Nadia Chowdhury — Office Manager
Bristol
Office manager for a 90-person consultancy, five years in after running restaurant floors. Retendered four supplier contracts in one year to take £63k out of annual running costs, and delivered a two-floor office move over a single weekend with no trading lost.
Experience
Office Manager, Redgrave Fenwick · January 2022 – present
Premises, facilities, supplier contracts and front of house for a 90-person consultancy across two floors.
- Took £63k out of annual running costs in one year by retendering cleaning, print, catering and confidential waste, and renegotiating the service charge.
- Organised the move to a 6,400 sq ft floor across a single weekend, with 90 desks live on the Monday and no chargeable hours lost.
- Introduced a desk-booking rota for hybrid working; average occupancy rose from 41% to 68% and the released floor was sublet for £48k a year.
- Holds the health and safety file: 14 risk assessments completed, nine fire marshals trained, and every action from the insurer inspection closed.
Office Coordinator (part-time), Ashcombe Legal Services · March 2020 – December 2021
Three days a week alongside study for the IOSH certificate.
- Cut stationery and print spend by 38% by moving 11 ad-hoc accounts onto one supplier with a quarterly price review.
- Set up the remote-working kit process in March 2020, equipping 40 staff at home within nine days.
Assistant Restaurant Manager, The Bell & Barrow · June 2016 – February 2020
- Rostered 28 staff across a seven-day operation, holding labour at 28% of revenue through two menu changes and a refurbishment.
- Cut stock wastage from 6.1% to 2.8% in a year by moving to weekly counts against fixed par levels.
Education
- BA (Hons) Hospitality Business Management · Sheffield Hallam University · September 2013 – June 2016
Skills
- Office operations: Facilities management, Supplier contracts, Lease and service charge, Desk booking, Front of house
- Finance: Purchase orders, Invoice approval, Budget tracking, Expense policy, Supplier retendering
- Compliance: Risk assessments, Fire safety, DSE assessments, GDPR records, Business continuity
- Systems: Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Xero, Asana
Certifications
- IOSH Managing Safely — IOSH
- Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work — St John Ambulance
