Waheed Fallatah
Senior Manager - Procurement Operations for Food and Beverage and Retail @ Qiddiya | القدية
About
Senior Procurement Manager at Qiddiya (Six Flags Qiddiya & Aqua Arabia), playing a key role in the successful opening and launch of these landmark entertainment and hospitality destinations in Saudi Arabia.With 18+ years of progressive experience in the Saudi F&B and hospitality sector — including 8+ years fully dedicated to procurement — I specialize in delivering high-quality, cost-effective, and sustainable supply chain solutions that support rapid expansion and world-class operations.My core expertise covers Strategic Sourcing, Contract Negotiation & Management, Supplier & Vendor Relationship Management, Cost Control & Optimization, and Logistics for food, beverage, and hospitality services.At ALFA Company, one of the region’s largest restaurant chains, I successfully managed procurement for the opening and remodeling of more than 30 branches, ensuring seamless supply, quality standards, and operational efficiency during aggressive growth phases. Earlier in my career, I built solid operational foundations in restaurant management with well-known concepts including Steakhouse and Prime Food.Currently at Qiddiya, I oversee end-to-end procurement activities and have been actively involved in the successful opening of Six Flags Qiddiya and Aqua Arabia, contributing to the procurement and supply chain readiness for these iconic projects. Holding CIPP, CISCP, and CISCM certifications, I focus on negotiating favorable commercial terms, mitigating supply risks, building strategic supplier partnerships, and driving measurable cost savings while maintaining the highest quality and sustainability standards.I am passionate about applying data-driven procurement strategies and innovative practices in fast-paced, high-stakes environments like giga-projects across the Kingdom.Open to connecting with fellow professionals in Procurement, Supply Chain, and Hospitality — especially those involved in major developments in Saudi Arabia.Feel free to reach out if you are working on exciting opportunities in strategic sourcing, F&B procurement, or large-scale project supply chain roles.
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Food & Beverages
Strategic Sourcing, Food Cost Optimization Strategies, Localization, Quotations, Supplier Performance, Key Performance Indicators, Supplier Evaluation, Procurement Management, Successful Negotiation, Event Management, Multitasking, Change Management, Project Management, Strategic Procurement, Purchasing, Supplier Relationship Management, Strategic Thinking, Contract Negotiation, Communication, Management
Experience

Senior Manager - Procurement Operations for Food and Beverage and Retail
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Established end-to-end procurement processes and laid the foundational framework for the F&B and Retail categories from the ground up in a greenfield mega-project environment. • Empowered and guided first-time procurement team members, building capability and fostering a high-performance culture in a newly formed organization. • Drove localization initiatives by identifying and onboarding high-quality local suppliers, significantly increasing local content percentage while maintaining quality and compliance standards. • Leveraged extensive local market network to bring valuable connections, strategic partnerships, and market intelligence to support project objectives. • Delivered substantial cost reductions through strategic sourcing, negotiation, value engineering, and optimization of procurement activities. • Maximized the use of available digital tools and technologies to streamline procurement workflows, enhance transparency, and improve efficiency. • Managed day-to-day procurement operations for Food & Beverage and Retail categories, ensuring timely sourcing, contract management, and supplier performance while aligning with overall project timelines and budget targets.

Assistant Restaurant Manager
Riyadh
Responsibilities: • Managing all restaurant needs and setting the short term and the long terms strategies for the restaurant. • Handling and solving guests' complaints. • Administrating and handling the employees' issues; housing, salaries, vacations, transportation, and training. • Supervising the employees' performance and maintain the applying of the standard in all sections of the restaurant. • Coaching the management team members and guiding them to achieve the company's goal. • Maintain the healthy and the good environment to assure gaining the highest rate of productivity in the restaurant. • Handling the petty cash of the restaurant, purchasing, and following up for the maintenance issues. • Handling and answering the e-mails that affect the operation; ordering the goods from the suppliers, answering inquires of the guests, higher superiors, and auditors. • Computing, reporting, and preparing reports of the daily sales, inventory, control form for the goods, and assuring of the sales deposit in the company's account. • Assuring of the cleanliness of the restaurant in and out the restaurant. • Assuring of the quality and freshness of the products before it reaches to the guests. • Greeting the guests, welcoming them, and showing the higher care to them. • Analyzing the sales, computing the cost of the products, and creating the specials and offers. • Creating highly effective organizational and filing systems, thorough indexing, filing and offsite storage, resulting in easy access to critical information to assure smooth operation. • Following up with suppliers and maintenance team.

Restaurant Operations Manager
Prime Food - Dukan Burger
Saudi Arabia
Job Description Ensure that all reporting & control procedures in the operations, customer service, quality of production, Hygiene & Cleanliness standards, Maintenance & general administration are completed & in place according to company’s policy & chain operation manual. • Maintain high quality products by ensuring compliance with all operations procedures. • Ensure that all branches under supervision are able to achieve QSC objectives as per planned by reviewing & Monitoring Labor planning, scheduling and utilization. • Enforce & support all training & development plans for all staff under supervision as per company’s policy. • Monitor Labor by analyzing store reports, labor scheduling, Labor productivity… • Ensure understanding of security procedures in all store under his / her supervision. • Investigate any labor problems in the area refers the hot issues to chain management for legal actions. Skills - Problem Solving and Decision Making Skills. - Energetic, creative, Committed, Self Dependant, Team Player, customer mania driven - Financial and Analytical Skills - Leadership Skills - Good Planning and Organizing Skills - Language skills - fluency in English (Oral/Written) - Good command of MS Office applications - Ability to work under stress - Ability to work in multi task environment

Restaurant Manager
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh - Prince Mohammad Bin Abdull Aziz St.
Responsibilities: • Managing all restaurant needs and setting the short term and the long terms strategies for the restaurant. • Handling and solving guests' complaints. • Administrating and handling the employees' issues; housing, salaries, vacations, transportation, and training. • Supervising the employees' performance and maintain the applying of the standard in all sections of the restaurant. • Coaching the management team members and guiding them to achieve the company's goal. • Maintain the healthy and the good environment to assure gaining the highest rate of productivity in the restaurant. • Handling the petty cash of the restaurant, purchasing, and following up for the maintenance issues. • Handling and answering the e-mails that affect the operation; ordering the goods from the suppliers, answering inquires of the guests, higher superiors, and auditors. • Computing, reporting, and preparing reports of the daily sales, inventory, control form for the goods, and assuring of the sales deposit in the company's account. • Assuring of the cleanliness of the restaurant in and out the restaurant. • Assuring of the quality and freshness of the products before it reaches to the guests. • Greeting the guests, welcoming them, and showing the higher care to them. • Analyzing the sales, computing the cost of the products, and creating the specials and offers. • Creating highly effective organizational and filing systems, thorough indexing, filing and offsite storage, resulting in easy access to critical information to assure smooth operation. • Following up with suppliers and maintenance team.

Assistant Restaurant Manager
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh - Prince Mohammad Bin Abdull Aziz St.
Responsibilities: • Managing the restaurant as a "Manager on Duty" and as an acting store manager. • Handling and solving guests' complaints. • Administrating and handling the employees' issues; housing, salaries, vacations, transportation, and training. • Supervising the employees' performance and maintain the applying of the standard in all sections of the restaurant. • Maintain the healthy and the good environment to assure gaining the highest rate of productivity in the restaurant. • Handling the petty cash of the restaurant, purchasing, and following up for the maintenance issues. • Handling and answering the e-mails that affect the operation; ordering the goods from the suppliers, answering inquires of the guests, higher superiors, and auditors. • Computing, reporting, and preparing reports of the daily sales, inventory, control form for the goods, and assuring of the sales deposit in the company's account. • Assuring of the cleanliness of the restaurant in and out the restaurant. • Assuring of the quality and freshness of the products before it reaches to the guests. • Greeting the guests, welcoming them, and showing the higher care to them. • Analyzing the sales, computing the cost of the products, and creating the specials and offers. • Creating highly effective organizational and filing systems, thorough indexing, filing and offsite storage, resulting in easy access to critical information to assure smooth operation.

Restaurant Supervisor
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh - Prince Sultan Bin Abdull Aziz St.
Responsibilities: • Managing the restaurant as a "Manager On Duty". • Handling and solving the guest's complaints. • Administrating and handling the employee's issues; housing, salaries, vacations, transportation, and training. • Supervising the employees' performance and maintain the applying of the standard in all sections of the restaurant. • Maintain the healthy and the good environment to assure gaining the highest rate of productivity in the restaurant. • Handling the petty cash of the restaurant, purchasing, and following up for the maintenance issues. • Handling and answering the e-mails that affect the operation; ordering the goods from the suppliers, answering inquires of the guests, higher superiors, and auditors. • Computing, reporting, and preparing reports of the daily sales, inventory, control form for the goods, and assuring of the sales despite in the company's account. • Assuring of the cleanliness of the restaurant in and out the restaurant. • Assuring of the quality and freshness of the products before it reaches to the guests. • Greeting the guests, welcoming them, and showing the higher care to them. • Analyzing the sales, computing the cost of the products, and creating the specials and offers.
Education

Business Administration and Management, General
During my Business Administration studies at SEU, I focused on Supply Chain Management, Logistics, and Procurement. I gained a solid understanding of end-to-end supply chain strategies, inventory optimization, demand forecasting, transportation and warehouse management, strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, and procurement processes.
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