Alex    John Dass, General Manager Operations

Alex John Dass

General Manager Operations

Cucina Trading & Restaurant Management WLL

Lieu
Qatar - Doha
Éducation
Baccalauréat, Arts ( Sociology )
Expérience
22 years, 11 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :22 years, 11 Mois

General Manager Operations à Cucina Trading & Restaurant Management WLL
  • Qatar
  • Je travaille ici depuis avril 2018

Organization : Cucina Trading & Restaurant Management WLL - Qatar.
Department : Food & Beverage
Duration : Apr.2018- till date.
Designation : General Manager Operations.

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities:-
Major responsibility of Leading the entire Food & Beverage Team.
Currently handling an overall team of 75 crew members within the company payroll.
Oversee P&L profitability.
Manage all F&B and day-to-day operations within budgeted guidelines and to the highest standards.
Preserve excellent levels of internal and external customer service.
Identify customers’ needs and respond proactively to all of their concerns.
Lead F&B team by attracting, recruiting, training and appraising talented personnel.
Establish targets, KPI’s, schedules, policies and procedures.(SOP)
Provide a two-way communication and nurture an ownership environment with emphasis in motivation and teamwork.
Comply with all health and safety regulations.
Promoting and marketing the business.
To keep track of statistical and financial records.
Set targets to assess and improve profitability.
Liaising with customers, employees, suppliers, licensing authorities and sales representatives.

General Operations Manager à Al Makan United Company
  • Koweït
  • septembre 2016 à mars 2018

Organization : Al Makan United Company - Kuwait.
Department : Food & Beverage
Duration : Sep. 2016- till March 2018.
Designation : General Manager Operations.

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities:-
Set operating goals and objectives as well access staffing requirements and recruit staff when needed.
Prepare and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
Manage staff performance in accordance with established standards and procedures & ensure staff know and adhere to established codes of practice.
Organize and monitor staff schedules
Co-ordinate restaurant operations during each shift.
Monitor adherence to health, safety and hygiene standards in kitchen and restaurant
Ensure adherence to set recipes and priorities consistency in quality of food and beverage presentation.
Interact with customers to ensure all inquiries and complaints handled promptly
Analyze food and beverage costs and assign menu prices.
Ensure cash management procedures completed accurately along with set and monitor budgets.
Analyze budget variances and take corrective actions as needed to establish and implement financial controls
Implement and oversee cost -cutting measures
Prepare and analyze management reports to determine and execute operating improvements
Identify and estimate food and beverage supply requirements and place orders with suppliers as well as negotiate purchase prices and develop preferred suppliers.
Check quality of deliveries and ensure documentation handed in a correct manner.
Arrange for maintenance and repairs of equipment and services.
Identify and evaluate competitors
Keep current with trends in the restaurant industry.

Personal contribution in Business Setup In Kuwait.
 Operationally Involved in setting up New F&B outlets with a unique concept for Al-Makan.
 Successfully Launched Table Otto Restaurant on 10th Nov 2016.

Restaurant Supervisor à M.H. Al-Shaya Co. W.L.L. (Café Coco
  • avril 2016 à août 2016

Contributing Focus on the brand cost cutting, keeping in mind P & L
Maintain high standards of food hygiene as per

Restaurant Supervisor à M.H. Al-Shaya Co. W.L.L. (The Gaucho Grill
  • avril 2014 à mars 2015

Start your path to management. Restaurant assistant managers
Run the staff when the manager is not on duty.
Direct employees through their daily routines and interact with customers to make sure that they have a satisfactory experience.
Assistant managers act as quality control, ensuring customer satisfaction through training employees properly and adhering to company policy
Make sure employees perform a variety of tasks, from preparing the food, stocking supplies, serving, charging people for their food, handling cash, credit cards, and a cash register, cleaning tables and counters, resetting tables, greeting customers and answering questions.
Additional responsibilities of planning beverage menu for restaurants under Gaucho Brands -Kuwait.
Maintain high standards of food hygiene as per Quality Assurance Team.

Restaurant Supervisor à M.H. Al-Shaya Co. W.L.L. (Harvey Nichols
  • janvier 2013 à avril 2014

Bar setup for service to customers.
Preparing the beverage as per requirement and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Handling beverage weekly inventory, stock control and replenishment.

Store Manager à Costa Coffee
  • Émirats Arabes Unis
  • novembre 2011 à janvier 2013

Responsibility of the entire Store Operation.
Focusing on the growth of the brand
Major look onto the company Profit & Loss (P&L).
Ensuring products served as per company’s standards.
Executing high standards of service through regular trainings.

Asst à The Cricket Club Of Indi
  • Inde
  • août 2011 à octobre 2011

Responsibility of handling the entire lounge holding a capacity of 160 covers.
Leading a team of 2 Sr. Captain, 8 bartenders and 14 waiters.
Major responsibility of maintaining the Foreign Liquor Register (F.L.R.) on a daily basis.
Ensuring the quality of drinks served meets up to the standard and expectation of our customers.
Ensuring that all necessary tasks are performed in order to maintain minimize costs and
Maximize revenue through sales.
Ensuring that all bar staff work according to public health standards.
Ensuring that all new staff in the bar receive proper training until they are fully aware of Company standards
Ensuring that Bartenders, Bar Stewards and Utilities receive all information, they need to perform their duties in a proper manner.

Bar Supervisor à P&O Nedloy & Princess Cruise Lines
  • novembre 2003 à juin 2011

Work under strict guidelines/ SOP assigned by the United States of Public Health Committee.
Interfacing with client and understanding their choice of beverages.
Preparing the beverage as per requirement and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Handling beverage daily inventory, stock control and replenishment.
Entertaining passengers with “bar tricks”.

Accolades/awards won
Recognized as the “Employee Of The Month” on Ruby Princess.

Ships sailed on Princess Cruises Ltd.

à M/V Sapphire Princess
  • mars 2011 à juin 2011
à M/V Sea Princess
  • octobre 2009 à décembre 2009
à M/V Ruby Princess
  • octobre 2008 à mai 2009
à M/V Star Princess
  • août 2007 à juillet 2008
à M/V Sun Princess
  • juin 2006 à février 2007
à M/V Tahitian Princess
  • janvier 2005 à octobre 2005
à M/V Star Princess
  • novembre 2003 à septembre 2004
Team leader à PIZZA HUT RESTAURANT
  • juillet 2002 à octobre 2003

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities:-
Leading a team of 10 waiters
Ensuring business delivery is as per standards.
Interfacing with customers and handling escalations.
Ensure food orders delivered in a promised period
Explain offers and promotions to the customer’s on phone.
Keep a track of dispatched orders on a daily basis….
Maintaining the conditions of delivery vehicles and monitoring the fuel bills accordingly.
Handling telephonic customer complaints with a “Yes Attitude”.

Accolades/Awards won
a). Customer Maniac
b). Cleanliness Champion
c). Champs Challenge award

Customer Service Representative à Mc DONALD’s
  • Arabie Saoudite
  • septembre 1998 à septembre 2000

Customer interfacing and food delivery as per order.

Éducation

Baccalauréat, Arts ( Sociology )
  • à Calorx Teachers’ University
  • octobre 2020

First CLass

Specialties & Skills

Presentation Skills
Customer Service
Profit & Loss Management
Market Knowledge
Performance Excellence
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
REQUIREMENTS
STOCK CONTROL
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DELIVERY
TELEPHONE SKILLS

Langues

Anglais
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Loisirs

  • Travelling & Nature Exploring