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ASMA SYED

Summary

Dynamic and results-oriented backed by 20 years of insightful experience across Airline Catering sector; Seeking a position to invest all my professional expertise, qualification, valuable experience to the optimum level, to facilitate continued career growth.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work history

Commercial Officer

Etihad Airport Services Catering LLC
03.2010 - Current
  • Manage SAP end-to-end billing process which includes creation of menu quotation, codes & price upload
  • Validate SAP prices as per agreed contractual rates and payment terms
  • Analyse results, monitor variances and recommend management by providing financial impact
  • Prepare Revenue reports and forecast for the management
  • Prepare the monthly budget vs actual reporting
  • Regularly keep track of CPI and incorporate with benchmarking the pricing structure
  • Support Commercial Manager by providing financial impact to make cost saving decisions such as outsource/in-house
  • Active involvement in cost saving initiatives and process improvement
  • Maintain efficient coordination with Menu Development Team for recipes and menu finalization
  • Responsible for airline revenue auditing to avoid revenue leakage

Menu Analyst

Etihad Airport Services Catering LLC
07.2008 - 03.2010
  • Creating and keeping up to date menu specifications data base by flights
  • Collating all data for system entry (e.g
  • Specifications, bill of materials, catering delivery notes, etc.) from the menu designers, checking for approvals to ensure that information and changes are approved prior to the data update
  • Ensuring accurate and timely completion of new menu/route launches maintaining about 50,000 specifications and managing menu changes for the network annually
  • Coordinating the process for menu card production and distribution, working closely with internal departments and external parties (e.g
  • Printing companies, etc.) to ensure that correct versions of menu cards are available for each flight
  • Communicating menu specification updates to all internal departments and Carriers.

Cost Analyst

Etihad Airport Services Catering LLC
01.2004 - 06.2008
  • Prepare and draw inferences on procurement analysis including buyer and supplier analysis, contract terms etc
  • Attend menu presentations, update recipes, cost airline menu, attend and update yield tests, review menu component cost with comparative cost and work out meal cost
  • Attend menu presentations, update recipes, cost airline menu, attend and update yield tests, review menu component cost with comparative cost and work out meal cost
  • Develop financial models, conduct benchmarking and process analysis, business studies on past, future and comparative performance and develop forecast models
  • Recommend and track implementation of process improvement and policy development initiatives that impact the function and follow up on various improvement measures.

Education

MDCA - Master Diploma - Computer Applications

B.C.A - Bachelor of Computer Application - undefined

Timeline

Commercial Officer

Etihad Airport Services Catering LLC
03.2010 - Current

Menu Analyst

Etihad Airport Services Catering LLC
07.2008 - 03.2010

Cost Analyst

Etihad Airport Services Catering LLC
01.2004 - 06.2008

MDCA - Master Diploma - Computer Applications

B.C.A - Bachelor of Computer Application - undefined

ASMA SYED