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Basil C Massey graduated from Canada and followed up with graduation from Delhi University.
He started his career as
Asst. Manager of Prince Sweets, Canada – North America’s First Indian Sweet Shop in 1975.
Basil has over
3 decades of
rich Hospitality Industry experience in the field of Materials Management (Procurement, Negotiations,
Logistics & Inventory
Management) with leading hospitality brands. His main forte in Hotel & Air Catering has been Planning,
Budgeting,
Procurement, Execution and Commissioning of the project.
His rich experience of 3 decades include contribution for developing 3000 rooms for India's premier luxury hotel
company - Taj Group of Hotels, in his 27 years of tenure with the company. He has also served as the Director – Procurement
of Duet Hotels. He has made major contributions toward New Greenfield Projects and major renovations of existing properties
in India, Mauritius, Maldives and Kathmandu. During this rich experience of three decades, he has delivered around
52 new
Greenfield and renovations projects for Internationally well-known brands like Taj, Hilton Garden Inn,
Starwood –
Four Points by Sheraton, IHG – Holiday Inn Express, Accor Hotels – Mercure.
He has also worked with Global Commercial Real Estate Company like Jones Lang Lasale (JLL) as procurement consultant.
He is currently working as the Sr. General Manager, Procurement with Brookfield Properties. Brookfield is a leading Real Estate
and Property Management Company that has ventured into India and acquired various properties in India. Currently he is
heading Operational & Project Procurement of 14 commercial properties in Hiranandani Powai, 4 Properties in Equinox
Business Park, Mumbai & Mars Hotels & Resorts Mumbai.
Core Expertise:-
• Product Development
• Budget and forecasting
• Cost Management
• Vendor Management
• Negotiation
• Developing and Executing Procurement Standards (Manual)
• People Development
• Time Management
• Inventory Management
• Material Management
• Project Coordinator
Some of the properties I have worked on are:
Holiday Inn Express, Ahmedabad
Holiday Inn Express Mahindra World City, Chennai
Holiday Inn Express Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai
Holiday Inn Express, Hyderabad
Four Points by Sheraton, Jaipur
Four Points by Sheraton Hotel & Serviced Apartments, Pune
Basil is a firm believer in people development and relationship management. He has initiated many of the best practices prevalent
in the Indian Hotel Buildings. He has not only mastered material management, but also did many other curriculum activities like
organising Kashmiri Food Festival in Taj Palace Hotel and Taj Mahal Hotel. He has also introduced an in-house magazine
called 'Gup-Shup', Food Committee, Trainees Department etc.
Basil often dons the professorial hat in teaching courses and conducting guidance & training programmes for the fresh students of
Hospitality Colleges. He specializes in Negotiation Skills – a very important tool in procurement. His valuable contribution toward
the industry is seen regularly in various trade magazines on the Hospitality business. He also guides new hoteliers about issues
like – what to buy, when to buy, how much to buy, sequence of buying and delivery of material in co-ordination with Project
execution, which helps in financial savings.
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