Dear Jeremy:
Following a call from Peruvianguru, who comes to be my brother, I also post my profile for your expert assessment. Below, I am copying and pasting my CV.
PROFILE
Hotel and Restaurant Manager with 10 years of academic and professional experience in countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and France; strong leadership, cross-cultural and team-work skills coped with a proven ability to deliver tangible results under tight deadlines; fluent in Spanish, English and French.
EDUCATION
Univesite de Toulouse Le Miral II, Toulouse - France
10/02 - 10/03 Maitrise (BHons.) in Hotel Engineering and Commercial Tourism (grade, 13.65/20)
10/01 - 10/02 Licence (Bachelors) in Hotel Engineering and Commercial Tourism (12.05/20)
Instituto Nacional de Capacitacion Profesional, Santiago - Chile
03/97 - 03/01 Technical degree (B.T.S) in Hotel Engineering and Commercial Tourism / Hotel and Restaurant Manager (5.97/7)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sodexho Peru, Huaraz - Peru
Sodexho is a French company with presence in 76 countries of the five continents and offers food and hostelry, maintenance and leisure services as well as camp management for mining and oil industries.
07/06 - up to date Head of Operations (2nd ranked officer), Antamina Mine Field
- Antamina Minining Co. is Sodexhos largest and most important contract in Peru. (US$6.5MMPA)
- Reporting directly to the Project Manager
- Responsible for the entire project operations including catering, hostelry, leisure and maintenance services for a 2,000 camp population
- In charge of quality assurance and maintenance of HACCP certification, SGS ISO 9001, SGS ISO 14001 and SGS OHSAS 18001
- Liaison with the Community Relations Department of Antamina towards the organization of Tiempo de Dar (Time to Give), Christmas for Kids and Hot Chocolate Catering Service for almost 600 poor peasant families.
Universidad de San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima - Peru
USIL hosts one of the top 3 Hotel and Tourism Faculties in Peru.
03/06 - 07/06 Lecturer, Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Administration
- Lecturer of four undergraduate courses: Food & Beverage Cost Management, Food & Beverage Service Management, Purchasing in the Hospitality Industry and Project Development II.
- Prepared and graded examinations and provided research advisory to 160 students.
Sodexho Peru, Lima
11/05 - 12/05 Project Consultant, REPSOL YPF
La Pampilla Oil Refinery
- Reported directly to the Peruvian Business & Industry Manager
- Responsible for a 360 operation reorganization: catering and hostelry services, cost reduction, store and inventory controls and improvement of the client relation.
Sodexho Argentina 07/05 - 10/05 Head of Operations, Pan American Energy in Tierra del Fuego
- Reported directly to the Operations Manager
- Catering & hostelry logistic improvement of 4 satellite projects under extreme weather conditions.
04/05 - 06/05 Head of Operations, Pan American Energy in Chubut
- Catering & hostelry logistic improvement of 11 satellite projects servicing 1,200 people.
Sodexho Peru,
07/04 - 03/05 Head of Catering, Yanacocha Mine Field in Cajamarca
- Responsible for the production and delivery of 4,000 daily meals to 13 satellite dinning rooms applying the Cook & Chill System.
- Directly supervised 2 chefs, 1 souschef, 2 camp bosses and 200 workers in the catering department.
- Reduced daily meal costs in 9% and monthly meal losses from 12% to 3%.
- Key member in the achievement of HACCP certification renewal, November 2004
07/03 - 06/04 Head of Catering Assistant, Antamina Mine Field in Huaraz
- Supervised the production of 5,000 daily meals for 3 satellite dinning rooms through traditional cuisine method.
- Reduced daily meal costs in 6.54%
INTERNSHIPS 2003
Radisson Park Plaza Hotel, La Paz - Bolivia / Food & Beverage Management Assistant
2001
Four Points Sheraton, Santiago -Chile / Accounting & Finance Assistant
2000
Los Delfines Hotel & Casino, Lima - Peru / Housekeeping Assistant Supervisor
1999
Panamericana Hotel Hanga Roa, Easter Island - Chile / Receptionist and Concierge
1998
Santiago Park Plaza Hotel, Santiago - Chile / Receptionist and Concierge
COMPLIMENTARY ACTIVITIESUniversidad de San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima - Peru Frequently invited by the Dean of the Hotel & Tourism Faculty as guest speaker in corporate seminars and in-company tailored courses; member of the thesis evaluation committee.
Santicucho Restaurant, Lima - Peru Co-owner of a social entrepreneurship project aimed at increasing public health and customer service standards in the low-income district of
Villa Maria del TriunfoHONOURS AND CERTIFICATIONS 2005 English, General IELTS score 7/9 (8/9 spoken)
2005 French, TEF Certificate score 1347/1800 total (6/6 spoken)
2001 Graduated with Honors & Jurys Congratulations (Top B.T.S. student out of 160)
Disclaimer:
You might have checked out that my grades for the Bachelors degree in France (first stage) were quite low. I can explain this. When graduating from Chile, I topped my class and won the right for direct admission at a French university. By the time I arrived to France, I had only studied French language for 8 months (classes only on Saturdays, 4 hour sessions). My language skills were poor for an academic environment. Although I had considered not attending Toulouse Univ. due to language limitations, I decided to take this wonderfull opportunity and took the risk. My first year performance was not so good but not so bad either. However, you can also check out that my second year grades showed a very decent increase. Not only that; by the time I returned back to Peru, my French skills were near native! (6 out of 6 on speaking proficiency, TEF certificate, french govt. 2005).
I also want to add that I am expecting a less than great GMAT score. My realistic range spans from 500-600 and plan to take it in August 2007. I am intending to apply only to Canadian MBA programs for 2008 admission, namely (in order of preference); Ivey, Sauder and Queens.
Why MBA? I want to gain a broad based management training given that Hotel Mgmt is quite restricted and restrictive for faster career progression. Thank you very much for your time and attention. I truly appreciate it.
Greetings from Peru
Sandor (Percheron)