Group F&B Buyer
Majid Al Futtaim ACCOR Hotels
Total years of experience :21 years, 5 Months
• In Charge of all the Purchases for the Majid Al Futtaim Accor hotel group with the main focus on consumable goods and equipment’s.
Forecasting levels of demand for services and products to meet the business needs and keeping a constant check on stock levels.
Conduct market research to find out the suitable supplier for each product category.
Finalize vendor price agreements and contracts with all Suppliers.
Strategic Sourcing Program development for better results
Conduct Annual Performance Evaluation for all suppliers.
Generating various monthly / quarterly reports and analyse future course based on the results
Supervise the team which consists of Procurement coordinator and the hotels receiving staff.
Coordinate with the IT team for the Procurement system (SCM) refurbishment activities and also giving operational feedbacks for system enhancement.
Liaise with the Regional Procurement department for enabling global contract implementation.
• Plan and execute the various CAPEX requirements of the hotel
Prepare the plan the budget for all hotels with regards to the Capital Expenditure
Discuss and obtain necessary approvals from owning company
Prepare a timeline for the various budgets based on operational requirement
Source and finalize all Capex requirements
• Responsible for ensuring HACCP & ISO compliance for all suppliers
A lead member of the HACCP & ISO teams of the hotels
Preparing the SOP for Purchases & Stocks for all the hotels and updating the processes annually as required.
Performing Supplier Audits for verifying the compliance of each supplier with regards to Food Safety and Hygiene.
Conducting Internal Audits for various departments in the hotel
Key Achievements:
Managed to keep Price Stability for most of the food items in spite of the volatile market situation
Value Addition to all Contracts at renewal resulting in optimum returns.
Introduced new suppliers constantly to ensure savings on cost
Unified brands / products across all hotels to enable standards and in turn exercise better purchasing power.
Successfully completed all CAPEX expenditure for the past 3 years within the budget.
Certification Audits (Bureau Veritas) have been successfully completed for all hotels without any Non Compliance.
Implemented the F&B Dashboard system to monitor F&B category performance / FOC reports / COS reports to measure performance results
Procurement of stores in accordance with rules in force
Checking of purchase indents
Selection of suppliers for issue of enquiries
Issuing enquiries and obtaining quotations
Analyzing quotations and preparation of comparative statement
Negotiating Contracts
Checking legal conditions of contracts in consultation with administrative officer
Issue of Purchase orders
Follow up of purchase orders in due time
Verification and passing of purchase bills to see whether payments are made at time agreed
Correspondence and dealing with suppliers, carriers etc regarding shortages, rejections reported by Stores Department.
Maintaining of purchase records
To manage the day to day operations of the business unit
To liaise with suppliers for the daily supplies
Analyzing quotations and preparation of comparative statement
Negotiating Contracts
Checking legal conditions of contracts in consultation with administrative officer
Issue of Purchase orders
Follow up of purchase orders in due time
Verification and passing of purchase bills to see whether payments are made at time agreed
Correspondence and dealing with suppliers, carriers etc regarding shortages, rejections reported by Stores Department.
Maintaining of purchase records
- To manage the day to day operations of the business unit
- To co ordinate with the management regarding busines plans, and execute as per their requirements
- To Supervise the team of 25 staff fromt of the house & back of the house in order to achieve the management goals
The POst Graduate Course in Business Management was for 2 years where the majors were Planning & Marketing. During this course, I stood first in the NEP ( National economic planning) debate and also passed with first class