1. Rajeesh Thenissery
Mobile: +91- 8197966682,E- Mail:rajeesh.rajeesh16@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE.
To secure a position in the fields of Hospitality Industryand other related fields
that would best fit to my qualificationsand further develop my talents, skills and
working experience for continuouscareer improvement.
CAREER SUMMARY.
Offering over 11 years of experiencein Food and Beverage Operations,
Business Development, Marketing & Sales.
Proficientin the areas of Recruitment & Resourcing, Inventory Control, Man
Power Planning, Training & Development, Operations Managementand
Vendor Development.
Adept in managing overallprofitabilityof operations, accountablefor
strategic utilization and deploymentof available resources to achieve
organizational objectives.
Possesses in-depth knowledge in designing entire productrangeincluding
brand, categoryand productmix.
Excellent interpersonal, analytical& negotiation skills with proven track
record of spearheading numerouscost innovation projects during the career
span.
Pre-opening team and coordinatewith projectmanager for restaurants,
Pubsand Microbrewery during under construction.
Recorded successes in leading for 5 restaurants& Microbrewerypre-
opening teams and operations.
2. CORECOMPETENCIES
Preparing budgetsas well as developing plansfor achieving the goals;
implementing sales and marketing promotion plans& new concepts to
generate sales.
Implementing managementsystems in the organization & ensuring
compliancewith the process requirements.
Developing partnershipswith suppliers, managing supplier performanceof
vendorsto ensuremeeting of service, cost, delivery and quality norms.
Analyzing latest marketing trendsand tracking competitors’ activities and
providing valuable inputsfor fine tuning sales & marketing strategies.
Formulating strategies and reaching out to unexplored marketsegments /
customer groupsfor business expansion.
Recruiting, mentoring, training and development of the field functionariesto
ensure the operationalefficiency.
Conducting preliminaryinterviews with candidates.
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
Since Jan’16 working with Big Pitcher (FoodaleIndia Pvt. Ltd.) Synergy
Group, BangaloreasManager-Marketing and Sales.
Feb’15-Dec’15 Big Pitcher (Food aleIndia Pvt.Ltd.)SynergyGroup, Bangalore
as Unit Head.
Mar’14-Jan’15Big Pitcher (Food ale India Pvt.Ltd.)SynergyGroup, Bangalore
as Restaurant Head-Microbrewery.
(Big Pitcher is a largestmicrobrewery in Bangalore& a uniquehangoutzone
with 830 covers seating which is spread in 6 floorsbuilding in 33000 sqft).
July’13-Feb’14on theGo Restaurant, Bangaloreas Unit Manager.
3. Sep’12-Jun’13 Zaica Restaurant, Bangalore(HNS HotelsPvt. Ltd.) as
RestaurantManager.
May’10- Aug’12 Bonsouth Restaurant, Bangalore(Billion smiles Hospitality
Pvt. Ltd.) as RestaurantManager.
Mar’09- Apr’10 Bonsouth Restaurant, Bangalore(Billion smiles Hospitality
Pvt. Ltd.) as F&BExecutive.
Apr’08-Feb’09 BarbequeNation Restaurant, Bangalore(A Unitof Sayaji
Group of Hotel) as RestaurantCaptain.
Nov’07-Mar’08 BarbequeNation Restaurant, Bangalore(A Unit of Sayaji
Group of Hotel) as Senior Guest Service Assistant.
Dec’06-Oct’07 BarbequeNation Restaurant, Mumbai(A Unit of Sayaji Group
of Hotel) as Guest ServiceAssistant.
Jun’06-No’06 RiverdaleResort, Cochin as Steward.
Nov’05-May’06 HotelHighwayGarden, Cochin asTrainee Steward.
May’05-Oct’05 SayajiGroup of Hotel, Indore(MP) asIndustrialTrainee.
HIGHLIGHTS-MARKETING ANDSALES @ BIGPITCHER)
Morethan 8 months of workexperience in the field of sales & marketing
with various ATL and BTL activities.
Experienced in planning marketing campaigns, getting collaterals developed
and promoting the productsand services through onlineand printmedia.
Experienced in forging and maintaining relationship with online, printand
television media.
Experienced in dealing with Ad Agencies. (Newspaper, Radio, Channels,
Hoarding etc).
Good analytical and communication skills.
Experienced in handling nationaland internationalexhibitions & organizing
events.
Good experience of Search EngineOptimization.
Good experience in digital media marketing.
Good experience in social media marketing.
Good experience in productmarketing.
4. KEY SKILLS-SALES ANDMARKETING
Determining marketing objectives and preparing annualbudgets.
Planning marketing activities in conjunction with company’sgrowth plan
and working outstrategies to execute the plan.
Media Planning as per the budget.
Developing marketing reportsto be presented at the meeting of top
management.
Lead the marketing programsfor branding and lead generation.
Getting marketing collaterals, advertisements developed to help the co.
meet its target.
Overall responsibility of designing, running and promoting thecompany’s
website and intranet which includes SEO techniques, managing PPC
programs, podcasts, getting webinarsdelivered for visitors.
Dealing with print, onlineand television media.
Overall responsibility of running variousmarketing campaigns – like getting
newsletters, e-mailblasts sent to the customers.
Ensuring successful participation in nationaland internationaltradeshows,
exhibitions & organizing other events like conferences, seminarsetc.
Developing systems and proceduresto ensurethat the leads generated are
optimally utilized.
Managing the team of marketing executives.
Developing training programsfor the people in sales &marketing team.
5. HIGHLIGHTS-UNITHEADATBIGPITHCER
Interfacing with Business Head and other departments towardsimproving
the store sales.
Managing all Guest problems personally and ensuring guest satisfaction as
first priority.
Carrying outLSM (LocalStoreMarketing) Activities.
Maintaining staff personal records.
Hiring staffs and training the Fresher Team.
Gathering feedbackformsand attending customer complaints.
Overseeing inventoryand generating daily and monthly reports, Inventory,
SpoilageReport, delivery Report& WastageReport.
Looking after indenting of commissaryitems.
Conducting staff meetings.
Interfacing with GCC (Guest Care Center).
Creating connections with corporateand organizing parties.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2005 May-DHM-ContinentalInstituteof Hotel Management, Palakkad,
Kerala.
2003 Dec-Welding-Departmentof TechnicalEducation, Governmentof
Kerala.
2002-PlusTwo-Board of Higher SecondaryExamination, Governmentof
Kerala.
2000-SSLC-GeneralEducation Department, Governmentof Kerala.
I T SKILLS
COMPUTREKNOWLEDGE
Well versed MS Office, Windows XP, and Internet.
ACHIEVEMENTS
6. Have been awarded several commendation certificates from
the Managementof the Restaurant based on feedback from the guest.
Have also completed the bar training conducted at Leela Palace Kempinski,
Bangalore.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 25th
May 1985
PassportNumber-N4679370
LanguageKnown- English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada & Malayalam.
PERMANENTADDRESS
Kailasam, Kanad, Near Kolippalam Muthappan Temple, Keezhalloor (Po), Kannur,
670612, Kerala.
PRESENTADDRESS
House No-2167, Ground Floor,5th
Cross, 17th Main, Indiranagar,Bangalore.
RajeeshThenissery
Bangalore