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Nandakishor Soman

Area Purchase Manager

Location:
India
Education:
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
Experience:
36 years, 8 months

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Total Years of Experience:  36 Years, 8 Months   

June 2019 To November 2020

Area Purchase Manager

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at Soneva Fushi Resort
Location : Maldives - Male
Working as Area Purchasing Manager, handling two resorts in Maldives, Soneva Fuhsi and Soneva Jani located in a different atoll.
January 2016 To January 2019

Purchase Manager

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at Soneva Kiri Resort
Location : Thailand
Incharge of the daily operation of procurement and also handling various projects e.g.villa renovation, construction of new villas, kitchen expansion, airport runway repair and upgrading the facilities. Maintenance of speed boats engines, purchasing new engines.

Maintaining two Cessna flights, maintenance of Cessna engines, sending engines for overhauling in Canada.
September 2013 To November 2015

Procurement Manager

at Workers Village Real Estate LLC
Location : United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Workers Village is a part of Al Barakah Group. This group is having various divisions:- Workers accommodation, Catering division, Laundry, Security etc.

RESPONSIBILITIES:-
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Tendering for perishable and non-perishable items
Part of negotiation committee for various contracts of Engineering, Laundry, Facility Management Designed Standard operating procedures for Procurement department
Part of Food safety team
October 2012 To September 2013

Country Manager

at United Registrar of Systems
Location : United Arab Emirates - Dubai
URS is Certification Body offering value added services worldwide. URS is UK based certification body under UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) and also Accreditation from Dubai Accreditation Centre (DAC). URS services are available over 64 countries including USA, UK, Europe, Asia, Africa and Far East countries.

Responsibility:-

Administration of Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Finance and Marketing
February 2005 To September 2012

Director of Purchasing

at Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa
Location : Oman - Muscat
Joined as a Project Team member. Initial responsibility was to handle HEOS (Hotel Equipment and Operational Supplies) and FF&E. This project was completed in a phase manner (opening of 3 Hotels under one roof). This property comprises of 680 rooms with 19 Food & Beverage outlets and 3 lobby lounges.

Initial Purchasing set section wise in 2005 :-

Food & Beverage
Engineering ( Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Civil, Refrigeration )
House-keeping
HEOS (Hotel Equipment and operational supplies)
Logistics - Finalize contract with logistic company for all import shipments from various parts of the world.

Major Initiatives

Finalizing major contracts for Engineering (Boilers, Chiller plants, Swimming Pool maintenance, Air-conditioning, Landscaping) Manpower (short term manpower requirements for House-Keeping, Engineering Civil contracts, Valet Parking etc.), House-keeping & Laundry (HK & Laundry Chemicals, HK equipment’s, Staff Laundry, Pest Control)

Internal Auditor for SFSMS (Shangri-La’s Food Safety Management systems, HACCP (Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Point), ISO 14001 - Environment Management System & OHSAS 18001 - Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series. Also part of core committee of all above programmes.

In Charge of Perishable & Non-perishables Tender committee to finalize all various tenders.

Projects

Splash Pad for kids zone
Lazy river tiling
Golf ground
Landscaping
Adventure Zone
Amphitheatre
Restaurant renovations
June 2004 To February 2005

Purchase Manager

at Shangri-La, Maldives
Location : Maldives
Joined Shangri-la Maldives Resort & SPA as the pre-opening team. The Resort was under construction and was supposed to be open by end 2007.

Responsible for following assignments:

Hotel equipment and operational supplies (HEOS )
Guest Room Amenities
Major procurement on Speed boats / Club Cars
Crockery - cutlery
Linen Orders \[Room Linen as well as House-keeping Linen\]
Kitchen equipment’s

November 2004 I moved to open another property of Shangri-la in South part of India (Chennai) Called Traders Hotel, Chennai.

RESPONSIBILITIES :-

Finalizing the major F&B operating supplies order
Printing and Stationery for front / back of the house
Setting up Policies & Procedures for Purchasing dept. and Stores
Recruiting Staffs for Purchasing / Stores
Setting up Software package for Purchase & Inventory.
June 1999 To May 2004

Purchase Manager

at Soneva Fushi Resort & Spa
Location : Maldives
SONEVA FUSHI RESORT & SPA is one of the best luxury resorts in the Maldives. Winners of the Condenaste’ Traveler Award for the Best Leisure Resort in the world for the year 2000. The readers of the Harpers & Queen magazine in the UK also adjudged it the Best Beach Hideaway for the year 2002. June 1999 to May 2004.

RESPONSIBILITIES :-

Procurement of Perishable and non-perishable items.
Looking after imports, logistics of perishable and non-perishable items
Keeping abreast with the changes in the market wuth regards to technology, quality, cost effectiveness and new suppliers and their competitiveness.
Managing a smooth flow of communication with suppliers, shippers, customs, clearing agents and other transport and service providers.
Keeping the management updated with regard to market conditions, availability and delivery information.
Conducting Market surveys in Singapore, Sri Lanka & Mumbai.
Processing all information using the hotel software within an intranet.

Special Assignment

Opening of new property in Maldives - Soneva Gili Resort & Spa, in December 2001
May 1985 To June 1999

Purchase Supervisor

at Oberoi Hotels
Location : India - Mumbai
Purchase Supervisor
Handling of various sections in Purchasing. Mainly, Engineering ( Mechanical, Refrigeration ), General. Kitchen Stewarding, Food & beverage.
Processing all information using the hotel software within an intranet.
Receiving Supervisor
Handled Receiving of all goods to the hotel.

Engineering Supervisor

Handled the Engineering stores for a period of one year.

Education

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July 2008

Bachelor's degree, Commerce

at Chatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
Location : India

Specialties & Skills

ISO 22000

Microsoft Excel

OHSAS - Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series

Microsoft Word

HACCP AUDITOR Hazard Analysis on Critical Control Point

Runway maintenance and upgrading

Maintaining 2 Cessna Aircraft

Contract Management

direct suppliers or manufacturers source

Inventory Accuracy

Tender Preparation

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English

Expert

Hindi

Expert

Marathi

Expert

Training and Certifications

Effective Communication Interacting with Confidence ( Training )

Soneva Centre for Excellence
February 2003 (6 hours)

Result Oriented Leadership - Professional seminar ( Training )

Soneva Centre for Excellence
February 2003 (6 hours)

Shangri-La Care 1,2,3,4 A commitment to Customer Loyalty ( Training )

Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa Training
August 2005 (24 hours)

Shangri-La Food Safety Management System ( Training )

Shangri-L's Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa
December 2008 (12 hours)

Leadership Foundation Skills Programme ( Training )

Development Dimensions International DDI
April 2009 (6 hours)

Who Moved My Cheese ( Training )

IDEAS Management Consultants
February 2009 (8 hours)

HACCP Internal Auditor Training ( Training )

Shangri-La, Muscat
October 2010 (16 hours)

OHSAS 18001:2007 Introduction & Risk Assessment Training ( Training )

Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa, Muscat
December 2011 (16 hours)

Certificate of Honesty from Owners of Soneva Fushi Resort ( Certificate )

Issued in: October 2001

Conde Nast Traveller Readers Travel Award ( Certificate )

Issued in: May 2000

How to Build Company Culture by Ron Kaufman ( Certificate )

Issued in: March 2007

Green Resort Award from President of Maldives ( Certificate )

Issued in: March 2000

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Reading

I have passion to read Historical books, Detective stories, crime stories, Cricket players autobiography and religious books written by my spiritual master. (Sadguru)

Playing Indian percussion instrument, called as TABLA

I am playing this instrument since i was 8 years old. I have performed in many professional shows as well as on Indian Radio and Television. I was giving accompany to Indian classical vocalist & indian instrument players e.g. Sitar, violin, Harmonium (Samwadini) etc.

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As Commercial Manager (BT SSP UAE) in Siemens LLC

By
Rohit Mainkar
(CLIENT) on 08-04-2015
"I know Mr. Nandakishor Soman for last more than 5 years. He is smart, enthusiastic, with full of ideas at the same time very professional and with full integrity. He knows his job quite well as he has spent many years in the field of Procurement. I would say that he is a Manager in true sense. I wish him success in all his future endeavors."

As Manager - Operations in Al khoudh Steel Furniture Industrial Co LLC

By
(PARTNER) on 12-04-2015
"Mr Soman is very enterprising who with his zeal of great passion has achieved a humongous professional growth and in-depth expertise for successfully managing the procurement function in various capacities. It is always an enriching experience to interact with him. He is a mentor and guide for young and aspiring professionals in purchase line. He has demonstrated excellence in his area of profession and and developed various SOPs for his area during different assignments. I have been professionally interacting with him for the last 8 years and have found him to be very honest, highly focused and dedicated person . His concepts are very clear and he has the knack of conveying his thoughts in a very unambiguous manner . He has a no-nonsense style of working and gets his work done in excellent team-spirit . I wish him Best of luck."

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