Consultant General Manager - Raybow International Hotel - Takrodi Ghana
(2017-04)
- Lead full hotel operations, driving revenue, profitability and service excellence.
- Advise ownership on business strategy, cost control and operational improvement.
- Implemented performance-driven systems.
- Strengthened operational efficiency and financial discipline.
- Enhanced guest satisfaction and service delivery standards.
- Positioned hotel competitively within the regional market.
- Team leadership and culture transformation.
- Budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
General Manager - Hotel centre point/Bollywood centre point
(2011-02 - 2017-01)
- Heading the 110 keys hotel & 12 banquet halls as a General Manager.
- Also overseeing a theme park across 10 acres with restaurants & banquet halls.
- Pre opening set up of hotel centre point vashi
- Increased occupancy from 55% to 70% within 2 years.
- Grew GOP by 23% and improved F&B profit.
- Reduced F&B losses through cost control measures.
- Led pre-opening of Centre Point Hotel and multiple renovations.
- Implemented OTA and yield strategies, improving RevPAR significantly.
General Manager (Operations) - Hotel Dushanbe - Tajikstan
(2010-07 - 2011-04)
- Implementing training program to achieve the goals of the department
- Ability to address & resolve conflicts of team members and guest in à High volume paced environnent
- Develop effective short and long term strategies & Occupancy rate and guest mix.
- Ensured adherence to relevant legislation relating to: fire; hygiene, employment, licensing, etc.
- Responsible for the préparation of timely and accurate Financial statements.
- Led full responsibility for the bidding and hiring of all contractors.
- Devised and planned all capital expenditures, annual budgets and forecasts; oversaw all volume and profit objectives, P&L, operational strategies and programs.
Operations Manager - Sterling Group of Companies - Dubai, U.A.E.
(2006-12 - 2010-07)
Managed multi-brand restaurants including Coffee Beanery, TCBY, Arby's, Caravan, Arabic Fast Food, and Sterling Fast Food.
- Managing multi brand restaurant, business development, ensuring profit.
- Possessing skills concerning f & b operations, strive for guest service perfection, inventory management, cost controls, & marketing.
- Responsible for motivating & inspiring a large organized team.
- As a Manager of the property, operational procedures will be tailored for the entire operating department.
Unit Manager - SOCAT - Universal Sodexho - Oman
(2005-08 - 2006-06)
- Implementation of budgetary control systems, other administrative control processes.
- Reviewed reports submitted by staff members to recommend approval to top management.
- Responsible for budgets, timelines, staffing, training, sales and marketing.
- annual forecasting and individual plan development
- Facilitated necessary internal and external meetings
- Prepared status reports to ensure project tasks goals were completed accordingly
Unit Manager - Mawarid Food Co
(1995-10 - 2003-09)
Managed restaurants including Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Chili's.
- Managers have a variety of other duties in restaurants that change their menu items; managers often select or create new recipes.
- Considers what items have been popular in the past, and what foods on hand must be used.
- Analyze recipes to decide costs for food and labour and assign menu prices.
- Orient staff and oversee their training program.
- To schedule staff work hours, making sure that peak dining hours are covered.
- To evaluate the success of new dishes and remove them from the menu if they are not profitable.
Senior Captain - Hotel Jehanuma Palace - Bhopal
(1992-07 - 1995-08)
- Working with other supervisors to coordinate all aspects of stock deliveries and keep accurate and up to date records.
- To regularly liaise with F&B manager and other supervisors to ensure the monthly accounts are accurate and the receipt and administration of all deliveries are up to date.
- To be responsible for the cellar and stock storage areas, ensuring they are secure, neat and clean at all times.
- To liaise with the other managers to ensure tight stock control and budgeted margins are achieved.
Senior Captain - Hotel Rajtilak Continental - Bhopal
(1991-10 - 1992-06)
Trainee Captain - Hotel Leela Kempinski - Mumbai
(1989-02 - 1991-07)