Rooms Manager
Company: Highgate Hotels
Location: New York
Posted on: September 19, 2023
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Job Description:
Highgate Hotels
Highgate is a leading real estate investment and hospitality
management company widely recognized as an innovator in the
industry. Highgate is the dominant player in major U.S. gateway
cities including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and
Honolulu, with a growing Caribbean and Latin America footprint. The
hospitality forward company provides expert guidance through all
stages of the property cycle, from planning and development through
recapitalization or disposition. Highgate has a proven record of
developing its diverse portfolio of bespoke lifestyle hotel brands,
legacy brands, and independent hotels and resorts with contemporary
programming and digital acumen. The company utilizes
industry-leading revenue management tools that efficiently identify
and predict evolving market dynamics to drive outperformance and
maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of
the most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a
trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands.
Highgate maintains corporate offices in New York, Chicago, Dallas,
London, Miami, and Seattle. www.highgate.com .
Overview
The Rooms Manager is responsible for assisting in management of
Guest Services, Concierge and , Communications, Reservations in an
attentive, friendly, efficient and courteous manner, providing all
guests with quality service while maximizing room revenue and
productivity, and developing managers and employees.
Responsibilities
- Employees must, at all times, be attentive, friendly, helpful,
and courteous to all guests, managers, and fellow employees.
- Respond to all guest requests, problems, complaints and/or
accidents arising in person or through reservations, comment cards,
letters and/or phone calls, in an attentive, courteous and
efficient manner. Follow up to ensure guest satisfaction.
- Motivate, coach, counsel and discipline all Rooms Division
personnel according to Highgate Hotel SOP's.
- Assist in preparing and conducting all Rooms Division interviews
and follow hiring procedures according to Highgate Hotel SOP's.
Actively support Human Resources with recruiting efforts. Ensure
that all managers are in compliance with the standards in their
interviewing and hiring procedures.
- Develop employee morale and ensure training of Rooms Division
personnel.
- Maintain a professional working relationship and promote open
lines of communication with managers, employees and other
departments.
- Ensure implementation of all Highgate Hotel policies and house
rules. Understand hospitality terms.
- Ensure sign off of all Service Standards by Position competencies
for Rooms division managers. Monitor completion of the Service
Standards by Position Training Checklists for hourly staff.
- Monitor oversold dates to ensure the maximization of rooms
revenue.
- Tour Rooms operating departments daily, greeting employees and
soliciting feedback.
- Ensure compliance to Standard of the Week training, using the
steps to effective training according to Highgate Hotel
standards.
- Assist in maximizing room revenue and occupancy by reviewing
status daily. Analyze rate variance, monitor credit report and
maintain close observation of daily house count. Monitor selling
status of house daily, i.e. flash report, allowances, etc.
- Attend daily and monthly Rooms Merchandizing meetings.
- Assist in completing the monthly reforecast.
- Monitor and support the corporate Guest Recognition Program.
- Monitor expenses to ensure expense control and maximize profit,
using checkbook accounting as a control mechanism.
- Monitor and ensure compliance with Highgate Hotel SOP's in Rooms
and Loss Prevention.
- Conduct walk-throughs of public areas and guestrooms to ensure
that cleanliness and maintenance standards are met.
- Attend weekly Rooms Division meeting.
- Perform Rooms Managers' performance reviews according to Highgate
Hotel SOP, and ensure that managers are in compliance with the
standards in their administration of performance reviews to their
employees.
- Monitor labor expenses through schedule approval process and
ensure budgeted productivity.
- Prepare department heads for succession through development of
their need areas.
- Operate all aspects of the Front Office computer system,
including software maintenance, report generation and analysis, and
simple programming.
- Monitor proper operation of the P.B.X. console and ensure that
employees maintain Highgate Hotel SOP's in its use.
- Assist in preparation of revenue and occupancy forecasting.
- Carry a pager at all times. Operate pagers and radios efficiently
and professionally in communicating with hotel staff.
- Coordinate all aspects of the ongoing implementation of the
Highgate Hotel philosophy of service.
- Be knowledgeable of the current corporate marketing programs and
the standards and procedures for each. Ensure that staff is
knowledgeable in understanding and implementing corporate
programs.
- Monitor all V.I.P.'s, special guests and requests.
- Ensure overall guest satisfaction.
Salary ( $62,000 - $65,000 ) yr
Keywords: Highgate Hotels, New York , Rooms Manager, Executive , New York, New York
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