Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
References
Timeline
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Shubam Thakur

Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic Cinema General Manager with 9+ years of experience in strategic planning and problem-solving. Dedicated to optimizing resource utilization for scalable operations and enhanced profitability. Known for organizational prowess, adept relationship-building, and strong leadership skills.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cinema General Manager

PVR INOX LIMITED
Bangalore
08.2021 - Current

• Headed a prestigious 11-screen cinema, overseeing special formats such as IMAX, 4DX, Play House, and Luxe.
• Achieved an annual business turnover of 75 crore with an EBITDA of 35%.
• Consistently delivered 5% growth in top-line revenue through effective content alignment and revenue diversification strategies.
• Secured numerous B2B deals at state and PAN India levels for gift cards, school bookings, and advertisements.
• Proactively monitored release plans and optimized resources to ensure a healthy P&L.
• Established strong partnerships with industry-leading organizations like Accenture, Slice, and Microsoft, driving recurring B2B business.
• Orchestrated successful off-site events to create additional revenue streams.
• Led a team of 180 members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work culture.
• Maintained a consistent 95% score in mystery audits.
• Ensured customer satisfaction scores consistently above 4, exceeding patron expectations.

Cluster Manager

Stanza Living
Bangalore
03.2020 - 07.2021
  • Responsible for the day to day functioning of all services that define customer experience at the residences
  • Owned the P&L with revenue of 1.5CR per month down the line, driving overall profitability by keeping strong hold on opex cost
  • Achieved PAN India highest NPS of residences from 75% to 95% & FPS from 63% to 88% by ensuring live tracking of complaints, defining TAT for each category of complaint, timely resolution & closure
  • Minimized the opex cost of owned P&L by -12%, Food cost by -7%, manpower cost -15%, Electricity cost by -4% & R&M Cost by -3.3%, minimized the scrap-age of inventory by timely audits, regular maintenance
  • Achieved collection of rent by 99% MOM basis from 87% & set up process to ensure no leakage of revenue
  • Created cost underwritten for residences to ensure selling price meets market price with no compromise on margin
  • Monitored processes and improving service quality provided by different partners to ensure internal service level targets are met
  • Defined the day-to-day responsibilities of the team, set up reporting structure and monitor metrics on a regular basis
  • Built and trained the ground operations team who are the face of organization, design & implementation of training plans
  • Inter departmental collaboration to ensure quick resolutions of on ground challenges, working closely with sales to close B2B deals & ensuring SLA are properly defined & met.

Asst. Operations Manager

PVR Pvt. Ltd (Mainstream, Gold class, Imax, 4dx & playhouse)
Bangalore
07.2018 - 02.2020
  • Managed overall operations of business units with 100+ team members, co-coordinating with city head for Business growth
  • P&L optimization, reduced manpower cost by 20%, operating expenses by 9%, attrition rate to 5% from 40%
  • Utilization of data for reports analysis & data driven approach in business decisions
  • Adopted planning procedures to minimize scrap, spoilage & wastage, automated certain process to increase operational efficiency
  • Expansion of team & Business area as per business needs
  • Grew sales by 25 to 55% for assigned business units
  • Part of new product launches, designed training module & created healthy work culture to increase workplace productivity
  • Smooth implementation of central process & ensuring Standard Operating Procedure compliance for products & services
  • Recruiting, training & managing dynamic & productive staff to propel organization success & accelerate business growth.

Duty Manager

PVR Pvt. Ltd
Bangalore
07.2016 - 06.2018
  • Handled and trained team of 120 members including front line members and Supervisors/Duty Officers and motivating them for achieving targets in timeline
  • Consistent performer with a proven track record of increasing revenues, audit scores and streamlining work flow
  • Checked performance of movies and made changes wherever needed to increase the numbers/figures
  • Tracked daily reports and reported to Regional Manager
  • Had strict controls on cash handling and ensured that there was no pilferage of money and safe procedures of Money handling were adhered to.

Management Trainee

Taj Group of Hotels
Jodhpur
10.2015 - 06.2016
  • Greeted customers as they arrived at the food service facility, and provided them with assistance in finding seats
  • Oversaw the ordering process, ensuring that the right order was delivered to the kitchen area
  • Prompted kitchen staff to expedite orders, ensuring that they were served in a timely fashion.

Education

MBA - Operations & Retail -

Lovely Professional University
01.2020

BHM-Hospitality Management -

Indus International University
01.2015

XII -

SGAD Sen Sec School
01.2012

X -

SSSS Modern High School
01.2010

Skills

    Strategic Planning

    Operational Management

    Financial Acumen

    Team Leadership

    Customer Service Excellence

    Relationship Building

    Problem-Solving

    Marketing and Promotion

    Compliance and Regulations

    Technology Proficiency

Accomplishments

  • Introduced live tracking of opex cost(Budget vs Actual) on daily basis, creation of google dashboards & live visibility to stakeholders, automation of daily reports & in depth calculations based on actual data for cost optimization
  • Launched a new city "Manipal" from scratch & responsible for brand awareness, BTL activities, new Houses planning & launch, setting up the vendors & defining the future road-map.

Certification

Operational Excellence Foundations

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Cinema General Manager

PVR INOX LIMITED
08.2021 - Current

Cluster Manager

Stanza Living
03.2020 - 07.2021

Asst. Operations Manager

PVR Pvt. Ltd (Mainstream, Gold class, Imax, 4dx & playhouse)
07.2018 - 02.2020

Duty Manager

PVR Pvt. Ltd
07.2016 - 06.2018

Management Trainee

Taj Group of Hotels
10.2015 - 06.2016

MBA - Operations & Retail -

Lovely Professional University

BHM-Hospitality Management -

Indus International University

XII -

SGAD Sen Sec School

X -

SSSS Modern High School

Operational Excellence Foundations

Shubam Thakur