Front Office Graphic Designer/project administrator
Resume:
PRAVEEN C. CALDERA
***************@*****.***
**/*, ********** **, **. Lavinia, SRI LANKA.
EXPERIENCE
February 2023 – February 2025
Treffen House Hotel, Doha – Qatar
Night Auditor – Front Office (Receptionist/Cashier/Reservations) Receptionist - Guest welcoming/check in/check out/Explaining package details/Upselling products. Managing rooms with reservations and walk-in guests. Room rates monitoring on high/low occupancy.
Cashiering – Handling cash/cheque/credit/bank cards. Reservations – Making Company/Online/Emergency reservations. Handling calls/guest complaints. Guest relation works. Night Auditing – Error correction, Balancing rooms/revenue, Making day close reports. Cooperate with all departments and take necessary decisions/actions on behalf of the Duty Manager.
Project Admin – Hotel Renovation Project
Create, update, and maintain project financial reports. Project planning. Quotation evaluation, Awarding contracts and agreements, Processing payments. Coordinate with contractors, suppliers, and Engineering dept. Design/edit various drawings for the projects,
Document controlling, and recording meeting minutes. June 2016 – August 2018
Hayleys Fiber – Eco Solutions, Colombo 10
Executive – Indian Operations
Managing overall operations in India. Production planning. Issuing purchase orders and following up with sub-contractors/suppliers/logistics in production & shipment. Creating
quality reports and labels for cargo. Creating ISF data for US shipments. Document checking. Maintaining/updating the Export book. Sending reports to Marketing Dept. Handling of
Supplier/Rent/Consultancy/Salary payments.
Graphic Designer
Re-design of Product Catalogue. Designing of Business cards, Brochures, Calendars, and Banners. Designing work for FB, Instagram & Outdoor screen advertisements. Photo editing. Creating presentations.
ICT - Coordinator
Coordinating with sub-sector ICT personnel, Creating a new inventory, user list, software list, supplier list & job card. Stock maintenance. Calling quotations & evaluating, Recommending, Ordering & issuing ICT products. General network administration, Hardware/Software Installing, Troubleshooting, Repairing & Maintenance. Page 2 of 3
January 2013 – October 2014
Class Furniture, Doha - Qatar
Sales Executive
Understanding customer needs, Introducing & selling products, Upselling, preparing quotations & tenders, Supplier & Customer relations, following up on customer requests, Handling E-mails, and Maintaining customer & supplier files. Site visiting & supervising.
Graphic Designer
Creating company profile, Brochures, Leaflets, logos, letterheads, Product presentations, Catalogues, Cover Pages, Product pictures…Etc. Part-Time Accountant
Creating & updating monthly/annual sales, credit, payments, expense reports & charts using Excel, Follow-up credit sales, Daily/Monthly attendance reports, Monthly Salary payments & reports, and creating of product costing system. Storekeeper
Creating Inventory, updating daily stock movements, monthly stock reports, Receiving & Issuing of products, and Store management. January 2012 – January 2013
Ramada Hotel, Colombo
Receptionist
Front / Back Office operations, room reservations, handling phone calls, guest check-ins, up-selling, handling complaints, guest relations, filing systems, working with Hotel PMS system.
January 2007 – October 2008
Asiri Holiday Resort – Piliyandala
Manager
Managing day to day operations such as making daily/monthly sales report, indoor/outdoor maintenance, stock maintenance, customer relations, sales and promotions, assigning duties to employees.
July 2005 – December 2006
Innovative Design & Marketing Services - Battaramulla Executive - Operations
Handling of all documentation related work (GRN, sales, stock, issuing/receiving, attendance, supervising on painting, carpentry, welding related works. Handling, inspecting and reporting of site works.
September 2003 – July 2005
Hatton National Bank – ENG Dept – Colombo 02
Banking Assistant
Handling of tender work and payments. Coordinate with branches and contractors, Handling and maintaining file system, petty cash, attendance, and duty roasters. Office stationery stock maintenance.
EXPERTISE
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
NIGHT AUDIT
RECEPTIONIST
CASHIER
RESERVATIONS
DESIGNING
SALES
CO-ORDINATION
MICRO SOFT OFFICE
PHOTOSHOP
CORAL DRAW
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EDUCATION
1984 –1997 (13 Years)
De Mazenod College – Kandana – Sri Lanka
G.C.E. (A/L) EXAMINATION – 1997
Business Studies - S
Economics - S
G.C.E. (O/L) EXAMINATION – 1994
English - D
Mathematics - C
Commerce - C
Social Studies - C
Sinhala - C
Religion - C
Science - S
English Literature - S
CERTIFICATES
Treffen House Hotel – Doha – Qatar All Round Performance – 2024 Abacus Computer Institute – SL Diploma in Desktop Publishing Technical Educational Institute – SL Diploma for DOS & Windows Raytronics Computers – SL Certificate in Computer Hardware Engineering EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
House captain in athletic meet ‘96 – ‘97
Played Cricket as an All-rounder and won awards and certificates Won Awards for English Day 1993
Won Awards for Cricket in the 1996 Circuit Meet
Merit Awards in Colors Night ’92 for Cricket
Awards for Best March Past in Athletic Meet ‘93
Side Drummer of the School Western Band ’96 – ‘97
REFERENCES
Mr. Chrishan Mendis Mr. Bandaranayaka Wickramasinghe Managing Director (Former) Senior Manager (Retired) Hayleys Eco Solutions – Colombo Bank of Ceylon - Colombo Mobile: +94-777-***-*** Mobile: +94-777-***-***
E-Mail: ****************@*******.*** E-Mail: ******************@*****.*** I hereby attest that the above particulars are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
DATE: 06th of February 2025 Signature:
KEY VALUES
TEAM PLAYER
MULTI TASKER
PROBLEM SOLVER
DECISION MAKER
EXPLORER
INVESTIGATOR
ACCOUNTABLE
RESILIENT
PROACTIVE
HOBBIES
CRICKET
MUSIC
SINGING
CARROM
CHESS
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