Nissanka Perera

Experience

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  John Keells Holdings PLC

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Restuarant and Bar Executive
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  McDonald's

  Dec 1997 - Mar 2002

  Management team of the first McDonald's in Sri Lanka. Management Training in McDonald's Operations.

  • Manager

    Dec 1997 - Mar 2002

  • Manager

    Dec 1997 - Jun 1998
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  Abans Environmental Services Pvt Ltd

  Mar 2002 - Mar 2005

  Operations Manager Catering

  Was responsible for setting up the catering functions of the Apollo hospital Colombo, delivering high quality food service to patients visitors and staff.Fully responsible for the entire food and beverage operations including the food production. This entailed maintaining optimal food costs and seeking avenues for generating higher revenue.

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  LAUGFS Holdings Limited

  Apr 2005 - now

  Providing leadership to the warehouse operations team, in in-bound, warehousing and outbound operations.Initiatives to increase efficiencies with system improvements and motivating the team to achieve set goals and KPIs. Over all responsibility for all logistics and distribution functions of the Supermarket chain. Managing the in bound and out bound operations of the warehouse.Improving delivery efficiencies in both in bound and out bound.Fleet management to ensure uninterrupted deliveries and minimize logistic costs.Setting and evaluating KPI s and goals. Responsible for the procurement of commodities and fresh produce with overall accountability for the operation of the central purchasing unit. Initiated and coordinated private labelling products.Managed the logistics and distribution functions of the supermarket chain.

  • Senior Manager Logistics & Distribution at Laugfs Supermarkets

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Manager Logistics and Distribution - FMCG

    Jul 2017 - Oct 2022

  • Procurement Manager - FMCG

    Apr 2005 - Jul 2017