The Night Manager is responsible for leading and managing all sections of the Hotel during the night in order to ensure the highest level of Standards of service in accordance with the policies, procedures and Kempinski Standards. He/She is responsible for the smooth running of the hotel operations during the night.
Key Responsibilities
Direct Hotel and Front Office operations such as checking in, checking out and providing guest assistance whilst ensuring compliance with all Front Office policies, procedures, standards and satisfaction of guests’ needs.
Train, develop and manage the performance of direct subordinates to ensure the efficient running of Front Office operations.
Maximize hotel revenue by controlling room inventory, group blocking, packages, up selling, reinforcing the late charge policy to maximize REVPAR.
Handle all customers’ complaints occurring during the night to ensure their satisfaction and proper documentation.
Greet VIP guests upon their arrival and escort them to their room. Establish a good rapport and offer assistance for the duration of their stay.
During sell out nights, deal with overbooking situations in the most professional and diplomatic matter in order to keep the degree of possible dissatisfaction of guests inconvenienced by the situation as low as possible.
Patrol the hotel at least twice per shift to ensure that the hotel is clean, tidy, safe and that all is in proper order. Take corrective actions if necessary.
Keep abreast of all emergency procedures, hotel promotions, product knowledge, VIP arrivals, upcoming events and brief direct subordinates accordingly so that all Front Office team members are able to answer guest requests and questions.
Report on the Hotel Glitch report and Duty Manager Report all guest complaints, relevant incidents and matters that need follow up the next day, to ensure consistency and guest satisfaction.
Duty Manager Responsibilities as per the Duty Manager Job Description.
Additional responsibilities and tasks can be added at any time according to the needs of the business and of the hotel.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Front Office Duty Manager/Supervisory position in a 5/4 star Hotel.
Excellent oral and written skills in English. Additional language will be an added advantage.
Comprehensive Opera knowledge.
Up Selling techniques.
Apply via :
kempinski.pinpointhq.com
