Prakash Viswambharan

Sourcing and purchasing various products from local vendors

Maintain records of goods ordered and received.

Locate vendors locally for materials, equipment or supplies, and interview them in order to determine product availability and terms of sales.

Prepare requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment.

Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.

Analyze market and delivery systems in order to assess present and future material availability.

Resolve vendor or contractor grievances, and claims against suppliers.

Represent companies in negotiating contracts and formulating policies with suppliers and price negotiations.

Visit all outlets on the first of every month to do stocking and assess inventory levels.

Prepare monthly reports on monthly purchases and inventory

Entry of purchase invoices from the outlets

Coordinate with outlets for their purchase requirements.

Inspect overseas and local inbound/outbound deliveries of perishable/ non-perishable Grocery, Meat and Seafood to intercept products that fail to meet outlined standards.
Inspect products in storage warehouse facility periodically to ensure food safety and product quality is maintained.
Evaluate product handling and storage procedures and develop improvements to ensure the highest levels of product safety and sanitation are maintained.
Maintain documentation and update results in the Quality Control databases pertaining to inspection/rejection of products and claims.
Conduct special category inspection of frozen and fresh seafood products.
Liaise with purchase, logistics and key associates on products policy and standards.
Periodical visits to client facility for product inspection and quality assurance
Maintain and observe HACCP policies and procedures.

Sourcing various products locally based on requisitions from Executive Chef
Liaise with Dubai Head Office on daily operational requirements
Maintaining FMC Software for implementation of purchasing procedures along with data logging for purchased stock in and out, logging damage/wastages and staff food.
Inventory management for Kitchen and Store to ensure uninterrupted supply and monitoring stock movement
Tracking and supervising delivery of Purchase Order in accordance with QA policy.
Manage petty cash accounts and Cost control related activities.
Carry out Monthly inventory of Food and Non-Food.
In charge of offline data filing system

RECEIVER / DATA ADMIN
GOLD CENTRAL TEAM
DEAN & DELUCA (M.H. Al Shaya Co. W.L.L)
AVENUES MALL, KUWAIT
OCTOBER 2008- PRESENT
• Preparing and sending Purchase Orders to Suppliers sent through GOLD access

• Receiving phone calls from retail & office regarding orders and PO's

• Carries all out data entry activities related to the kitchen & Store administrative departments

• Preparing Circular sent through e-mails

• Organizing and maintaining filing system