Cost Control Manager
Airest Restaurant Middle East LLC
Total years of experience :18 years, 0 Months
Key Responsibilities:
- Work in conjunction with all department heads to ensure maximum profitability
- Provide critical assessment of all budgets and cost projections
- Assess all incoming products, resources, and services to ensure the best price
- Maintain vendor and service provider relationships
- Remain acutely aware of market trends that could impact resource costs
- Keep up to date on new vendors and possible cost-cutting partnerships
- Analyze invoices to ensure correct products/services were received at the expected cost
- Collaborate with department heads to strategize ways to minimize waste
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the interdependency of cost drivers
- Understand the entire arc of the business and how productivity impacts profitability
- Commit to maximizing efficiency at all levels without compromising quality
- Develop and implement proactive solutions and cost-cutting measures
- Present new strategies and assessments to stakeholders in a compelling fashion
- Educate and persuade stakeholders to procure buy-in and cooperation
- Roll out clear cost-saving programs with timelines and assessment goals
Achievements:
- Successfully opened two new concepts in The Daily DXB Dubai Airport Terminal 3.
- Successfully migrated the SAP Italia to SAP DFG Paris.
- Set up Policies and SOPs for SAP Master Data Management & SAP Supply Chain.
- Setup of all the required SOPs for Inventory Management and Logistics.
- Trained Unit Cost Controllers, GM, OPS Managers and Warehouse team including Purchasing Manager about SAP and Inventory Control.
- In Charge of Centralized Warehouse.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reconciliation of Food and Beverage closing stocks and Variance analysis.
- Food and Beverage daily consumption analysis.
- Analysis of Actual vs. Potential cost.
- Maintain and verify Recipe management to control the inventories and potential cost of the restaurant.
- Reconciliation of OS&E and FF&E on quarterly basis.
- Auditing the activities of purchasing department.
- Conduct monthly closing stock inventories in stores and bars.
- Reconciliation of GL and associated Ledgers.
- Preparation of accruals, prepaid and provisions.
- Any other task assigned by Director of Finance.
Achievements:
- Successfully opened Hotel as per specified time.
- Successfully implemented SOPs of Finance Department and manuals.
Key Responsibilities:
- To ensure accurate inventory management of both Food and Beverages.
- Reconciliation of Food and Beverage closing stocks and Variance analysis.
- Food and Beverage daily consumption analysis
- Analysis of Actual vs. Potential cost.
- Maintain and verify Recipe management to control the inventories and potential cost of the restaurant.
- Reconciliation of OS&E and FF&E on quarterly basis.
- Auditing the activities of purchasing department.
- Conduct Periodically Butcher test and yield test.
- Ensuring the quotations for all the items are added in the system.
- Ensuring the pricing of the menu items are align with the budgeted cost.
- Ensuring the issuance of Daily F&B cost report to Executive Chef and the management.
- Ensuring the complimentary, ENTs and Duty meals are properly recorded and necessary approvals are obtained.
- Ensuring the Banquet Event Orders are adequately costed and revenue split is properly recorded.
- Review and check daily receiving reports on daily basis.
- Preparing monthly reports for cost of sales and related documents for closing of the month.
- Conduct monthly closing stock inventories in stores and bars.
- Any other task assigned by Director of Finance.
Achievements:
- Successfully opened Three Michelin Star Restaurant ‘ Jean Georges Dubai’ in Four Seasons Hotel Dubai
- Successfully opened Two Michelin Star Restaurant ‘Mayta Dubai’ in Capital Club Dubai.
- Successfully opened Abyat & Simply Italia Specialty Restaurants in Palm Jumeirah Dubai.
- Successfully opened Ginza Café and Mario Testino in Dubai Design District Three-D3
Key Responsibilities:
- Setup FMC and Micros for pre-opening of the hotel.
- Setup and implement P&P & SOP with the instruction of Director of Finance.
- Implement SOP for Receiving and Stores with the assistance of Purchasing and store manager.
- To ensure accurate inventory management of both Food and Beverages.
- Reconciliation of Food and Beverage closing stocks and Variance analysis.
- Food and Beverage daily consumption analysis.
- Analysis of Actual vs. Potential cost.
- Conduct monthly closing stock inventories in stores and bars.
- Posting of financial JVs.
- Reconciliation of GL.
- Preparation of Staff Salaries.
- All Financial activities of hotel.
- Any other task assigned by Director of Finance.
Achievements:
- Successfully opened Five Star Luxury Hotel without any system failure.
- Successfully opened Roof Top Bar ‘The Above’ in the presence of ACCOR Top Management.
- Successfully opened Bar ‘The 31’ at 31st Floor.
- Successfully closed the first month end without any failure and delay.
- Successfully completed ACCOR and Owners Internal Audit with 88% scale.
Key Responsibilities:
- To ensure accurate inventory management of both Food and Beverages.
- Ensure inventory list are prepared for all the hospitality boxes before the races start.
- Ensure the opening inventories are taken before the opening of the grandstand.
- To prepare the Variance report after every race and P&L for each hospitality box.
- Reconciliation of Food and Beverage closing stocks and Variance analysis.
- Food and Beverage daily consumption analysis.
- Analysis of Actual vs. Potential cost.
- Maintain and verify Recipe management to control the inventories and potential cost of the restaurant.
- Conduct monthly closing stock inventories in stores and bars.
- Any other task assigned by Director of Finance.
Achievements:
- Successfully participated in Dubai Cup 2012.
- Successfully participated in mega concert “Ketty Perry” & Snoop Dogg. Successfully carried out inventories and stock distribution to 30 different bars and stands.
- Successfully participated in mega events organized by “Alchemy Projects”. Finance team performed cashiering, stock taking, stock allocation and other duties as advised by GM Grandstand.
- Participated in mega event organized by Meydan Beach Club JBR. Finance team performed cashiering, stock taking, stock allocation and ticket sale as advised by GM Club.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reconciliation of Food and Beverage closing stocks and Variance analysis.
- Food and Beverage daily consumption analysis.
- Analysis of Actual vs. Potential cost.
- Maintain and verify Recipe management to control the inventories and potential cost of the restaurant.
- Reconciliation of OS&E and FF&E on quarterly basis.
- Auditing the activities of purchasing department.
- Conduct monthly closing stock inventories in stores and bars.
- Any other task assigned by Director of Finance.
Achievements:
- Designed and implement automated graphical presentation tool of menu engineering for all the F&B outlets.
- Successfully participated and organized the FIFA World cup in terms of stocks, manpower and income audit.
- Successfully participated and implement SOP for newly opened Beer Garden in Double Decker Bar.
- Successfully prepared warehouse inventory with proper specifications and pictures which was a useful guide for all the departments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reconciliation of Food and Beverage closing stocks and Variance analysis.
- Food and Beverage daily consumption analysis.
- Analysis of Actual vs. Potential cost.
- Maintain and verify Recipe management to control the inventories and potential cost of the restaurant.
- Review and check daily receiving reports on daily basis.
- Preparing monthly reports for cost of sales and related documents for closing of the month.
- Conduct monthly closing stock inventories in stores and bars.
- Maintain L-22 Liquor register for Excise and Taxation department, Govt. of Pakistan.
- Appear in the Court of Commissioner of Excise and Taxation Department as ad when summoned.
- Any other task assigned by Director of Finance.
Achievements:
- Designed and implement automated Software for Marriott outside stores and warehouse.
- Successfully completed the migration of system from Oracle to Micros Fidelio and SUN Financials.
- Successfully completed the task given by the Management of Marriott during the crisis time of Marriott.
- Successfully handled a team of 6 Purchasers and a team of 12 Cost control staff at one time during the crisis of Marriott Hotel.
Jan, 02 to Jun 03 Tanveer Malik & Co Chartered Accountants
Position Held: Audit Supervisor
• Village Readiness Project under the assistance of FOCUS.
• Inventory Control System for Marriott Hotel Islamabad for maintaining Stock level of Outside Stores.
Professional
Trainings
• Successfully completed training organized by Marriott International USA on Foundations of Leadership.
• Successfully completed training organized by Human Resource Department of Marriott Hotel on Handling Emergencies and Fire Fighting.
• Successfully completed the training, Spirit to Serve: the Basics of Hospitality Industry organized by Human Resource Development Department of Islamabad Marriott Hotel.
• Successfully attended the conference; Conference on Indigenous Philanthropy held in Marriott Hotel Islamabad organized by AKF with assistance of AKDN.
• Successfully completed the training organized by Marriott Hotel Islamabad, Pakistan on Leaders Vs Managers.
Pre - Opening
Experience
Departmental Cross Exposure
- Completed full training in Restaurant Operation from Ginza.
- Handled the Purchasing Department of Ginza independently.
- Completed Financial Manager Training in Sofitel Hotel Downtown Dubai.
- Completed Financial Accountant Training in Al Murooj Rotana
- Successfully completed training in all finance sections of Marriott Hotel Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Handled Purchasing Department of Marriott Hotel Islamabad during crisis time.
- Visited Paris to meet the DFG Master Data and Supply Chain team regarding the SAP Operation improvements.
Pre Opening Experience
- Erbil Rotana Hotel Iraq
- Nour Arjaan Rotana Hotel Fujairah
- Sharjah Centro Rotana
- Sofitel Luxury Hotel Dubai Downtown.
- Jean Georges Three Michelin Star Restaurant Dubai.
- Mayta Michelin Star Peruvian Restaurant Dubai
- Ginza Café in Dubai Design District Three (D3) for Three months Period
- Mario Testino in Dubai Design District Three (D3) for Three months Period
- Club Vista Mare the Palm (Abyat Arabic Cuisine & Simply Italia)
- Albandar Rotana Hotel & Albandar Arjaan Dubai Creek.
- The Daily DXB Dubai Airport Terminal 3.
Passport No AV1754623
MBA (Finance) from COMSATS University Pakistan
B.Com from Punjab University Pakistan I.Com from Federal Board Pakistan