KUMARAN CHANDIRAN
📧 kavikumarreddy@gmail.com | 📞 +91-9025978787 (Mobile / WhatsApp)
🌍 Currently in Somaliland | Willing to Relocate | 22+ Years of F&B Leadership

SENIOR F&B LEADER | TEAM BUILDER | PRE-OPENING EXPERT | BUDGET & OPERATIONS STRATEGIST

Dynamic and results-driven Food & Beverage Manager with 22+ years of progressive experience across luxury hotels and international hospitality chains. Adept in leading pre-opening operations, budgeting, procurement, and team development. Demonstrated expertise in both front-of-house and back-of-house F&B operations, with 6+ years of overseas exposure in Singapore & UAE.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Pre-Opening & Launch Operations, Budgeting & Cost Control, Menu Engineering & Planning, Vendor & Procurement Management, HACCP & Food Safety Compliance, Staff Hiring, Training & Development, Customer Experience & Complaint Handling, Event Planning & Sales Coordination, POS Systems (IDS, Micros, Raptor)

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Aug’ 24 – Present, Safari Resort & Convention Center by Xanadu Somaliland as Food & Beverage Manager.

·         Leading a team of 26 members including 03 Managers, 02 Executives, 06 Captains and 15 GSAs

·         Created SOPs, designed menus with Chef, and established food safety protocols

·         Planned the Budget for the F&B Department

·         Recruited and trained team members, improving service quality and efficiency

·         Oversaw procurement and cost controls to stay within budget

·         Responsible for smooth running of day-to-day F&B operations under budgeted guidelines

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

June’22 – July’24,       Fairfield by Marriott Chennai as Food & Beverage Manager.

Sep’21 – May’22           Bonjour Bonheur Ocean spray Pondicherry as Food & Beverage Manager. DEC’19 – Sep’20,         Southend by TGI Bangalore as Food & Beverage Manager

Apr’18-DEC’19,        ITC Hotels Chennai as Assistant Manager F&B

OCT’16-Apr’18,            ITC Hotels Chennai as Senior Executive F&B

SEP’15-AUG’16            Foodland’s” Dubai as F & B Supervisor

SEP’10-Jul’12            Ras The Essence of India” Singapore as Restaurant Captain

Feb’09-Aug’10          Radisson GRT” Chennai India as F & B Supervisor

Oct’05-Nov’08          Hilton Fujairah” UAE as Waiter

Jun’02-Sep’05           Le Royal Meridian” Chennai India as F & B Attendant

TRAININGS:

·         Undergone Job Training in Club Mahindra, Goa. Food & Beverage Service. (Oct’2001 to Jan’2002).

·         Undergone Industrial Training in Club Mahindra, Goa. Food & Beverage Service & House Keeping.

(Nov’2000 to Jan’2001).

·         Undergone Vocational training in Hotel Sun Village, Goa. Food & Beverage Service. (Nov’99 to

Jan’2000)

ACADEMIC DETAILS

2019                                     MBA (Hotel Operations Management) from NIBM Chennai.

2001                                     B.Sc. (Hotel and Catering Management) from MGR Arts & Science College, Hosur, Periyar University

1995                                     Diploma in Multimedia

CERTIFICATES:

2023                                     Food Safety Supervisor provided by FSSAI

2016                                     HACCP Level 3 Merit Certificate holder provided by Dubai Municipality and Highfield UK

2008                                     F & B departmental Trainer by GRT Radisson Group Chennai

IT SKILLS:

POS Systems:            Customized Hotel Management Systems like IDS, Micros, Raptor, Cheers, Djubo

Other Software:        MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Publisher), Photoshop, Premiere.

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Date of Birth:                    10th Apr 1980

Languages Known:         English, Hindi,Tamil,Telugu & Malayalam

Address:                              88-D3, Annai Appartments, Ashtalakshmi Nagar, Gudalur, Maraimalai Nagar Chennai 603209.