Natalia Godes

•Opening the new 5 star property: Kempinski Hotel & Residences Palm Jumeirah
•Reporting directly to the CFO and the Chairman of the company
•Evaluating the P&L of the preopening of the project
•Reviewing of preopening budgets and annual business plans for the new outlets
•Preparing budget estimates and monitoring departmental expenditures
•Managing the purchasing of the OS&E and FF&E items for all departments of the new property
•Working closely with all the head of departments throughout the company regarding purchasing projects and potential bids
•Drafting bid specifications and requests bid proposals from vendors
•Coordinating and directing purchasing functions such as product/service research, vendor selection, price and contract terms negotiation and purchase order completion
•Administrating contracts for all the major purchases
•Monitoring delivery schedules to insure material arrives on time
•Expediting purchase orders by identifying and resolving vendor or shipment problems
•Organizing and coordinating all the deliveries and storage for all the ordered items
•Participating in the development and implementation of departmental policies and procedures

Assortment Management for the largest hypermarket chain in Russia
Monitoring the movement of goods and providing support for inventory management
Conducting market research ( market basket analysis, price monitoring, competitor proposals)
Monitoring delivery schedules to insure material arrives on time
Expediting purchase orders by identifying and resolving vendor or shipment problems
Analyzing the sales figures as well as the turnover of goods in the retail outlets
Generating monthly and quarterly sales reports
Building relationships with suppliers and retail based on demands of consumers thus ensuring, maximum inventory turnover and minimum goods reserves

Developing, organizing, planning and promoting a range of medium scale private V.I.P. events
Preparing and managing budgets for the events
Post event tasks, managing evaluation form analysis
Resolving problems and handing complaints of the golf club members