Rami Shaheen, Area Manager

Rami Shaheen

Area Manager

VEVEY Company - Chocoville Restaurant

Location
Kuwait - As Salimiyah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Hotel Management -
Experience
15 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 2 Months

Area Manager at VEVEY Company - Chocoville Restaurant
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since September 2022

• Communicate to all restaurant managers in the assigned area. Make sure that all managers have a clear understanding of their Target and are in the same business objective and direction.
• Set up restaurant management plan to ensure expense is in the budget or as planned.
• Monitor restaurant's performance and measure the achievement of target.
• Solve problems and provide proper direction to increase profits to the restaurants
• Define Sales Target of each assigned restaurant to ensure that all restaurants have clear target on a daily and monthly basis
• Communicate, monitor, and follow up to ensure implementation effectiveness of Marketing Program as well as execution of new products and other public relations program.
• Review sales every day and analyse sales trends.
• Identify restaurants that have negative sales gaps, and work with restaurant manager to identify action plan to close the gaps.
• Set up Manpower Plan at restaurant manager level.
• Recruit and select qualified restaurant manager based on restaurant needs
• Ensure that all team members are well trained and passed all training processes.
• Coach and develop leadership skills of restaurant managers and make sure that they can apply the knowledge and skills to enhance business performance.
• Monitor and maintain the highest level of Quality, Service, and Cleanliness. Q.S.C. standard to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Handle customer complaints and ensure issues or problems have been completely solved.
• Set up customer relationship network to build up the Brand and create awareness and customer loyalty in the located area

General Restaurant Manager at Mayar Lebanese-armenian Restaurant
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • August 2021 to August 2022

• Leads the restaurant team to maximize the sales.
• Provide excellent customer service and reducing costs.
• Keeps updated with restaurant’s P&L, focusing to achieve budget, depend on used system & Daily sales report.
• Briefs staff for daily operation.
• Responsible for the scheduling of staff, attendance, proper set up and ensure that good hygienic standards in service areas are always maintained.
• Checks up restaurant situations, set ups, equipment and maintenance.
• Controls store requisition.
• Solves daily operation problems with the daily training on the job.
• Assigns and supervises all duties and responsibilities of all staff.
• Maintains high standards of staff development.
• Ensures a proper, correct order taking to speed-up service and that guest getting a right order on his dishes.
• Actively participates in order taking, sales efforts, service and guest relations.
• Handles all complains generously, efficiently in dine-in & call Center.
• Evaluates the performance of each employee at least once a year. The results of these evaluations are then used as a basis for promotions, bonus and other benefits.
• Maintains a good communication between restaurant and kitchen
• Builds a disciplined, well harmonizing team, especially in view of:
 Careful introduction of new employees.
 Strict following of the general service requirements and basic service rules attached to this job description.
 Strict following of service standards attached to this job description.
 Strict following of closing and opening check lists attached to this job description (control).
 Strict following of cleaning check lists attached to this job description (control).
 Strict following of shift handover checklist. (Control & follow up).
 Daily briefings of the shifts (early stage: pre and post briefings)
 Efficient scheduling of all employees, & Station schedule daily.
 Direct contact with suppliers.

Call Center:

• Work with other management team members to develop call center objectives, keeping profitability and efficiency in mind
• Lead team meetings and coach and motivate team members
• Hire, onboard and train call center personnel
• Analyze call center data and prepare reports for upper management.
• Evaluate staff effectiveness and performance annually or on an as-needed basis
• Work with call center representatives to solve problems like difficult calls from angry customers
• Collect and Analyze call center statistics and adjust processes to meet or exceed goals
• Hire, Train, and manage a team of call center representatives
• Create weekly reports.
• Loading & update the menu for multi-App (Talabat/ Minasaty).
• Arrange the duty of Drivers & shifts.
• General instruction to driver According to company Principle.
• Daily Check-up to Driver (Personal hygiene, Cars Cleaning).
• Ensures a proper, correct order taking to speed-up service and that guest getting a right order on his dishes.
• Actively participates in order taking, sales efforts, service and guest relations.
• Ensures a working discipline and a smooth team work between Kitchen & call Center.
• Special offer to be announce between Call Center & Talabat according to high sales locations.

Restaurant Operation Manager at Business Gate - Lucca Steakhouse Restaurant
  • Kuwait
  • March 2017 to July 2021

March 2017 --- present Lucca Steak House (Jordan-Ksa-Egypt) Kuwait


Responsibilities:

• Assigns and supervises all duties and responsibilities of all staff.
• Assists in the planning of new menus, promotions and make training to staff to be professional
• Keeps updated with restaurant’s P&L, focusing to achieve budget.
• Be always updated with new of Market.
• Briefs staff for daily operation.
• Responsible for the scheduling of staff, attendance, proper set up and ensure that good hygienic standards in FOH/BOH are always maintained.
• Checks up restaurant situations, set ups, equipment and maintenance.
• Controls store requisition.
• Keep follow up all staff with HACCAP procedures maintain in the restaurant all the times.
• Monthly Branches Managers meeting:
New suggestion for new items, menu engineering, development plan,
Marketing plan with different countries, Solves problems, hiring strategies, company’s views.
• Direct Contact with all suppliers.
• Solves daily operation problems with the daily training on the job.
• Weekly Meeting with chef for (Menu development, solve complaint, strategies of training for new staff (kitchen, service).
• Delivery Strategy (Hot, raw Materials, Packaging).
• Catering: Planning of staff, Kitchen preparation, equipment

Outlets Manager at Movenpick Hotel & Resort
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • April 2013 to March 2017

• Leads the restaurant team to maximize the sales.
• Provide excellent customer service and reducing costs.
• Keeps updated with restaurant’s P&L, focusing to achieve budget.
• Briefs staff for daily operation.


• Responsible for the scheduling of staff, attendance, proper set up and ensure that good hygienic standards in service areas are always maintained.
• Checks up restaurant situations, set ups, equipment and maintenance.
• Controls store requisition.
• Gives everything within his capacity to achieve the yearly budgets and goals set by the management.
• Solves daily operation problems with the daily training on the job.
• Assigns and supervises all duties and responsibilities of all staff.
• Assists in the planning of new menus, promotions and make training to staff to be professional.
• Coordinates with other outlets and personnel department for ensuring that policies and procedures are followed on matter like discipline, transfers, and job descriptions.
• Maintains high standards of staff development.
• Performs any other duties assigned by the Operations Manager.
• Informs F&B employees continuously on all promotion, specialties and other sales activities.
• Ensures a proper, correct order taking to speed-up service and that guest getting a right order on his dishes.
• Actively participates in order taking, sales efforts, service and guest relations.
• Handles all complains generously, efficiently and according to the Mövenpick Company principles.
• Ensures a working discipline and a smooth team work between service and other departments.
• Evaluates the performance of each employee at least once a year. The results of these evaluations are then used as a basis for promotions, bonus and other benefits.
• Maintains a good communication between restaurant and kitchen through the F&B manager.
• Builds a disciplined, well harmonizing team, especially in view of:
 Careful introduction of new employees.
 Strict following of the general service requirements and basic service rules attached to this job description.
 Strict following of service standards attached to this job description.
 Strict following of closing and opening check lists attached to this job description (control).
 Strict following of cleaning check lists attached to this job description (control).
 Strict following of shift handover checklist. (Control & follow up).
 Daily briefings of the shifts (early stage: pre and post briefings)
 Efficient scheduling of all employees, & Station schedule daily.
 Human and professional development of his subordinates.


Beldani Restaurant:

Fine dining Restaurant (Lebanese Set Menu/ Seafood Set Menu/ A la carte order).

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and supervise Restaurant services.
• Supervise Restaurant staffs.
• Provides functional assistance and direction to the F&B operation as assigned.
• Co-ordinates functions and activities with hotel department heads and F&B department heads.
• Makes sure that every guest in the restaurant is being granted full attention,
reception and best possible care.


• Supports and maintains a good reputation of the hotel, with his friendly and courteous attitude.
• Makes sure that his/her employees are trained and follow the MP Rules, on job training is done daily.
• Maintains a good communication between restaurant and kitchen through the F&B manager.
• Control correspondences.
• Maintain Restaurant equipment.
• Control and train employees.
• Provide on the job and other training opportunities.
• Basically directing the daily operations of the restaurant.
• Provides leadership to ensure guests’ and employees’ satisfaction.
• Sustain acceptable level of day to day operations.
• Achieve company sales target.
• Handle inventory, customer service issues and prepare monthly sales report.

Restaurant Manager at MAKI JApanese Restaurant
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • March 2009 to March 2013

• Leads the restaurant team to maximize the sales.
• Provide excellent customer service and reducing costs.
• Keeps updated with restaurant’s P&L, focusing to achieve budget.
• Briefs staff for daily operation.


• Responsible for the scheduling of staff, attendance, proper set up and ensure that good hygienic standards in service areas are always maintained.
• Checks up restaurant situations, set ups, equipment and maintenance.
• Controls store requisition.
• Gives everything within his capacity to achieve the yearly budgets and goals set by the management.
• Solves daily operation problems with the daily training on the job.
• Assigns and supervises all duties and responsibilities of all staff.
• Assists in the planning of new menus, promotions and make training to staff to be professional.
• Coordinates with other outlets and personnel department for ensuring that policies and procedures are followed on matter like discipline, transfers, and job descriptions.
• Maintains high standards of staff development.
• Performs any other duties assigned by the Operations Manager.
• Informs F&B employees continuously on all promotion, specialties and other sales activities.
• Ensures a proper, correct order taking to speed-up service and that guest getting a right order on his dishes.
• Actively participates in order taking, sales efforts, service and guest relations.
• Handles all complains generously, efficiently and according to the Mövenpick Company principles.
• Ensures a working discipline and a smooth team work between service and other departments.
• Evaluates the performance of each employee at least once a year. The results of these evaluations are then used as a basis for promotions, bonus and other benefits.
• Maintains a good communication between restaurant and kitchen through the F&B manager.
• Builds a disciplined, well harmonizing team, especially in view of:
 Careful introduction of new employees.
 Strict following of the general service requirements and basic service rules attached to this job description.
 Strict following of service standards attached to this job description.
 Strict following of closing and opening check lists attached to this job description (control).
 Strict following of cleaning check lists attached to this job description (control).
 Strict following of shift handover checklist. (Control & follow up).
 Daily briefings of the shifts (early stage: pre and post briefings)
 Efficient scheduling of all employees, & Station schedule daily.
 Human and professional development of his subordinates.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Hotel Management -
  • at IPNET
  • June 2004

Specialties & Skills

Costing
Menu Development
Staff Training

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Lobster Ink - F/B Trainning (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2016
Ecornell - Management Skills (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2015