Jayaprakas Karimbanakkal, purchasing manager, Raffles Dubai

Jayaprakas Karimbanakkal joined Raffles Dubai in October 2007 during the pre-opening phase, and he has been with the hotel for the 10 years since Raffles Dubai first opened its doors. He joined as purchasing coordinator before being promoted to purchasing officer in June 2008, then to assistant purchasing manager in December 2009, and again to his current role of purchasing manager which he has held since August 2010. He was awarded Raffles Dubai Leader of the Year in 2017, and has generated substantial cost savings for the hotel in the last 12 months. Under his leadership, the purchasing team scored a maximum 100% satisfaction in the annual Colleague Engagement Survey (CES), the measurement used by Raffles Hotels around the world to measure staff satisfaction.

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