Jim Strachan

Vice President of Franchise Operations

Jim Strachan has been with  Marco’s Pizza (Marco’s Franchising, LLC) for 12 years and was promoted to his current role as vice president of operations from director of franchise opterations.

 

Strachan oversees Marco's franchise operations and communication with its area representatives nationwide.  He is also responsible for employee training and site and equipment selections for the company's growing chain of more than 170 stores.  In addition, Strachan is a Marco's franchisee, with four stores of his own in Michigan.



Previously, Strachan was the director of franchise sales for Yorkshire Global Restaurants, the parent company of A&W and Long John Silver’s.

Prior to that, he spent more than 19 years with Little Caesars Pizza in a number of franchise operations roles, including senior director of non-traditional operations. Strachan was responsible for more than 600 K Mart and Wal-Mart Little Caesars stores, and the development of stores in the Czech and Slovak Republics.

Strachan holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Detroit College of Business. His favorite Marco’s pizza topping is Italian sausage – especially when combined with mushrooms.