More than 18 years in hospitality and recognised as a commercially astute manager with an outstanding track record in
achieving critical performance gains. Able to direct and deliver key operational changes needed to achieve better standards in
hotel management, service management, food and beverage (F&B) operations, and brand value. A key contributor to the vision
and strategy of services, and in offering short and long-term solutions for increasing and developing people, personnel and
assets. Successfully managed upwards of 40+ staff, developing a high level of esprit de corps and loyalty.
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Regional Management
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Operations Management
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Continuous Improvement
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P&L, FOH & BOH Cost Management
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Service Level Improvements
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TQM – Total Quality Management
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Food Safety Standards
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Market Trends & Analysis
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Opening New Stores
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Management Reporting
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Marketing Management
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Public Relations (PR)
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Compliance & Risk Control
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Staff Management
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Setting Policies
• Instrumental in delivering the change management strategy and continuous improvement program that would see
Holiday Inn Kandooma Maldives became #1 hotel out of 100 for the region for overall guest experience (up 12.97%,
loyalty recognition (up 18.55%), and problem handling (up 13.43%) for 2017 & 2018.
• Targeted new levels of employee engagement through surveys, workshops, talent development, and ongoing training, and
led training of management that returned a 93% score for employee engagement.
• Part of a Task Force that would lead radical changes at the Holiday Inn Resort Phuket. Implemented continuous
improvement programs for all F&B outlets including; four restaurants, two bars, and meeting rooms.
• Project managed the opening of 3 new restaurants for Chi Chi Tex Mex, successfully embedding the SOPs and KPIs, and
managing staff through each stage of go-live to ensure critical performance goals were achieved.
• Increased F&B revenues by 2.8% for Chi Chi Tex Mex and returned a ***********% growth through improved efficiency
controls, reducing waste, re-negotiating supply contracts, and controlling labour expenditure.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
Sept 2017 to present
IHG is an international hotel business, which owns a portfolio of established and diverse hotel brands, including InterContinental Hotels &
Resorts , Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites and Hotel Indig.o
QUALITY & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MANAGER | Holiday Inn Kandooma Maldives
The role of Quality & Continuous Improvement Manager forms part of the management team. Key responsibility is given for
delivering the Continuous Improvement (TQM), planning and strategy, business divisional partnering, change management,
business partnering, compliance, training analysis and identification, and ongoing business support.
• Completed a full review and analysis into existing strengths and weaknesses of the hotel and identified areas for
opportunity, improvement and mitigation of risk to drive Guest satisfaction, profitability, and brand value.
• Lifted the hotel to become #1 in the region for overall experience, returning a 12.97% uplift to CSIs with existing
rates now at 90% (far surpassing all targets for 2018). Embedded the Continuous Improvement (TQM) framework
and championed a culture of accountability across all staff to maintain Top-level positions.
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DIRECTOR OF F&B | EXECUTIVE
ASSISTANT MANAGER
PROFILE
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Location: Kandoomafushi,
Maldives
Email: Geert.******@ihg.com
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
• Lifted brand loyalty recognition to +9.55% and +18.55% for the region, a significant uplift.
• Reviewed the alignment of business objectives for each department, providing assistance in action planning and
progress reviews on continuous improvement strategies for Front Office, Guest Relations, Call Center, HSK, etc.
• Worked in close collaboration with department heads on Management Action Planning (MAP) and on introducing
new survey tracking sheets, new key driver reports, and designing a new enrolment process.
• Updated and strengthened SOPs and completed the annual yearly audit.
• Directed and promoted team development, and ensure all staff receive and complete the required yearly training,
such as mandatory corporate trainings, development and growth.. Employee engagement is now at 93%.
• Leveraged from and introduced new tracking tools and applications (BI - business intelligence) to better equip the
business and to quickly identify changes needed to sustain change and positive momentum is moving forward.
• Oversaw a team of 5 direct call centre line staff (1 call centre supervisor, 1 assistant training manager), and indirectly
****************** Guest Experience Manager, 1 Guest experience champion, HSK line staff, *************** HSK
Supervisors, and 1 HSK Coordinator.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
Feb ****************
TASK FORCE | CHANGE MANAGEMENT – Holiday Inn Resort Phuket
Appointed as part of a select team who were challenged with deducing a series of change and continuous improvement
programs and initiatives as part of a performance turnarounds within the Holiday Inn Resort Phuket.
• Identified root causes of problem areas in conjunction with the relevant teams and then worked on solutions and the
implementation of revised processes to ensure that these problems were addressed and eliminated.
• Executed a series of special projects that specifically targeted F&B cost analysis/yielding, price comparison with
competitors, and on strategies to lift GM/GP%, EBITDA returns, reduce waste, and drive efficiency.
• Introduced new training programs of all the F&B outlets including; four restaurants, two bars, and meeting rooms.
• Directed and consulted the Quality Manager through delivering a new way of performance by changing from a
statistic/analysing function to an operational minded function, where coordinating together and driving head of
departments to successfully increase heartbeat scores and revenue in various departments.
• Re-wrote manuals for HSK and F&B for new/existing staff and revised changes in SOPs.
• Identified new training requirements for safety and brand standards, guest satisfaction, and other areas of
improvement and deployed across front line staff and associated supervises.
• Transformed the HSK department to adapt “Best Practices” including the adoption of Clean 5-S cleaning program.
• Conducted advanced analytics into guest satisfaction, guest feedback, mystery shopper reports, telephone test call,
events surveys and internal/external quality review results and trends for management.
• Effectively managed and achieved passing the yearly brand standards audit.
Marriott Hotels
Apr ****************
Marriott International is the largest hotel chain in the world. It has more ********** properties in 127 countries and territories around the
world, ******** million rooms and an additional 195,000 rooms in development.
ACTING HOUSEKEEPING MANAGER | Ritz Carlton Abama, Tenerife
The role of Assistant Housekeeper was to work with the Ritz Carlton Abama on driving and delivering the necessary
improvements to achieve improvements in cleanliness and upkeeping.
• Fulfilled the roles of both Assistant and Acting HKM often taking responsibility for directing and lead the entire HSK,
Valet & Laundry Team of 150 staff members to achieve performance, labour utilisation, and cost measures.
• Achieved the “Manager of the Term” Award for the first semester of 2016.
• Led improvements to scheduling, productivity, cost management, and budgeting of the department, and integrated
changes needed to better integrate into the wider hotel plan.
• Developed training plans for HSK trainees in front-line and leadership roles.
• Organised and provided necessary reports to control the rooms and to improve business analytics. Completed weekly
and monthly reviews to ensure room and staff performance were in alignment with KPIs.
Chi Chi’s Tex-Mex Restaurants
Jan ****************
Chi-Chi's is a Mexican-restaurant chain operating in the US, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, The United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait by
Tumblewee. During its prime, the business grew to upwards of 210 locations.
REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER
The role of Regional Operations Manager takes on responsibility for overseeing a portfolio of restaurants, and for managing
operations, food wastage, labour usage, new store openings, change management, performance plans, and resourcing.
• Managed a portfolio of 7 stores to meet operational efficiency whilst completing a full top down/bottom up review of
restaurant operations to drive improvements to cost management.
• Aligned key metrics for KPIs for Sales, Gross Profit, Costs, Wages, Staff Turnover and Engagements, Wastage, FOH,
BOH etc. to ensure costs are controlled and aligned with regional targets.
• Reduced costs by upwards of 3.2% and increased revenues by 2.8%.
• Took corrective action against deviation to business plan; working with individual Restaurant Managers on setting
required changes and action plans needed to meet goals.
• Project managed the opening 3 new restaurants including staffing, SOPs, training, and KPI establishment.
• Served as turnaround agent behind several problematic restaurants within the Tex-Mex portfolio, successfully
bringing operations back to profit and implementing a robust business plan for moving forward.
• Rolled out improved food hygiene management programs, ensured health policies were executed according to
company health/sanitation regulations. Conducted audits to ensure compliance with labour and safety regulations.
• Involved in a strategic project to outsource the HR and to ensure that the new service providers adhered to company
policy for reporting, processing times, and completion of required tasks.
Previous positions held:
• International Host, Costa Cruises | Genoa, Italy, 2009 to 2012
• AV Operations Manager (Acting Audio-visual Director) | Paris Marriott Rive-Gauche Hotel , Paris, 2008 to 2009
• Audio-Visual Supervisor | Seattle Waterfront Marriott Hotel, Seattle, US, 2007
• Restaurant Manager | Restaurant “De watermolen”, Belgium, 2006 to 2007
• Banquet/Audio-Visual Supervisor | Cologne Marriott Hotel, Cologne, 2005 to 2006
• Banquet/Audio-Visual Supervisor | Courtyard by Marriott Brussels, Belgium, 2004 to 2005
• Restaurant Manager | Restaurant Amfitheater, Belgium, 2001 to 2004
• Degree : Bachelor Hotel Management | Erasmus University College Brussels, 2017
• IT Skills: Hotix, Opera, Micros, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc)
• Languages: Dutch, German, English, French
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