Yasser Alsaeed

Experience

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  Marriott Hotels

  Oct 1992 - Jul 1996

  Food & Beverage Supervisor

  • Monitor budgets and payroll records, and review financial transactions in order to ensure that expenditures are authorized and budgeted.• Schedule staff hours and assign duties.• Monitor compliance with health and fire regulations regarding food preparation and serving and building maintenance in lodging and dining facilities.• Coordinate assignments of cooking personnel in order to ensure economical use of food and timely preparation.• Keep records required by government agencies regarding sanitation, and food subsidies when appropriate.• Establish standards for personnel performance and customer service.• Estimate food, liquor, wine, and other beverage consumption in order to anticipate amounts to be purchased or requisitioned.• Review work procedures and operational problems in order to determine ways to improve service, performance, and/or safety. Show less

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  Gulf Hotel

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2010

  Assistant Banquet Manager

  • Supervising performance of kitchen, front office and dining room staff• Conducting pre-event preparation meeting with hotel staff• Scheduling and distributing job responsibility to banquet staff• Implementing best practices in banquet event preparations

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  InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®)

  Feb 2010 - Dec 2011

  Assistant Banquet Manager

  • Assign duties and instruct workers in collection, assembly, and arrangement of articles for convention or banquet hall and conference rooms, such as furnishings, decorations, displays, microphones, and tableware• Inspect facilities for completeness of arrangements and instructs personnel to correct errors• Prepare daily work assignment rosters and maintains work performance records. Supervise others while determining or interpreting work procedures for a group of workers, assigning specific duties, maintaining harmonious relations among them and promoting efficiency• Perform cleaning duties for banquets and conventions• Comply with all company policies and procedures pertaining to this position and its duties• Assist in maximizing profits• Reward employees who to meet or exceed customer expectations• Other duties as assigned Show less

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  Gulf Hotel

  Mar 2012 - now

  Banquet Manager

  • Researching markets to identify opportunities for events• Liaising with clients to ascertain their precise event requirements• Producing detailed proposals for events• Securing and booking a suitable venue or location;• Ensuring insurance, legal, health and safety obligations are adhered to• Co-coordinating venue management, caterers, stand designers, contractors and equipment hire• Planning room layouts and the entertainment program, scheduling workshops and demonstrations• Organizing facilities for car parking, traffic control, security, first aid, hospitality and press• Co-coordinating staffing requirements and staff briefings• Arranging accommodation for exhibitors and/or delegates• Preparing delegate packs • Co-coordinating everything on the day of the event to ensure that all runs smoothly• Handling client queries on the day and troubleshooting exhibitor and visitor problems on the day• Overseeing the dismantling and removal of the event, and clearing the venue efficiently• Post-event evaluation (including data entry and analysis and producing reports for event stakeholders)• Make sure that the function runs smoothly and efficiently.• Oversee management, budget, and operation of the food service outlet, catering services, and kitchen, and maintains liaison with sales department to ensure maximum profitability Show less