Primal Bhanderi
NJ
Summary
High-performing professional with several years of experience delivering successful improvements for business operations, profitability, and team development. Resourceful project manager and compliance specialist, to thrive in fast-paced and changing environments. Dedicated to sustaining operational accuracy and delivering results for optimal profitability.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Store and Operations Manager
Freehold Liquor & Wine
New Jersey, USA
07.2024 - Current
- Manage daily operations, including inventory control, purchasing, and vendor negotiation.
- Ensure compliance with state and federal liquor laws
- Driving sales through marketing strategies and promotions
- Financial management, including pricing strategies, profit margins, budgeting, and cost control.
- Using POS data to analyze trends and numbers to make strategic decisions, and maximize profitability.
- Key Achievements: Led the business to its highest-ever sales of $1.1 million in Q4 2024.
Project Manager
iTech Services Ltd
London, UK
02.2021 - 07.2024
- Project management and planning involve attending meetings and ongoing progress reports.
- Requesting EMEA POs and PO management using Oracle.
- Active vendor management and liaising with them to resolve issues effectively.
- Workplace financial management using Visual Lease in line with budget.
- Providing cost-effective solutions while meeting stakeholder expectations.
- Assessing and managing operational risks within the workplace.
Senior IT Engineer and Team Leader
iTech Services Ltd
London, UK
01.2014 - 01.2021
- Managing teams of up to 15, ensuring successful delegation of tasks to utilize individuals' skill sets to maximize productivity and efficiency.
- Specialist services, including relocation projects involving systematic decommissioning and recommissioning of IT peripherals.
- Front-line support and resolving help desk tickets.
- Ensuring clients are promptly updated on progress.
- Regularly liaise with all levels of seniority, professionally.
- Key Achievements: Promoted to a team leader role.
- Promoted to a project management role, having successfully managed and carried out an entire relocation project for Travelport.
Shop and Accounting Assistant
Food & Wine
Watford, UK
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Serving and assisting customers.
- Managing inventory, petty cash, and producing pay slips for staff.
- Verifying and balancing receipts and cash monies with the POS.
- Budgeting and forecasting, in addition to preparing expense reports,
- Bank reconciliation.
- Key Achievements: Reduced procurement costs by 5% following successful negotiations.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Accounting & Finance
Coventry University
Coventry, UK01.2020
3 A Level’s - Economics, Government & Politics, Information Technology
Stanmore College
London01.2015
9 GCSE’s - English, Mathematics, Information Technology
Preston Manor High School
London01.2015
Skills
- Leadership and team working
- Project management
- Financial management
- Incorporating analysis
- Action planning and risk management
- Business strategy
- Adaptability
- Financial planning and reporting
- Visual Lease
- Microsoft Office
- Oracle
Certification
- Bloomberg Market Concept, 01/01/20
- MOS Excel, 01/01/13
- First AID Level 3, 01/01/24
Hobbies and Interests
- Socializing and Networking: Being involved in committees and organizing interactive events for friends, families and work colleagues.
- Sports: I like to keep active by playing football, cricket and badminton.
- Technology: Technological advances are a keen interest of mine and I keep abreast of new developments through my subscriptions to various technology journals.
- Travelling: Travelled to New York as part of my university field trip which included tours to the UN headquarters, Bloomberg headquarters and the NYSE.
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Gujarati
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Store and Operations Manager
Freehold Liquor & Wine
07.2024 - Current
Project Manager
iTech Services Ltd
02.2021 - 07.2024
Shop and Accounting Assistant
Food & Wine
01.2017 - 01.2018
Senior IT Engineer and Team Leader
iTech Services Ltd
01.2014 - 01.2021
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Accounting & Finance
Coventry University
3 A Level’s - Economics, Government & Politics, Information Technology
Stanmore College
9 GCSE’s - English, Mathematics, Information Technology
Preston Manor High School
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