Cedric Sequeira, Manager - Facilities & Assets

Cedric Sequeira

Manager - Facilities & Assets

Damas Jewellery

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Financial Auditing and Taxation
Experience
16 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 0 Months

Manager - Facilities & Assets at Damas Jewellery
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2012

 Financial forecasting/budgeting.
 Property acquisition and/or disposal.
 Planning and overseeing outlet works/renovations.
 Coordinating cleaning, catering and parking services.
 Organizing security and general administrative services.
 Advising on energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
 Supervising multi-disciplinary teams of staff including maintenance, grounds and custodial workers.
 Preparing documents to put out tenders for contractors.
 Project management and supervising and coordinating work of contractors.
 Calculating and comparing costs for required goods or services to achieve maximum value for money.
 Managing and leading change to ensure minimum disruption to core activities.
 Directing, coordinating and planning essential central services such as reception, security, maintenance, mail archiving, cleaning, catering, waste disposal.
 Planning best allocation and utilization of space and resources for new buildings, or re-organizing current premises.
 Checking that agreed work by staff or contractors has been completed satisfactorily and following up on any deficiencies.
 Coordinating and leading one or more teams to cover various areas of responsibility.
 Using performance management techniques to monitor and demonstrate achievement of agreed service levels and to lead on improvement.
 Responding appropriately to emergencies or urgent issues as they arise and dealing with the consequences.
 Develops and manages the facility work order system. Assigns tasks to appropriate team member(s).
 Oversees and provides event coordination. Ensures proper scheduling of set up and take down for meetings, events and otherwise as directed.
 Promotes a positive team attitude with employees.
 Supervise contractors and vendors as they relate to maintenance.
 Develops and maintains a relationship with all contractors and vendors ensuring efficient facility operations.
 Implement procedures for handling, storing, safekeeping, and destruction of hazardous materials.
 Works with Business Manager to manage annual facility budget.
 May assist in key distribution as requested by management.
 Ensures compliance and implementation of policies as they relate to facilities.

Assistant Manager - Operations at Damas Jewellery
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2009 to July 2012

 Emergencies/Call outs/Risk & Disaster Management.
 Organizing support for conducting exhibition, events etc.
 Support for opening new outlets.
 Handling sales staff issues like transfers, leave etc.
 Monitoring and ensuring timely renewals of AMC’s for various security systems and other outlet equipments.
 Achieve work targets by proper allocation of work and responsibilities to team members.
 Ensure training & Development for the team members.
 Budgeting, forecasting and preparation of Packing Material plans in conjunction with the sales dept. to ensure that required effectiveness is achieved.
 Co-ordinate with the marketing dept to fulfill their requirements for events like launch of new brands.
 Identify and negotiate with various suppliers (domestic and Overseas) for obtaining packaging material at the best possible cost, terms and conditions.

Assistant Manager - Operations at Damas Jewellery
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2009 to July 2012

 Emergencies/Call outs/Risk & Disaster Management.
 Organizing support for conducting exhibition, events etc.
 Support for opening new outlets.
 Handling sales staff issues like transfers, leave etc.
 Monitoring and ensuring timely renewals of AMC’s for various security systems and other outlet equipments.
 Achieve work targets by proper allocation of work and responsibilities to team members.
 Ensure training & Development for the team members.
 Budgeting, forecasting and preparation of Packing Material plans in conjunction with the sales dept. to ensure that required effectiveness is achieved.
 Co-ordinate with the marketing dept to fulfill their requirements for events like launch of new brands.
 Identify and negotiate with various suppliers (domestic and Overseas) for obtaining packaging material at the best possible cost, terms and conditions.

Assistant Product Manager at Damas Jewellery
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2008 to December 2008

 Implementing aggressive sales promotion and market penetration strategies.
 Coordinating with International suppliers on a constant basis for procurement.
 Meeting top-line and bottom-line objectives through business- driven strategies, monitoring and augmenting team performance.
 Devising strategies and implementing promotional strategies to enhance sale of the company.
 Acting as a bridge between the staff and the senior management.
 Responsible for coordinating and managing the vendors.
 Keeping proper and full updating of supply order records with the suppliers, purchase departments, warehouses and workshops.
 Devising and implementing innovative designs for manuals and magazines in order to boost sales of custom made jewellery.
 Responsible for managing, planning and maintaining adequate stock of Inventory.
 Monitoring, taking corrective actions and updating invoices with errors caused by the store staffs.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Financial Auditing and Taxation
  • at Goa University
  • April 1999

Specialties & Skills

Operation
Managing Employees

Languages

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