Rooms Operations Manager - London Marriott Hotel County Hall
Marriott
London, England, United KingdomPosted 9 days agoFull-time
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JOB SUMMARY
Functions as the strategic business leader of the property Rooms department
(Front Office, Guest Relations and Housekeeping (although outsourced- liaison
for day-to-day operations), Leisure Club and Security. Responsible for
planning, developing, implementing and evaluating the quality of property’s
rooms. Position works with direct reports to develop and implement departmental
strategies and ensures implementation of the brand service strategy and brand
initiatives. The position ensures Rooms operations and Leisure Club operations
meet the brand’s standards, targets customer needs, ensures employee
satisfaction, focuses on growing revenues and maximizes the financial
performance of the departments. Develops and implements property-wide strategies
that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations
of the brand’s target customer and employees and provides a return on investment
to the owner and company.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education and Experience
* 2-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Hotel
and Restaurant Management, or related major; 4 years experience in the guest
services, front desk, housekeeping, sales and marketing, management
operations, or related professional area.
OR
* 4-year bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Hotel and Restaurant
Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the guest services, front
desk, housekeeping, sales and marketing, management operations, or related
professional area.
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Leading Rooms Team
• Champions the brand’s service vision for product and service delivery.
• Communicates a clear and consistent message regarding departmental goals to
produce desired results.
• Makes and executes the necessary decisions to keep property moving forward
toward achievement of goals.
• Monitors and promotes room rates, specials, and promotions at the residence.
• Reviews financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other
performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to
determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.
• Analyzes P&L statements, develops operating budgets, forecasting and capital
expenditure planning.
• Utilizes budgets to understand financial objectives balancing costs with
employee/guests satisfaction and quality.
• Attends to and prioritizes activities happening at the property (which may
involve simultaneous activities).
Maintaining Front of House Goals
• Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting
the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.
• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish
your work.
• Keeps front of house team focused on the critical components of operations to
drive guest satisfaction and the desired financial results.
• Handles complaints, settles disputes, and resolves grievances and conflicts,
or otherwise negotiates with others.
• Supervises staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs
and financial objectives are met.
• Ensures that regular on-going communication is happening with employees to
create awareness of business objectives and communicate expectations,
recognizes performance, and produces desired results.
• Understands the impact of department’s operations on the overall property
financial goals and objectives and manages to achieve or exceed goals.
• Maintains knowledge of room availability and rates and suggestively sells.
• Reviews previous night's no-shows and ensures appropriate billing.
• Reviews the arrival report for accuracy and completeness. Checks printed
registration cards against information on arrival report; rectifies any
deficiencies with respective personnel.
• Maintains complete knowledge of property features and services, including
hours of operations, hotel restaurant concepts, menu price range, dress code
and ambience, hotel room types, numbers, hotel top repeat guests, rate
programs, packages and scheduled daily events and activities.
Managing Leisure Department Operations and Budgets
• Develops and coordinates all Leisure Club activities.
• Reviews financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other
performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to
determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.
• Analyzes P&L statements, develops operating budgets, forecasting and capital
expenditure planning.
• Utilizes budgets to understand financial objectives balancing costs with
employee/guests satisfaction and quality.
• Attends to and prioritizes activities happening at the property (which may
involve simultaneous activities).
• Conducts inspections and coordinates with vendors and property Housekeeping
and Engineering departments on needed repairs.
• Ensures inspection logs are kept up to date.
• Builds and manages relationship with appropriate vendors responsible for
providing any service to a Resort Operations function.
• Understands employee satisfaction and guest satisfaction results and develops
game plans to attack need areas and expand on the strengths.
• Ensures effective departmental communication and information systems through
logs, department meetings and property meetings.
• Ensures that goals are being translated to the team as they relate to guest
tracking and productivity
Managing Security/Loss Prevention Operations
• Assists in the development and implementation of emergency procedures.
• Conducts investigation of all losses of property assets and refers to proper
management for disposition.
• Deploys security staff to effectively monitor and protect property assets.
• Comply with all Corporate Loss Prevention safety and security management
guidelines and procedures.
• Conduct periodic patrols of entire property and parking areas.
• Recognize success across areas of responsibility.
• Handles complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and
conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
• Identifies and makes recommendations for minimizing physical hazards and
unsafe work practices.
• Implements action plans to monitor and control risk.
• Maintains required reports and documentation regarding patrols of property
and parking areas.
• Provides means for obtaining necessary medical attention on a timely basis.
• Attends pre- and post-convention and weekly forecast meetings to understand
group needs and gather critical information to communicate to Loss Prevention
officers.
• Celebrates successes by publicly recognizing the contributions of team
members.
• Communicates the importance of safety procedures, detailing procedure codes,
ensuring employee understanding of safety codes, monitoring processes and
procedures related to safety.
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team
members.
• Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or
otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting
performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Provides personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other
personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
• Solicits employee feedback, utilizes an "open door" policy and reviews
employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems or
concerns.
• Strives to improve service performance.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and
encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making;
demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
Managing Profitability
• Analyzes service issues and identifies trends.
• Works with Rooms team to develop an operational strategy that is aligned with
the brand’s business strategy and leads its execution.
• Reviews and audits expenses.
Managing Revenue Goals
• Monitors Rooms operations sales performance against budget.
• Reviews reports and financial statements to determine Rooms operations
performance against budget.
• Coaches and supports operations team to effectively manage occupancy and
rate, wages and controllable expenses.
• Compares budgeted wages to actual wages, coaching direct reports to address
problem areas and holding team accountable for results.
Ensuring and Providing Exceptional Customer Service
• Demonstrates and communicates key drivers of guest satisfaction for the
brand’s target customer.
• Delivers excellent customer service throughout the customer experience and
encourages the same from other employees.
• Reviews guest feedback with leadership team and ensures appropriate
corrective action is taken.
• Coordinates and communicates event details both verbally and in writing to
the customer and property operations.
• Creates an atmosphere in all Rooms areas that meets or exceeds guest
expectations.
• Responds to and handles guest problems and complaints.
• Uses personal judgment and expertise to enhance the customer experience.
• Stays available to solve problems and/or suggest alternatives to previous
arrangements.
• Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service
levels.
• Stays visible and interfaces with customers on a regular basis to obtain
feedback on quality of product, service levels and overall satisfaction.
• Works to continually improve customer service by integrating obtained
feedback and personal judgment into action plans.
• Emphasizes guest satisfaction during all departmental meetings and focuses on
continuous improvement.
• Ensures that employees understand expectations and parameters for Room
duties.
• Facilitates the development of creative solutions to overcome obstacles and
ensures implementation to continually improve guest satisfaction results.
Managing Projects and Policies
• Implements the customer recognition/service program, communicating and
ensuring the process.
• Supervises same day selling procedures to maximize room revenue and control
property occupancy.
• Supervises daily shift operations and ensures compliance with all policies,
standards and procedures.
• Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently,
disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to Standard
and Local Operating Procedures (SOPs and LSOPs) and support the Peer Review
Process.
Additional Responsibilities
• Provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by
telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Analyzes information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and
solve problems.
• Informs and/or updates the executives, the peers and the subordinates on
relevant information in a timely manner.
Participates in departmental meetings and continually communicates a clear and
consistent message regarding the front of house goals to produce desired results
Managing and Conducting Human Resources Activities
• Interviews and hires employees.
• Ensures employees are treated fairly and equitably.
• Ensures that regular, ongoing communication is happening in Rooms (e.g.,
pre-shift briefings, staff meetings).
• Fosters employee commitment to providing excellent service, participates in
daily stand-up meetings and models desired service behaviors in all
interactions with guests and employees.
• Incorporates guest satisfaction as a component of staff/operations meetings
with an emphasis on generating innovative ways to continually improve
results.
• Sets goals and expectations for direct reports using the performance review
process and holds staff accountable for successful performance.
• Solicits employee feedback, utilizes an “open door policy” and reviews
employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems or
concerns.
• Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently,
disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to Standard
and Local Operating Procedures (SOPs and LSOPs) and supports the Peer Review
Process.
• Conducts annual performance appraisal with direct reports according to
Standard Operating Procedures.
• Champions change, ensures brand and regional business initiatives are
implemented and communicates follow-up actions to team as necessary.
• Identifies talents of direct reports and their teams, and assists with their
growth and development plans.
At Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity
employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. We actively foster
an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and
celebrated. Our greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture, talent, and
experiences of our associates. We are committed to non-discrimination on any
protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected
by applicable law.
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"Wonderful Hospitality. Always." by delivering thoughtful, heartfelt,
forward-thinking service that upholds and builds upon this living legacy. With
the name that's synonymous with hospitality the world over, we are proud to
welcome you to explore a career with Marriott Hotels. In joining Marriott
Hotels, you join a portfolio of brands with Marriott International. Be where you
can do your best work, begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global team, and
become the best version of you.
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more than 100 beautiful properties in gateway cities and distinctive resort
locations around the world. JW believes our associates come first. Because if
you're happy, our guests will be happy. JW Marriott associates are confident,
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and company founder, J.Willard Marriott. Our hotels offer a work experience
unlike any other, where you'll be part of a community and enjoy true camaraderie
with a diverse group of co-workers. JW creates opportunities for training,
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