Kanwar Sabherwal, Corporate General Manager

Kanwar Sabherwal

Corporate General Manager

Intellistay Hotels Pvt. Ltd

Location
India
Education
Bachelor's degree, Hotel Management
Experience
27 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 7 Months

Corporate General Manager at Intellistay Hotels Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • My current job since April 2018

Spearheading Food & Beverage operations across the chain for Restaurants & Banquets with 600+ direct/indirect team members ensuring
brand standards with safety & high-quality products within the set norms of budgeted revenue, cost, and profit goals.
• Preparing a comprehensive Annual Strategic Plan and administering in accordance with F&B objectives.
• Developed Brand SOPs and Menu Standardization.
• Building strategy and action plans along to improve and sustain sales with a focus to increase revenue and reduce cost.
• Reviewing, approving and monitoring P&L, business planning, budgeting, forecasting and making necessary recommendations.
• Steering the promotional, campaign & PR activities and tracking the marketing effectiveness aligning to the business strategy.
• Responsible for end to end HR & Admin operations - Annual Operating Plan for Talent Acquisition, Training & Development.
• Building a strong workforce and a high performing F&B Management team with an effective forecasting staff requirements Plan.
• Overseeing Inventory management for the uninterrupted dining experience & customer service to improve mystery audit scores.
• Ensured an effective Disaster Management Policy in place.
• Managing Vendors which includes outsourced agencies and ensure timely renewal of AMCs and periodic preventive
maintenance.
• Effectively liaise with contractors for process adherence and maintain service records and to take periodic preventive measures.
• Oversee and liaise with the Legal & finance team for Licenses/Contracts/Agreements and AMCs renewal, etc

F&B Manager at The Club Mumbai - Khanna Hotels Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • December 2015 to October 2017

Heading the end-to-end F&B Operations for the prestigious, The Club Mumbai - Restaurants/Bar/Banquets/Off-site
Catering/Home Delivery.
• Responsible for developing long & short term strategic goals along with procedures and policies for ODC and Restaurants.
• Facilitated the competitive study periodically by gathering data for outdoor catering, Banquet and restaurants.
• Managed the P&L by timely reviewing, analysing & monitoring budgets in relation to competition and maintaining costs.
• Collaborated for developing exquisite Menu & Beverages for restaurants, banquets & offsite catering.
• Liaised with Sales teams for assessing client needs and requirements and closure of the same effectively.
• Turned around and increased the revenue of Restaurants (48%), Bar (48%), Banquet (24%), Home delivery (270%) and
Patisserie (70%) by reading the demand and price point on the target market.
• Instrumental in reviving the defunct outdoor catering business with a whopping 450% growth by re-branding “'Kuisine Kraft'
by the Club along with targeting the Big Corporate Houses and Celebrities.
• Developed and maintained all department control procedures, including purchases and store requisition

Area Manager at Ruby Tuesday- RTC Restaurant (India) Ltd
  • India
  • February 2010 to August 2012

Accomplished a positive P&L by developing Marketing strategies and increasing sales with utmost guest satisfaction.
• Instrumental in ensuring successful operations of multiple units and optimising profits.
• Demonstrated the ability to drive and enhance sales and profitability through effective business development strategies.
• Conducted store visits to ensure Quality, Service, and Cleanliness standards, including monitoring food quality.
• Single-handedly launched Pub in the prestigious Delhi Golf Club with a high level of service & customer experience

General Manager at Online Dhaba Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • February 2008 to January 2010
Manager
  • December 2004 to December 2007

Trafalgar Chowk - Bar & Restaurant, Goa Restaurant

at Hot Plates
  • India
  • September 2000 to December 2001
  • January 1992 to January 1997

Sabson Food Processors, Noida Marketing Manager

Education

Bachelor's degree, Hotel Management
  • at Thames Valley University
  • January 2000

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Bachelor's degree, Hotel Management
  • at Thames Valley University
  • January 1994

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Specialties & Skills

Marketing
Analysis
Compliance
Model Driven Development
MANAGEMENT
MARKET PLANNING
PRESS RELEASES
MARKETING
QUALITY
BUDGETING
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
FINANCE
HUMAN RESOURCES

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English
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