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Zaid Hijazeen

Zaid Hijazeen

Aspiring Hospitality Professional
Barcelona

Summary

Extremely passionate, energized and adept individual. Eagerly diving into luxury hotels industry with extremely professional attitude, effective time management and significant communication skills.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Receptionist

Grand Hyatt
08.2024 - Current

Administration trainee

Grand Hyatt
2 2024 - 8 2024
  • Communicated with TEA and managed end of months invoices
  • Elaborated various templates related to internal work and employees profile of the F&B team, presentations and benchmark studies
  • Interacted with top VIP's to make sure they have the best experience in our hotel.


Sales and Marketing (cross training)


  • Learned intensively about MICE and the functioning of big 5
  • Plus hotels, practiced different cases and applied all my studies in hotel management during that period
  • Been to site inspections and learned the proper way of presenting the hotel and its multiple spaces and services
  • Received clearly the most important info about high end hotels & MICE sector (Proactive, Reactive, Forecast, Budget, EBTIDA, etc..)

Sous Chef

De Stroper, Lekker Guide
07.2023 - 10.2023
  • Achieved excellence as a young worker, handled big responsibilities in the absence of the chef. Handled a very successful event for 75 people and achieved to see people leaving with a big smile and a thank you.
  • Managed problems, tracked and supported each one’s duties, and monitored trainees.
  • Elaborated plans for the well functioning of restaurants team daily tasks

Intern Cook

Casa Bernardi - 1 Michelin Star & Sol Repsol
02.2023 - 05.2023
  • 750 hours internship where i could master high cuisines techniques and team management.
  • Handled various responsibilities, presented the dishes to VIPs and interacted with people from all over the world.
  • Cross training with revenue and pricing, where i had the opportunity to learn about finance management in high end restaurants.

Intern Cook

Il Sereno Hotels
06.2022 - 08.2022
  • 640 hours of practice
  • Worked in different parts in the kitchen, achieved goals put the by the executive chef for productivity and efficiency
  • Communicated closely with servers to fully understand special orders for customers
  • Learned about systemization in luxury hotels through formations and meetings
  • Prepared multiple orders simultaneously during peak periods with high accuracy rate, maximizing customer satisfaction, and repeat business.

Hotel Management Enthusiast

7 2023 - 10.2023
  • Achieved excellence as a young worker
  • Handled big responsibilities in the absence of the chef
  • Handled a very successful event for 75 people and achieved to see people leaving with a big smile and a thank you
  • Managed problems, tracked and supported each one's duties, and monitored trainees
  • Elaborated plans for the well functioning of restaurants team daily tasks.

Education

Bachelor Degree: Gastronomy And Business Management -

UCH-CEU
09.2019 - 05.2024

High School Diploma - undefined

College De La Salle
07.2008 - 05.2019

Skills

Leadership

Adept

Relationship Building

Schedule Management

Multitasking

Languages

Arabic
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)
Spanish
Advanced (C1)
Italian
Intermediate (B1)
French
Beginner (A1)

Timeline

Receptionist

Grand Hyatt
08.2024 - Current

Sous Chef

De Stroper, Lekker Guide
07.2023 - 10.2023

Intern Cook

Casa Bernardi - 1 Michelin Star & Sol Repsol
02.2023 - 05.2023

Intern Cook

Il Sereno Hotels
06.2022 - 08.2022

Bachelor Degree: Gastronomy And Business Management -

UCH-CEU
09.2019 - 05.2024

High School Diploma - undefined

College De La Salle
07.2008 - 05.2019

Administration trainee

Grand Hyatt
2 2024 - 8 2024

Hotel Management Enthusiast

7 2023 - 10.2023
Zaid HijazeenAspiring Hospitality Professional