raymond harfouche, Operations Manager

raymond harfouche

Operations Manager

Nutri UAE

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, GIS
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

Operations Manager at Nutri UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since January 2013

• In charge of daily operations, stock control, quality control, and purchasing for all company catering and commercial outlets.
• Supervised and oversaw all operations for internal audits as well external ADCO audits.
• Negotiating and purchasing of food products, and equipment within budget and company financial plan.
• Studying competitors' products and services for future business development.
• Exploring ways of improving company identity and services, whether in service or material.
• Monitoring sales and return-on-investment.
• In charge of recruiting and staff allocation.
• Cost planning, budgeting, and cost control.
• LPO creation and approval.
• Allocating and releasing payments to sustain operations.
• Maintaining and supervising operating standards in terms of staff training, document control, quality control, equipment maintenance, municipality & local approvals, internal & external audits, and client satisfaction.

Business Development Manager at GRMC Sarl
  • Lebanon
  • January 2012 to February 2013

• Preparing and managing marketing plans, campaigns, budgets as well as contracting different companies for rebranding applications from equipment, costumes, and stationary within company budget.
• Conduct marketing research and commercial survey.
• Formulate and direct marketing activities, working with distributors and advertising agencies.
• Studying competitors' products and services for future business development.
• Exploring ways of improving company identity and services, whether in service or material.
• Monitoring results and return-on-investment.
• Reporting findings, and new strategies directly to the Managing Director.
• Contributed to an increase in 12% of the total company's revenue.
• Successfully finding, contacting, and negotiating with different suppliers on materials and equipments that best matched company requirements in terms of quality and budget.

Business Development Manager at Stereo Club Nights
  • Lebanon
  • January 2012 to February 2013

• Preparing and managing marketing plans, campaigns, budgets.
• Contacting different brands in F&B, and entertainment for sponsorships, as well as negotiating deals that best suited the brand and organizational goals.
• Contacting and negotiating with advertising agencies including blogs and magazine such as Timeout in which Stereoclubnights earned the top 5 places to be in Beirut.
• Studying competitors' products and services for future business development.
• Exploring ways of improving company identity and services, whether in service or material.
• Monitoring results and return-on-investment.
• Negotiating and closing deals with venue owners, print works and marketing material within budgets

Accounts Manager at GRMC Sarl
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2010 to January 2012

• Coached, trained and mentored Sales Associates to motivate personal performance and productivity.
• Selecting target markets.
• Surveying for potential service augmentation in maximizing service and profitability.
• Maintaining high quality interpersonal relationships with clients.

Sales & Client Relations at GRMC
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • February 2008 to January 2010

 Targeted and delivered high end clients for company portfolio.
 Maintained and expanded on existing client contracts.
 Maintained client satisfaction through delivering prompt damage control, and overall excellent communication.

Research Assistant to Dr. Chady Abdallah. PHD at United Nations Development Program
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2007 to January 2008

• Studied the Movement of plates in Dahr Al Baydar Lebanon fault area through various installed GPS points.
• Digitizing maps for studying urbanization, and land masses for soil qualities,
• Digitizing maps for cities and towns processing urbanized areas and infrastructure versus agricultural and farming areas.

Education

Bachelor's degree, GIS
  • at Notre Dame University
  • April 2013

Degree: Bachelor of Science in GIS (Geographical Information System) Date Graduated: April 2013 University: NDU (Notre Dame University) Address: Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

High school or equivalent,
  • at Central College Jounieh
  • January 2004

Secondary: Central College Jounieh Jounieh, Lebanon 2004

Specialties & Skills

GIS applications
Purchasing Management
Client Handling
Marketing Research
Quality Services Control
Client Relations
BUDGETS
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
DIRECT MARKETING
INCREASE
MARKETING
MARKETING RESEARCH
SALES ASSOCIATES
SALES MANAGER
Negotiating
Purchasing
Marketing

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Food Safety Level 1 (Certificate)
Food Safety Level 3 (Certificate)
EHS Certificate (Certificate)
HACCP Level 2 (Certificate)