General Manager Jobs

Position: GENERAL MANAGER

Reports to: Regional Director of Operations

Division: Admin & General

Department: Executive Office

Classification: Exempt

SUMMARY:

The General Manager oversees all aspects of property management and hotel operations including: guest relations, front desk, housekeeping, maintenance, finances, team building, and staff development. The General Manager must possess strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and demonstrate outstanding leadership. The manager must be able to delegate responsibilities, organize complex projects, and establish priorities consistent with hotel objectives and in accordance with the company mission statement.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure coverage for all Assistant General Manager responsibilities in the event there is no one in that position.
• Understands the government regulations affecting hotel’s operations, ensuring hotel is operated in compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, and requirements of any federal, state or municipal authority.
• Maintains product and service quality standards by conducting ongoing evaluations and investigating complaints. Initiates corrective action.
• Have a thorough knowledge of the property and community.
• Creates an operating environment that assures consistent guest satisfaction.
• Monitors the performance of the hotel through verification and analysis of guest satisfaction systems and financial reports. Initiates corrective action.
• Have a thorough knowledge of the room types and differences between them.
• Deals with the general public, guests, employees, union and government officials with tact and courtesy.
• Performs each criteria as contained in GHG’s then-current “General Manager’s Standard of Performance” in a satisfactory manner.
• Accepts full responsibility for managing an activity.
• Ensure all equipment is maintained in accordance with service standards. Resolve any outages in a timely manner.
• Executes marketing, sales, and operational activities, producing results that meet or exceed the hotel’s business plan.
• Performs each criteria as contained in GHG’s then-current “General Manager’s Standard Operating Procedures” in a satisfactory manner.
• Other duties as created and assigned.
• Takes an active role in the overall Sales Effort at the property and attend the required Brand Training to ensure that we are properly positioned in the market to be the Top Performer and Leader for our Brand.
• Maintain downtime procedures to ensue no revenues are lost during equipment outages.
• Maintains an appropriate level of community public affairs involvement.
• Performs the role of “Standard Bearer”, ensuring that each criteria in Global Hotel Group (GHG) and current “GHG’s Basics” are communicated, understood, achieved and maintained by hotel staff.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepares financial reports for management that clearly explain operational effectiveness, trends and variances.
• Have a thorough knowledge of Accounting processes, including accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Develops accurate and aggressive long and short-range financial objectives consistent with the Company's mission statement.
• Manage payroll and timekeeping systems, including ensuring employee data, hours and salary are entered correctly, ensure weekly timecards are accurate and properly stored.

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT OF STAFF:

• Plans, schedules, and organizes the work of others.
• Properly document all company policy violations as well as the documentation of any and all associate actions taken.
• Be knowledgeable of Company benefits, procedures, and administration. Ensure benefits are administered on a timely basis.
• Establishes and maintains a pro-active human resource function to ensure employee motivation, training and development, wage and benefits administration, and compliance with established labor regulations.
• Promote teamwork and employee morale.
• Ensure adherence to the Guarantee of Fair Treatment Policy.
• Must adhere to all work rules, procedures, and policies established by the company, including, but not limited to, those contained in the Employee Handbook, Safety Manual, and operating guides.
• Must be thoroughly familiar with Employee Handbook and all policies and rules it contains.
• Initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, discharges, and disciplinary measures.
• Maintain effective communication and information systems though logs, monthly meetings, coaching and counseling.
• Responsible for the hiring, training and discipline of all hotel staff.
• Typically, directly supervises 10 to 50 employees at the hotel, including all department heads. Indirectly supervises all hotel personnel. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Company’s policies, training programs, and applicable laws. Responsibilities include recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Conduct regular staff or departmental meetings to review new procedures, emphasize safety practices. And solicit input from all employees.
• Assist employees in resolving work problems or issues.

SAFETY & SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement company policies and provide a safe working environment by ensuring compliance with safety programs and job safety analysis.
• Practice safety standards at all times and be alert to hazardous conditions. Take action to correct any hazardous conditions immediately.
• Establishes and maintains applicable preventive maintenance programs to protect the physical assets of the hotel.
• Ensures good safety practices of employees and guests, assisting in the maintenance of proper emergency and security procedures. Have a thorough knowledge of safety and emergency procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 4+ years work experience.
• A Certified Hospitality Administrator designation is preferred, but not required.
• Bachelor’s Degree – Hospitality/Hotel Management or Business Administration preferred.
• Highly focused, have excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Professional in appearance and presentation.
• Computer Knowledge/Skills: MS Office, Yield Management Systems programs, Property Management System (PMS) programs, Central Reservation System programs, Payroll programs, Company-issued internet browser programs, Company-issued electronic mail programs.
• Must be able to work effectively in a stressful environment, communicate well with others, effectively deal with guests, and accept constructive criticism from supervisors.
• Must be able to change activity frequently and cope with interruptions.
• Strong management skills, ability to appropriately assign or delegate work and authority to others in the accomplishment of goals.
• Write routine reports, correspondence, business letters, summaries, and reports in English using prescribed format, and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
• Reasoning Ability: Apply common sense to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form. Use mathematical skills to interpret financial information and prepare budgets. Read and interpret business records and statistical reports. Make business decisions based on production reports and similar facts, as well as experience and personal opinions.
• Requires an occupationally-significant combination of vocational education, apprentice training, on-the-job training, and essential experience in less responsible hotel skill level and management positions.
• Available to work when needed, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Physical Demands: Requires bending, stooping, standing, sitting, walking, grasping, & repetitive motions and lifting weights up to 30 lbs.