Brendan Conolly

Experience

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  Duban Crowne Plaza

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Junior Assistant F&B Manager
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  Emnotweni Casino, Tsogo Sun

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  F&B Manager
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  Sandton Crowne Plaza - Southern Sun

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  Assistant Banquetting Manager
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  Witbank Casino - Tsogo Sun

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Beverage Manager
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  Sandton Crowne Plaza - Southern Sun

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  F&B Controller
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  Stanley's Camp - Abercrombie & Kent

  Dec 2001 - Feb 2002

  Camp Manager
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  Riverside Hotel - Three Cities Group

  Mar 2002 - Feb 2003

  F&B Controller
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  Hilton Durban

  Feb 2003 - Aug 2004

  F&B Controller

  - Overall control of cost for Food, Beverage, Consumables & Operating Equipment.- Daily liason with Purchasing Manager re obtaining best price for best quality.- Monthly, weekly and spot stock takes, within the relevant departments.- Monthly reporting on all costs incurred with reference to causes of increases / decreases in cost percentages.- Supervision of all relevant storage areas.- Supervison of all capturing processes of all relevant documentation.- Maintenance and setup of the Micros POS- Monitoring and reporting on all relevant sales mixes.- Menu costing and buffet cost calculations.- Support Duty Management to the F&B team. Show less

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  Bushman Sands Hotel, Mantis Collection

  Aug 2004 - Sept 2005

  F&B Manager

  - Management of the Food and Beverage Department which included amongst other areas; stock flow management; revenue management; cash control; staff displine and moral.- Stood in for the General Manager, when he was not on the floor or available in the Hotel.- Assited in the planning of development of the project, which included the launching of a restaurant.- Negotiated and rolled out implementaion of two different software modules.- Ongoing training of staff both in F&B practises and software use.- Planning and rollout of sales programmes to entice the local population to use the hotels facilities, such as the excution of themed culinary evenings. Show less

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  PSD

  Sept 2005 - Dec 2009

  Training and Support Manager

  - Provided telephonic support to over 300 clients.- Presented quotes on product implementation including training of users.- Provided training of users of the software either on site or at the PSD offices.- Implementation of the software on client sites.- In house training of PSD staff on correct use of software.- Recording and forwarding client development requests to the Product Manager for consideration.- Developing and maintaining favourable relations with all clients. Show less

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  Legend Golf and Safari Resort

  Dec 2009 - Aug 2016

  Warehouse Project - Oversee the implementation of a central warehouse for the flagships properties, namely: LGSR & Entabeni - Design and implement SOP's conducive to supplying two flagship properties with F&B, consumable and cleaning; and operating euipment and product. - Oversee the training of all warehouse staff. - Evaluate and report on all movement of product in and out of the central warehouse. - Maintain dicipline of all warehouse staff.Cost Control - Oversee the evaluation and reporting on of all Food, Beverage, Consumable and Chemical product within the two flagship properties. - Carry out investigations and implement corrective procedures as and when they are required. - Ensure the adherance of all staff to the maintenance of cost control below the budgeted values of 38% of sale.Database Administration - Liase with the software supplier re all queries, planned rollout of software and training. - Assist departmental heads with correct use of software, with reference to best business practise. - Assist in managing access to the databases.General - Consult on projects of development and correction, such as the possible implementation of a logistics management department. Show less While still overseeing database administration for Legend Lodges, Hotels and Resorts, I am also responsible for managing the periodic evaluation of the Food and Beverage costs at Legend Golf and Safari Resort and Entabeni Private Game Resserve.The cost control portion of my responsibilities has involved:- Evaluating the current system and forwarding recommendations to improve the system.- Implementing procedures of control so that the moving product is exposed to lower risks.- Improving product identification and count techniques of all responsible staff.- Improving the manner of publishing more accurate results. Show less My current responsibilities include:- Ongoing evaluation of the SQL database.- Tracing errors and data abuse and usage.- Training of database users to improve efficiencies and effectiveness.- Evaluation of database users and implementation of corrective procedures.- Planning and rollout of software upgrades and changes.- Opperational support to unit based F&B, HR and Rooms Managers. Including updating and rolling out effective procedures.- Relationship management with the relative software suppliers.- Chairing & charging disciplinary hearings.- Fill in for Rooms and F&B Managers during senior personel changes.- Testing and evaluation of new software for the hospitaltiy industry.- Formulation and management of fiscal reporting in Excel for operational managers.- Procedural evaluation and implementation of procedural improvements across all opperational departments.Achievements include:- Successfull SWOT analysis of Entabeni's F&B depoartment, and thereafter assisted in the roll out of various procedures aimed at improving control and cost management.- Facilitation of the successfull implemantation of the HTI software suite at Legend Golf & Safari Resort, Entabeni Private Game Reserve, and Zebra Country Lodge.- The successfull redesign of the flagship properties' POS layout (in the PSD software Suite) and the rollout of the subsequent required training. - The successfull improvement on cash management procedures at the flagship property leading to improved controls of cash flow on the property. Consequently drastically reducing all cash variances at the property.- Succesful design and implementation of various excel spreadsheets that colate and report on revenues and stock movement.- Cited on various occasions for providing service to guests and staff beyond expectations.- The successfull design and implementation of a staff meal card system using excell as the format. Show less

  • Stock Controller - LGSR and Entabeni

    Jun 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Database Administrator / Cost Controller Legend Golf & Safari Resort / Cost Controller Entabeni

    Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Database Administrator

    Dec 2009 - Jul 2014
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  Looking for employment Opportunities

  Aug 2016 - now

  None

  I am currently in the job market for any form of business management (Not just Hospitality)