Sherif Ayoub, project manager

Sherif Ayoub

project manager

Damac food and beverage

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
Experience
25 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 4 Months

project manager at Damac food and beverage
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • My current job since June 2021

managing full food and beverage operation kitchen, 120team member with catering, buffet, menu preparing food costing. budget forecast, cost analysis, inventory, food quality and service standards, training for the team

Rooms Division Manager at Millennium hotels
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since February 2018

•Responsible for the operations of Front Office, housekeeping and security with a primary focus on overall operation at Reception, Housekeeping and security ensuring end of the day procedures and subsequent reports are completed in an accurate and efficient manner whereby my role will include key responsibilities

Rooms Division Manager at Holiday Downtown Hotels Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • August 2016 to January 2018

•Responsible for the operations of Front Office, housekeeping and security with a primary focus on overall operation at Reception, Housekeeping and security ensuring end of the day procedures and subsequent reports are completed in an accurate and efficient manner whereby my role will include key responsibilities

Front Office Manager at Holiday inn Kuwait Downtown hotel
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2013 to July 2016

Drive the hotel to ranking No#4 AMEA vs103 Hotel YTD 2015 guest satisfaction with Over all satisfaction 89.4 .loyalty recognition 92.31 and service recovery 76.41
Achieving company target
Manager 26 team member
Controlling department expense
Maximizing room revenue walk in and airport walk in
Achieving target of guest satisfaction (heartbeat)
Action plan for enhancing guest satisfaction and loyalty recognition
Seeking revenue channels
Sharing and brain storming with sales team for new attractive packaging
Pilot up selling revenue
Time management Harvard certification

Assistant Front Office Manager at Holiday inn kuwait downtown hotels
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • August 2011 to September 2013

1.Holding full responsibility (Job description) as front office manager
2.Attending the revenue meeting
3.Attending credit Meeting
4.preparing Budget for the year
5.preparing forecasting
6.preparing action plan to enhance the guest needs and improve the service quality
7.train front office team for any new program placed by the company
8.refresh monthly training
9.interview and higher the front office team based on interview competences
10.Evaluate the front office team mid year performance and annual performance
11.Achieve the Monthly target terms of revenue, Loyal membership and guest feedback tracking system
12.Manage the high occupancies with the team to be sure that operation is smooth, handling overbooking situation with plan a head
13.Handling groups arrivals & check out
14.guest interviews feedback
15.Review all the transaction to be sure all posted correctly to opera (Visa, cash, checks, paid out, master card, …etc)
16.Cross checking the entire guest (R/C) and making the necessary correct. Be sure all the LPO attached with needed RC`s.
17.checking out all the PM`s accounts or add on the PM`s which are needed to extend it then check it out for the due out date(PM`s)
18.Checking the hotel status by making hotel tour floors and repotting to the concerning Dep. to fix it.
19.Balance all the micros for the outlets and be sure its tally& all the out lets micros were closed and no more posting checks.
20.Closing micros with start run night.
21.Printing the night reports to prepare the night report.
22.preparing the daily happening report for front office manager and general manager

•Assisting &Supervises front office team to ensure guests receive prompt, cordial, efficient personalized service
•Maintain smooth relationships between management and guests by attending to guest complaints.
•Escort the VIP guests to their rooms in absence of guest relations manager to
Present the hotel facilities.
•Authorizes rate and room changes, paid out, rebates, cash advance, acceptance of cheques, on basis of established procedures
•Maintains the grand master and emergency key when necessary &records in log books.
•Coordinates with security in the investigations of irregularities and undesirable guests, assists with filling out loss and incident report according to company policy
•Coordinates with housekeeping in checking room discrepancies and DND
•Frequently checks the due outs and coordinate with front office cashier in handling guest problems upon check out
•Assists and takes room reservations when the reservations office is closed
•Arrange the groups checking in.
•Authorizes acceptance of walk ins /extensions on busy days
•Performs all front desk and concierge duties when business demands
•Familiarizes with the procedure of fire prevention and cases of emergencies .Exercises initiative in handling situations, effectively, promptly and economically to the safety and security of guest and staff.
• Maintains appropriate standards of dress, Hygiene, uniforms, appearance, posture and employee

Night Manager at Holiday Inn Downtown Kuwait
  • Kuwait
  • January 2008 to August 2011

1.Review all the transaction to be sure all posted correctly to opera (Visa, cash, checks, paid out, master card, …etc)
2.Cross checking the entire guest (R/C) and making the necessary correct. Be sure all the LPO attached with needed RC`s.
3.checking out all the PM`s accounts or add on the PM`s which are needed to extend it then check it out for the due out date(PM`s)
4.Checking the hotel status by making hotel tour floors and repotting to the concerning Dep.to fix it.
Printing the night reports.
Handover the night shift to the morning duty manager.
•Assisting &Supervises front office team to ensure guests receive prompt, cordial, efficient personalized service
•Maintain smooth relationships between management and guests by attending to guest complaints.
•Escort the VIP guests to their rooms in absence of guest relations manager to Present the hotel facilities.
•Authorizes rate and room changes, paid out, rebates, cash advance, acceptance of cheques, on basis of established procedures
•Maintains the grand master and emergency key when necessary &records in log books.
•Coordinates with security in the investigations of irregularities and undesirable guests, assists with filling out loss and incident report according to company policy
•Coordinates with housekeeping in checking room discrepancies and DND
•Frequently checks the due outs and coordinate with front office cashier in handling guest problems upon check out
•Assists and takes room reservations when the reservations office is closed
•Arrange the groups checking in.
•Authorizes acceptance of walk ins /extensions on busy days
•Performs all front desk and concierge duties when business demands
•Familiarizes with the procedure of fire prevention and cases of emergencies .Exercises initiative in handling situations, effectively, promptly and economically to the safety and security of guest and staff.
• Maintains appropriate standards of dress, hygiene, uniforms, appearance, posture and employee.

Cost Controller at Holiday-Inn downtown Kuwait Hotels {Opening Team}
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • April 2005 to December 2007

•Directly Reporting to Financial controller
Follow up Prepared Journal Voucher (J.V) for food and beverage, general, operating and engineering stores;
Making Final food & Beverage reconciliation report for costing percentage
Preparing saving report for hotel
Controlling Stores
Controlling & supervisors Purchasing
Market Survey
Using Food & Beverage Material system (FBM) for posting requisitions inventory and invoices;
Food And Beverage Monthly report
Post Invoice and consumptions to Sun System (accounts Payable and follows the supplier payment
End month inventory for all Outlets and making analysis for all
Training of accounts payable to handle the job:
-Cross checking the invoice to be sure its charge to the ledgers account and posting to Sun System interface.
-Generate checks for supplier and following the payment
•Training of Income Auditor to handle the job (Opera System)
-transfer the revenue from Opera to Sun System interface (room revenue, market segments, covers& Food and Beverage revenue)
-Preparing the daily revenue report,
-checking the transaction total (all revenue transaction posted from micros to the interface with right way) flash manager report, trail balance
-reconcile of the credit card against the bank statement.
-following the City Ledger account to be forward to accounts receivable.
-follow up the banqueting functions payment and settlement.
-rechecking the room discrepancy report Front Office & Housekeeping.
-checking the room rate movement
-checking the credit limit report.
-checking the front office adjustment report.
-checking the package.
-checking the telephone report.
-checking the discounts according to the P&P

Inventory Clerk at Semiramis Inter-Continental,
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2000 to March 2006

Using the Central Purchase System for Cairo, Pyramids Park and Hurgada and Sharm El Sheikh Intercontinental Hotels;
Receiving goods, food and beverage, vender items, according to quality control scheme;
Performing butcher size test, for meat restaurant main dishes;
Utilizing Fidelo system for posting requisitions inventory and invoices;
Using Food & Beverage Material system (FBM) for posting requisitions inventory and invoices;
Physical-counting in relation to inventory and bars;
Daily food cost for all branches of the hotel series;
Audit officers check and restaurant sales at cost;
Miscellaneous charge by sales at cost, e.g. debit and credit;
Follow up Prepared Journal Voucher (J.V) for food and beverage, general, operating and engineering stores;
Monthly inventory for all stores
Quarters inventory for operating equipments "Glass ware, Utilities .steel & silver &calculating the result Short/Over ...
Preparing a closing balance for stores;
Making Final food & Beverage reconciliation report for costing percentage
Bar analysis, beer, wine, etc…;per items to get results short or over for bar and get actions
Making Butcher size test &Portion test according to sander
Making Hydrometers Test for Alcoholics quality
Calculating Costing For Food & Beverage Recipe Aaccording Chef Recipe
Making additions to catalogue for items and supplies for stores;
Handling storing item with a average way (Shrimps, Meat, Chicken…etc )other by first in first out ..
Following supplies quotations;
Purchase orders (requested authorization and allocated);
Preparing saving report for hotels; and

sales Manager at MicroNil Co
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 1999 to November 2000

Follow the sales and marketing for the computer hardware

Auditor at Mohammed Hilal & Co. GTI,
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 1999 to August 2000

Checking and review compaines balance sheet, invoices .........preparing balance sheet &income statment

Education

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Faculty of Commerce,
  • September 1998

Accounting Administration Strategies Business Economics Information Systems Insurance Marketing Operational Research

Specialties & Skills

Customer Experience
Guest Satisfaction
Hotel Management
Customer Focus
Rooms Division
MS Office Applications
Hygienic Certificated Johnson Diverse
• F.B.M .Sys{Food And Beverage Materials system
Sun System for Accounts Payable
Opera System for front office and income audit
Perform system By IHG hotels group
hospitality leadership
operations management
planning
people management
revenue cycle
time management
negotiation
operation
accounting
problem solving
marketing
maintenance management
digital marketing
operation management
supervising
teamwork
sales support
market analysis
receptions
customer satisfactions
marketing mix
rooms division
materials
quotations
laundry
system administration
outlook
windows 7
team management
team leadership
microsoft powerpoint
revenue management
pre opening
revenue

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

InterContinental Hotels Group
  • Front office Mnagaer
  • August 2000

Training and Certifications

Hospitality Manager Leadership (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
essential revenue academy (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2011
Valid Until:
November 2025

Hobbies

  • travel /fitness
    I love traveling get new experiences knowing new people ,places, cultures,...etc I visited many countries and still more to go I learn too many things as well, I love going to gym ,body building ,fitness