RESUME
ALEX POPESCUMANAGING DIRECTOR
PROFILE SUMMARY
I have a highly commercial mindset and posses notable
achievements in pre-opening and established operations.
I am skilled in operations, business strategy, marketing, brand
management, pre-opening, finance, creating enhanced customer
experiences and I am driven by financial results and helping
colleagues develop.
My core values include hard work, integrity, honesty,
creativity, adding value and attention to detail.
WORK EXPERIENCE
MANAGING DIRECTOR Dec 2017 – present | Culinary Boutique |
Dubai, UAE
Culinary Boutique is a Dubai homegrown brand with branches in
the UAE and several projects on the pipeline in the GCC. My direct
reports include outlet managers, sales and marketing manager,
catering manager, finance manager and HR manager.
*opened projects for the brand below the budgeted initial
capital investment*orchestrated several million USD deals for
developing the brand and increasing its footprint *increased
profitability across all departments by avg 9%*WhatsOn Dubai 2018
finalist*TimeOut Dubai 2019 highly commended
EDUCATION
MASTERS IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT2013 SNSPA Bucharest
BACHELORS OF COMMERCE2011 Romanian American University
Bucharest
HIGHSCHOOL - ADVANCED MATH2008 G. Calinescu Highschool
Constanta
SKILLS
Operational Management
Guest Experience
People Development
Pre-opening
Food and Beverage
Operational Excellence
Due Diligence
Planning and Task Management
Yield Management
Business
Finance
MS Office
M: +971 (0) 56 760 8503 E: [email protected] A: Marina
Wharf 1
GENERAL MANAGERDec 2016 – Nov 2017 | Iconink Canada | Dubai,
UAE
Part of the pre-opening team for a high end multi million Dirham
project on the 72nd floor of the flagship JW Marriott Marquis Hotel
Business Bay.
*quickly reached amongst top 10% restaurants in Dubai on
Tripadvisor, Zomato and Google*various accolades for food, service
and entertainment*effective cost cutting implementation
F&B PROJECT MANAGERJun 2016 – Nov 2016 | Glee Hospitality
Solutions | Dubai, UAE
Worked on various projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
*launched 6 venues *created several concepts
RESTAURANT MANAGERAug 2015 – May 2016 | Culinary Boutique |
Dubai, UAE
Part of the pre-opening team, key role in setting up and
developing the catering department.
*exceeded budgeted sales across all departments and had a key
role in building the foundation of Culinary Boutique
RESTAURANT MANAGERJun 2013 – Jul 2015 | Waldorf Astoria Hotels |
Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Part of the pre-opening team, coordinated the opening of the
hotel’s 11 bars. In charge of smoothly operating various outlets in
the property such as pool & beach operations, steak house and
the Arabic venue.
*increased profitability for the outlets I have managed through
various practices and implementations*helped increase Hilton’s
”SALT” corporate ranking scores*no 1 pool and beach venue on
Tripadvisor*several other accolades
ASSISTANT BANQUETING MANAGERMay 2011 – Feb 2013 | La Scoica Land
| Mamaia, Romania
Managed a 500 seats Italian restaurant and a 1000 seats ballroom
facility.
*improved overall practices through proposing various action
plans to senior management*increased staff productivity
MANAGEMENT TRAINEEJun 2010 – Sep 2010 | Richmond Hotel |
Mamaia,Romania
*learned generalities about managing the operations of a
boutique hotel
COMPLETED PROJECTS
CULINARY BOUTIQUE AL BARSHAhttps://culinaryboutique.com
THE ROOSThttp://www.roost.ae
PARLOUR BOUTIQUEhttp://www.parlour.ae
PASTRYOLOGYhttps://www.pastryology.ae
YELLOW BRICK ROAD
LANGUAGES
ENGLISHproficient
SPANISHintermediate
ITALIAN & GERMANbeginner
ROMANIANnative
FOLLOW ME
LINKEDIN
INSTAGRAM FOOD RUNNER Jun 2005 – Sep 2005 | El Carro Primero |
Calpe, Spain
*Worked as a summer job and my first ever working experience in
a port-side seafood restaurant turning on average 1500 paxon a
daily basis
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