Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities
Customer Relations:
- Regularly available in the hotel lobby and reception, brings the social area to life and promotes the brand and hotel's offers depending on each type of clientele
- Develops high quality relationships with guests, applying the Ibis hospitality policy from the moment they arrive and throughout the whole stay, in order to encourage loyalty
- Anticipates guests' needs and takes them into account
- Handles any guest complaints that are not settled directly by team members
Professional Techniques / Production:
- Knows all about ibis' special features and informs guests about the formalities, any special conditions relating to their stay and the services available
- Organizes arrivals and departures, encouraging guests to check out at times other than on departure
- Coordinates room allocation, handling any switches as necessary
- Communicates with the other departments whenever needed
- Ensures that guest documentation is available and up-to-date
Team Management and Cross-Departmental Responsibilities:
- Anticipates needs and organizes recruitment for the team
- Ensures the team operates smoothly: prepares the work schedules taking each person's skills into account, leads, motivates, creates a good working atmosphere...
- Carries out annual performance appraisals for his/her employees, sets targets and provides support for career development
- Prepares the team's training plan and follows up implementation
- Ensures compliance with labor legislation
- Informs and listens to, consults and involves the team in the life of the hotel and network, allocating responsibility as appropriate
Commercial / Sales:
- Trains the team to use the appropriate sales pitches and supervises implementation
- Sets daily occupancy rate and average room rate targets for the team.
Qualifications
- Interested candidates should possess an HND or Bachelor's Degre with 2-8 years experience.