Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
WORKING RIGHT AND AVAILABILITY
Languages
Timeline
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Sanam Rai

Sanam Rai

Summary

Experienced in diverse culinary techniques and creating innovative dishes. Leveraging precise menu planning and kitchen management to drive success. Proven track record of fostering teamwork and maintaining high standards in fast-paced environments. Dedicated to delivering exceptional dining experiences.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Night Fill Team Member

Coles
06.2023 - Current

Key Responsibilities:

  • Stocking Shelves: Replenishing grocery shelves with various products, ensuring full availability for customers.
  • Store Presentation: Keeping aisles clean, tidy, and well-organized—cleaning spills, sweeping floors, and maintaining a visually appealing layout.
  • Stock Management: Rotating stock to ensure freshness, removing expired items, and following proper storage procedures.
  • Following Procedures: Complying with Coles' guidelines on safety, stock handling, and other operational protocols.
  • Teamwork: Cooperating with other team members and supervisors to complete tasks efficiently and on time.
  • Customer Service: Assisting customers with questions or requests when working in areas accessible to the public.

Chef

The Cannery Eatery and Bar
11.2023 - 05.2025

Key Responsibilities:

  • Undertake the preparation, cooking and chilling of all meals, including special dietary requirements, in accordance with standard recipes.
  • Maintain a high standard of food, personal hygiene and Work Health and Safety in accordance with the relevant Codes of Practice and legislation.
  • Assist with cleaning of equipment and the workspaces within the facility.
  • Use equipment in accordance with manufacturer’s standard operating procedures and instructions, reporting any defects to the relevant supervisor immediately.
  • Participate in and contribute to performance development and service delivery improvement activities.
  • Actively participate in and contribute to the organisation’s Quality & Safety and Work Health & Safety processes, including in the development and implementation of safety systems, improvement initiatives, safeguarding practices for vulnerable people, and related training.
  • Developed seasonal menus highlighting local ingredients and culinary trends.
  • Trained and mentored junior kitchen staff in cooking techniques and food safety standards.
  • Streamlined inventory management processes, reducing food waste significantly.
  • Oversaw daily kitchen operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
  • Implemented cost-control measures, optimizing ingredient utilization while maintaining quality standards.

Fresh Team Member

Woolworths
04.2020 - 07.2022

Key Responsibilities:

  • Stocking Shelves: Replenishing grocery shelves with various products, ensuring full availability for customers.
  • Store Presentation: Keeping aisles clean, tidy, and well-organized—cleaning spills, sweeping floors, and maintaining a visually appealing layout.
  • Stock Management: Rotating stock to ensure freshness, removing expired items, and following proper storage procedures.
  • Following Procedures: Complying with Woolworths' guidelines on safety, stock handling, and other operational protocols.
  • Teamwork: Cooperating with other team members and supervisors to complete tasks efficiently and on time.
  • Customer Service: Assisting customers with questions or requests when working in areas accessible to the public.

Admin Officer

Pymble Hotel, ALH Group
04.2019 - 03.2020

Key Responsibilities:

  • Data entry of Sales and stocks
  • Processing invoices
  • Stocktake count and checking variances
  • Managing paperwork
  • General Admin duties
  • Weekly, Monthly and Annual Reconciliation of accounts
  • Manage all the records of sales from Bar, Bistro, Accommodation and Gaming
  • Auditing inventory records.

Accountant Officer

Key Concept Pvt. Ltd
06.2014 - 11.2018

Key Responsibilities

  • Supporting the senior/managing accountant and wider finance team
  • Collaborating with these teams to work on various accounting projects
  • Performing reconciliations of accounts and Processing payments and invoices accurately and within expected time periods
  • Verifying financial statements, ledgers and accounts and making corrections where appropriate
  • Preparing profit and loss accounts sheets and Preparing VAT return
  • Taking minutes in meetings and other administrative duties
  • Opening and closing accounts, risk and charges placement in EBBS System
  • Handling of online banking queries and resolving number of customer complaints.
  • Coordination with Mail Services providers for deliverables of ATM, Cheque Books and static data letters to customers.
  • End to End reconciliation of deliverables and advise to branches/stakeholders for risk placement, charges, destruction etc
  • Advising officers in regard to exceptional occurrences
  • Approving and processing inward and outward cheques
  • For the security purpose, phone call to customers for their own behalf, whenever cheque amount exceed certain limit.
  • Problem identification and finding out the solution coordinating with the senior managers
  • Daily record keeping and reconciliation of data
  • High volume of data entry and reconciliation of accounts
  • Meeting with various personnel and groups with proposal of different sponsors and discussion in relation to working together for the upliftment and fulfillment of people’s demands and creating multicultural innovative programs & events for entertainment of multi-cultural people.
  • Performing day-to-day administrative duties along with supporting senior managers and whole team, wherever required.

Education

Certificate III & IV, Diploma - Commercial Cookery And Hospitality Management

Reach Community College
Hobart, TAS
05.2024

Masters - Professional Accounting (MPA)

Wentworth Institute
Surry Hills, NSW
11.2019

Bachelors - Business Administration (BBA)

Vinayaka Missions University
04.2014

Skills

  • Microsoft office application: Skillful in MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Excel
  • Academic and general working knowledge of MYOB
  • Food safety and sanitation
  • Cooking techniques
  • Knife skills
  • Customer service
  • Kitchen management
  • Food presentation
  • Meal preparation

WORKING RIGHT AND AVAILABILITY

I have full time working right with flexible working availability. I can even work in weekends and public holidays along with normal weekdays.

Languages

Hindi
Full Professional
English
Full Professional
Nepali
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Chef

The Cannery Eatery and Bar
11.2023 - 05.2025

Night Fill Team Member

Coles
06.2023 - Current

Fresh Team Member

Woolworths
04.2020 - 07.2022

Admin Officer

Pymble Hotel, ALH Group
04.2019 - 03.2020

Accountant Officer

Key Concept Pvt. Ltd
06.2014 - 11.2018

Bachelors - Business Administration (BBA)

Vinayaka Missions University

Certificate III & IV, Diploma - Commercial Cookery And Hospitality Management

Reach Community College

Masters - Professional Accounting (MPA)

Wentworth Institute
Sanam Rai