Purchasing Manager
Radisson Blu Hotel
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :27 years, 4 أشهر
Joined as Purchasing Manager and looking after the daily operational needs and future requirements.
BAOU GEE FOOD CORNER (A SMALL SCALE RESTAURANT)
AYUB ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC TRADERS (STORE)
Currently I am running family business with following details:-
• Baou Gee Food Corner, a small-scale fast food outlet with 5 - 6 staff and monthly turnover is approx. USD 6000 - 8000. Mainly fast food items (ready to serve) with home deliveries services etc.
• Ayub Electrical & Electronics Traders, little upper scale shop with 3 - 4 staff and monthly turnover is approx. USD 10000 - 12000. Dealing with all kind of home and industrial electrical items (like cables, fittings, lighting, conduit, fans, spare parts etc. In Electronic, mainly dealing with washing machine, dryers, blenders, toaster etc.
Responsibilities:
• Looking after daily operational matters.
• Daily selling reports and account updates etc.
• Daily buying, receiving etc.
• Suppliers’ matters and their payments etc.
• Monitoring and updating daily inventories.
• Logistics.
• Monthly forecast.
• Staff salaries and their issues etc.
• Involved in promotion and business enhancing activities.
- Technical. Major tasks included getting the best price and quality for purchase through solid negotiation. Developing process and improvement, making recommendations and implementing changes, predicting future purchasing needs. Taking a proactive approach to overcoming challenges and achieving results for the following two properties:
• Al Areen Palace & Spa (former Banyan Tree Bahrain) - Now Raffles
• The Lost Paradise of Dilmun Water Park
Major Achievements
• Re-arranged engineering items, Inventory arrangement, and brought out to the attention of management USD 108000/- worth of items lying in engineering store, which was not in recorded, later was added to the inventory, which resulted in a huge savings.
• Organized centralized purchasing between Hotel and Water Park
• Prepare local policy and procedure for stores, receiving
• Established maintenance contract for club cars, earlier it was on call and one to one basis, which cost a lot to repair / replace.
• Identifying areas for improvement to continue drive performance and business results.
and was responsible for entire procurement activities in the hotel including 300+ staff accommodation. Overlooking, focusing and working according to the set policies/procedures and standard as define by Divan Group
Additionally involved in-group buying activities for other upcoming projects
Reporting to General Manager for day-to-day operational activities
Major Achievements
• Saved approx. USD 50000/- only in amenities orders by placing the orders with main source in UAE via Jordan instead of buying from Turkey through land as it was practiced prior to my joining.
• Shifting major engineering items to UAE instead of Turkey or local buying
• Japanese items through Lebanon supplier instead of locals or Turkey
• Arranged the fix contractual prices for fruits and vegetables from local supplier instead of daily buying on variable pricing
and was responsible for entire purchasing and capital projects in the hotel and staff complex and working / focusing closely on all set purchasing policies and procedures as define by Starwood Hotels, following are the key responsibilities in daily operation:-
• To attend the daily HOD briefing, meetings, all type correspondence internal/external, e-mailing
• To receive and follow up daily orders for F&B & non F&B, Engineering, Marketing, Stores, Market List and departmental PRs, screening and distributing to the concerned with clarification / complete attachment for further process/quotations/purchase orders
• Maintained and monitored the record for SOE Stores, Amenities, Equipments, Linen, Chemicals
• Worked closely and liaison with all department heads, Cost Control, Stores and Receiving for daily smooth operation.
• Preparing the all kind of Capital Projects and scope of work related to capital plan
• Involved and sourcing the sealed bids for project works.
• Preparing the new SOP’s and LPP when needed
• Preparing the job description / task assignments / on job training and fully involved in staffing issues
• Handling all kind of logistic activities / staff compound maintenance orders
• Market Survey and market index (Monthly / Quarterly).
• Monthly reports, status of advance payments
• Annual contract for major supplies (with yearly rebates)
• Maintained and negotiated General and Engineering Contracts
• Weekly purchasing / project meeting with all HODs along with GM for upcoming events/any-pending issues
• Prepared all departmental relevant budgeting and costing
• Contingency plan and price indexing for high volume purchases
• Fully involved in Hotel Renovation Project (project is ongoing)
Major Achievements
• Responsible for procuring items under Hotel renovation project around USD8.5 million
• Saving through contingency plans and reporting to senior management on monthly basis approx. USD 7000 - 7500 apart from regular rebates
• Online CAPEX in Starwood started in
in Pre-Opening Team and was performing the duties as Asst. Purchasing Manager from the day one. Was actively involved in pre-opening and grand opening of the resort. Responsible for all kind of purchasing (food and beverage, general store items, printing & stationery, spa products, repair & maintenance, kitchen equipments, engineering supplies and accessories. To liaison with suppliers to get the quotations and preparing the purchase orders in ACCPAC System, also was handling the all office administration / correspondence and project work. Was working closely with stores, cost control regarding updating/correcting the inventory items /system and re-ordering level. Replaced purchasing manager during his absence and vacation
Major Achievements
• Supplier research, selection and contract administration
• Implementing best practices in procurement and supplier management to support the Hotel operational objectives
• Pre-opening orders, setups, follow up with shipments.
• Projects & Refurbishment - Handled all projects and refurbishment work including construction tenders during this period,
• Maintain strong working relationships with strategic suppliers to assure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met
Worked in Purchasing Department, as a
cum Coordinator in pre-opening team, took active part in pre-opening and grand opening of the hotel. I was responsible for all kind of engineering purchasing/receiving/issuing, liaison with contractors and suppliers to get the quotations, preparing the scope of work for projects, processing the PR’s and to prepare the PO’s and maintaining the store stock in DynaWin. Additionally was doing all kind of office administration /secretarial work, preparing the preventive maintenance plans, duty roasters, daily routine correspondence and daily / monthly reports.
Major Achievements
• Store setups, data installation in DynaWin System - Engineering
• Establishing par stocks for all Stores and physical setup of all Stores
• Entered full history of all equipment is in DynaWin to run the preventive maintenance plans.
• Prepare the preventive maintenance plans through DynaWin and link with store.
• All other administrative work in engineering department, including duty roaster
Joined as Building In-charge for furnished apartments, main responsibilities was maintaining the building with five staff and booking / selling the rooms. Daily reports submitting to main office and daily cash depositing to the bank.
Major Achievements
• Increase the revenue by adding other 3 buildings vs 10 the time of joining.
Enrolled in Pakistan Army as a
courses: PAKISTAN ARMY
Clerical Course Serial-141 (Basic Office Administration Work, Typing, Computer Basics, Short Hand and Secretary-ship).