BASSEM SAADE
Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: 00968 96 329 400
Email: bassemsaade@yahoo.com
CIVIL STATUS
? Date of birth: 24th of October 1975
? Nationality: Lebanese
? Status: Married with One Child
WORK EXPERIENCE
March 2017 – Present:
Dec 11 – Feb 2017
Nov 08 – Nov 11
Senior Catering Manager AA Group Sultanate of Oman
• Responsible to coordinate and oversee the catering Operation in a structured and daily routine
• Ensuring the food safety standards are met and implemented adhering to the food safety management system; monitoring corrective action retorting to regular HACCP audits.
• Develop and maintain working practices in line with current food hygiene regulations and ensure staff are fully conversant in this area
• Building and motivating the team
• Develop and upgrade menus
• Develop and maintain standard operational procedures for stock control, stores, products consumption, requisitions, logistics, food production and Services
• Responsible for financial accountability for P&L
• Develop opportunities to increase revenue
Head of Operations GCC Services Basra, Iraq
? Plan and direct the organization’s activities to achieve stated/agreed targets and standards for financial and trading performance, quality, culture and legislative adherence
? Maintain and develop organizational culture, values and reputation of the company with all staff, customers, suppliers, partners and regulatory/official bodies
? Overall management, financial, commercial, administrative, operational, technical, procedural and contract authority for the Company
? Ensure compliance with applicable local, national, industry, Client and joint venture health, safety and environment (HSE) laws, regulations, procedures, processes, and management systems including statutory requirements
? Monitor all locations P&L and implementing full P&L on a monthly basis presenting analysis to company management
? Manage all facets of new contracts including price estimating, services, manpower, equipment, vehicles, logistics, food items consumption, environment effects, safety plan, maintenance, transportation, staff union issues as per company policy
? Coordinate with all Departments in order to serve the operations correctly
? Improve the operational systems, processes and policies in support of organization’s mission specifically, support better management reporting, information flow and management, business process and organizational planning
? Establishing new concepts (chocolate bar, coffee lounges; Resto-cafe) introducing and blending retail business to the catering and remote sites life support industry;
? Manage planning and executing up to 30 different contracts mobilizations for international Oil&Gas and other services contractors companies (Shell, Petronas, Lukoil, Gazprom, ENI, Kuwait energy, Leighton offshore, Edgo, Saipem, Drake and Scull, Scicim, , Lafarge, Field energy, Petrofac, Weir, Bonati, Daqing, Zipec, Ariels, Schlamberger, al Majal accommodation camp….)
Operations Manager Abella – Yemen Catering Services; Yemen
? Responsible of Life Support Services for 12 different Sites
? Ensure cost controlling in parallel with Client satisfaction, food quality, cleanliness sanitation, Housekeeping, camp developments and maintenance
? Overall responsibility for the sites operations/ staff assignments and rotations;
? Problem solving and dealing with cultural Rigid limitations and local force majeures factors
Nov. 07 – Nov 2008
Site Manager Abella – Yemen Catering Services; Yemen
? Opened and launched the Safer project
? Responsible for managing the daily operations of the restaurant, housekeeping including designating development and performance management of employees
? Managing a Central stores operation and Logistics for 8 different sites, in parallel to the life support on site services
? Oversee the inventory and ordering of food and supplies
? Optimize profits and ensure customers are satisfied
Oct 04 – Oct 07 Head of Operations Casper and Gambini’s; Lebanon & Kuwait
? leading the operation and Report to the Director of Operations
? Launch 7 new outlets within 2 years
? Manage schedules and logistics
? Systemize, implement, and follow-up the operations
? Train, lead and retain the team
? Costing & cost controlling
Participated in world barista championship (Burn Switzerland 2006)
Bronze medal winner; European team coffee challenge (Moscow 2007);
Jun 01 – Jun 04
Jan 2000-May 2001:
Jan 1993- August 1999:
Site Manager Abella – Yemen Catering Services; YEMEN
Assistant F&B manager Holiday in Dubai
Bartender / Head Barista
? Casper&Gambinis
? Ozone Night Club,
? Al Bandar Restaurant
? Opera Club-Restaurant; KASLIK
EDUCATION
1999
2004
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Jounieh, Lebanon
Degree in Business Management
Lycée Franco-Libanais Jounieh, Lebanon
Baccalaureate II Degree – Experimental Sciences
COMPETENCIES& TRAINING COURSES
Languages:
? English (Fluent), Arabic (Natively fluent), French (Fluent)
Computer Skills:
? Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Training courses:
? Haccp 3 Certified
? ISO 9001
? Leadership
? Crises Management
? Email etiquette
? Team bonding
? General safety
? Fire fighting
? First aid
REFERENCES
Available upon request