Alfred Miranda, 56, who studied from LKG to PUC in Hubballi , is a successful entrepreneur in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. A salon started by him employs 70 people from the Philippines and India and the average salary of an employee is around Rs 1 lakh per month.
Alfred, the son of retired railway guard Orlando Miranda and homemaker Angela, studied at St Mary’s High School from KG to SSLC and PUC at PC Jabin College. Alfred said he started working at the age of 18 with Avery India Ltd for a salary of Rs 400 per month. “After four years of apprenticeship, the company posted me to Mysuru as a technician. Then, I got a job in Kuwait as expeditor at the material department in Kuwait Sante Fe Braun UAS company and worked at modernization of oil wells at Mina Abdulla,” he told this correspondent in Sharjah recently.
He was appointed tour manager in 1989 at Hayes Jarvis in Goa, where he handled local and outstation tours of British guests, arranged welcome meets and insurance claims. “”Later, I joined as a manager at Smart Instruments Goa, a Mumbai-based company, in 1995,” he added.
“As Dubai is a tax-free city, I moved there and floated my import-export firm Tanya Beauty Proucts. My wife Dolly supported me in opening the Al Mansour Ladies Saloon, with one Indian and one Filipina as hairdresser and beautician. We adopted a model of more bills, more money for our staff. It worked well as most the staff here work very hard. Currently, we have 70 employees from the Philippines, India, Pakistan and Morocco and they work as hairdressers, beauticians, do manicures and pedicures as well as sales and marketing,” he said.
Dolly, who manages the salon, said the salon attracts customers as it provides quality service at affordable rates. “We have four salons in Sharjah. Apart from paying their salaries, we also take care of their accommodation, transportation, food, medical, cooking gas and laundry expenses. We also pay for travel to their country and back once a year. Our children Karyn, Tanya and Orlando manage the administrative work. I’ve worked at Taj Hotel, Mumbai, and there I learnt the lesson that if the staff is happy, the business sees a steady growth.”
Alfred, who has visited over 60 countries, was also a sales manager for Alliance Insurance Company, Dubai. “I’ve got the Million Dollar Round Table certificate from the US-based association of financial professionals,” he said.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Hubli News / by Sangamesh Menasinakai / TNN / December 14th, 2016