• Actionable recommendations

Identifying inefficiencies and improving performance across existing operations.

• Operational review and analysis
• Cost and performance optimisation
• Structure and process improvements
• Actionable recommendations

Strategic advisory

Strategic advisory

Strategic advisory

Ongoing support to guide and strengthen hospitality operations.

• Strategic operational support
• Decision making and structure
• Performance and cost optimisation
• Team and leadership guidance
• Systems and workflows

Ongoing support to guide and strengthen hospitality operations.

• Strategic operational support
• Decision making and structure
• Performance and cost optimisation
• Team and leadership guidance
• Systems and workflows

How I support projects

I support hospitality projects through both focused engagements and ongoing advisory, depending on the stage and needs of the business.

My approach is structured, practical and focused on delivering operational clarity and performance
Scope typically includes:
• Structuring operations ahead of launch
• Defining team structure and hiring plan
• Establishing workflows and service standards
• Supporting pre-opening planning and coordination

Result: A fully structured and operationally ready concept, set up to perform effectively from day

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