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merehan kukandi, events manager

merehan kukandi

events manager ·Soudah Development

Saudi Arabia

Bachelor's degree, international hospitality and event management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 12 years, 5 months

events manager

July 2023 - Present

Soudah Development

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

July 2023 - Present

Company industry:
1357
Job role:
Marketing and PR

health, wellness & lifestyle manager

July 2021 - Present

Soudah development

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

July 2021 - Present

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Hospitality and Tourism

exhibitions consultant - senior operations manager

September 2019 - July 2021

seera Group

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

September 2019 - July 2021

Company industry:
1334
Job role:
Hospitality and Tourism

Exhibitions manager - marketing & PR manager in Action

March 2018 - July 2019

Nayyara

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

March 2018 - July 2019

Managing the annual exhibitions as well as the marketing and PR

Company industry:
Catering, Food Service, & Restaurant
Job role:
Marketing and PR

marketing and communication executive

January 2016 - August 2016

Rocco Forte hotel

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

January 2016 - August 2016

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Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Marketing and PR

business development managers

August 2010 - December 2010

Reef

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

August 2010 - December 2010

• Researching and sourcing potential business opportunities and contacts
• Developing and maintaining business relations with financial services’ introducers
• Following up business leads and identifying new sales opportunities
• Setting up client meetings
• Promoting the organisation’s additional financial products and services
• Preparing professional presentations for new clients, selling all the features of why they should move their custom over or stay with the firm
• Preparing and submitting formal business tenders and proposals
• Managing ongoing business accounts whilst building new relationships
• Monitoring sales data and account performance

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Other

Public Relations and Executive assistant

January 2010 - December 2010

Aqari Investment Company

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

January 2010 - December 2010

• Read and screened incoming mail and reports. • Greeted visitors and handled their requests. • Prepared agendas and collected materials for corporate meetings. • Edited all correspondence and documents for management. • Filed and retrieved all corporate documents and reports. • Quickly and accurately responded to incoming phone calls

Company industry:
Real Estate
Job role:
Administration

CEO Executive assistant

February 2009 - July 2010

Omni Air Services

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

February 2009 - July 2010

• Manage all executive level administrative tasks including scheduling meetings and confer-ence calls, and arranging travel.
• Assist in development of executive level reports and presentations.
• Adeptly handle incoming communications and respond to internal requests for information on a timely basis.
• Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• Meet with individuals, special interest groups and others on behalf of management.
Developed an innovative records management system to process executive travel-related ac-counting documentation

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Other

Catering executive

June 2008 - December 2008

Hyatt Park

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

June 2008 - December 2008

• To maintain and grow food & beverage sales
• To develop an effective sales strategy to attract new & additional catering sales, in con-junction with the Venue’s sector sales team
• To create and prepare banqueting proposals for potential customers, ensuring that all likely additional costs relating to the event have been assessed accurately and communi-cated
• Meet and exceed all agreed sales targets set by the Sales Director
• Maintain and accurately keep updated, customer records held on Park Hyatt
• Efficiently respond to all customer enquires in a polite and timely manner
• Create and prepare accurate catering proposals for potential customers, ensuring that the catering offer matches the profile of the event in terms of product selection and budget
• Provide weekly and monthly sales activity reports • Develop and deliver sales presenta-tions to potential customers
• Produce clear and accurate Event Catering Schedules within set deadlines
• Adopt a clear and strategic approach to catering sales by selling a catering offer that drives up spend per head, while keeping operational costs to a minimum
• Organise and attend client meetings both internally and externally
• Support the Venue sector sales team if required, in terms of fielding enquires in their ab-sence or taking messages

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Hospitality and Tourism

banquet sales coordinator

May 2007 - May 2008

intercontinental hotel jeddah

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

May 2007 - May 2008

1. Reports directly to assistant Banquet Manager.
2. Interacts with other sales personnel within the hotel.
3. Interacts and cooperates in coordinating function and activities with other Food and Beverage staff, Engineering, Housekeeping, Front Office, Security and Accounting.
4. Interact with clients as appropriate.
5. Interacts with individuals outside the hotels such as Government Offices, Companies, Professional Associations, Private Clubs, other member of local communities.
6.Conduct all administrative work required including but not limited to :
a. Reservation in general
b.Filing system
c. Menu planning and pricing
d. Letter of Proposal / contract / quotation / Event order
e. Evaluation report

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Management

Education

cardiff metropolitan university

May 2015

May 2015

Bachelor's degree, international hospitality and event management

United Kingdom

GPA (percentage): 75%

GPA (percentage): 75%

Full time student both majors (hospitality- Events)

Skills

Event Hosting
Expert
Event Hosting
Expert
Major Events
Expert
Major Events
Expert
Event Sales
Expert
Event Sales
Expert
Hospitality
Expert
Hospitality
Expert
Event Management
Expert
Event Management
Expert
events
Expert
events
Expert
hospitality, events and tourism
Expert
hospitality, events and tourism
Expert
Photographer
Expert
Photographer
Expert
Illustrator
Intermediate
Illustrator
Intermediate
Videography
Intermediate
Videography
Intermediate
Presentation
Expert
Presentation
Expert
Event Hosting
Expert
Event Hosting
Expert
Major Events
Expert
Major Events
Expert
Event Sales
Expert
Event Sales
Expert
Hospitality
Expert
Hospitality
Expert
Event Management
Expert
Event Management
Expert

Languages

English

Expert

Arabic

Expert

Hobbies and interests

Photography, art