Director of Rooms

Position Summary:

The Director of Rooms is responsible for the direction and oversight of key guest contact departments within the Rooms division, their managers and their team members.

Core Responsibilities:

• Direct the activities of key guest contact departments by giving guidance, leadership and instruction to department heads.
• Responsible for overall budget approval authority for rooms division departments.
• Monitor all room related systems that impact the guest directly, to ensure proper procedures are in place and followed, which allow for an outstanding guest experience.
• Communicate with guests and team members both verbally and in writing to answer questions and resolve concerns. 
• Facilitate the coordination of marketing initiatives, sales site visits and special housekeeping requests, reservations, etc., to ensure understanding by hotel operations of procedures that may have potential impact.
• Ensure guest reservation policies, standards and procedures are met.
• Ensure the effective resolution if any complaints, challenges occur.
• Ensure housekeeping procedures are efficiently followed and any issues are immediately resolved.
• Ensure guest check in/checks out procedures are efficiently followed and any issues immediately resolved.
• Manage and administer the Manager on Duty program, requiring weekend stayover and constant monitoring throughout the hotel and troubleshooting issues.
• Participate in property MOD program, weekly staff meetings, weekly Executive Committee meetings and safety committee meetings.
• Understand and apply the applicable Franchise and management’s Standard Operating Procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Competences:

• Experience in Front Office, Accounting Management, computer experience on a PMS systems and working knowledge of manual front desk procedures, including leadership experience in a Front Office role.
• High work ethic, self-initiative , independent judgment
• Proven customer service and problem solving experience
• Regular attendance 
• Proven experience in a high pressure, sometimes stressful environment 
• May be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the property 
• Focus and maintain attention to multiple tasks, and meet deadlines despite frequent interruptions 
• Ability to maintain excellent relationships with staff and maintain staff and guest confidentiality at all times

Physical Requirements:

• Stand, sit and walk for varying lengths of time, often long periods of time 
• Bend, stoop, squat and stretch
• Lift approximately fifty (50) pounds of equipment or supplies on and off a cart, using safe lifting techniques
• Push and pull carts weighing up to fifty (50) pounds
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, using written communication skills to mark completed rooms on daily paperwork
• Grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, pulling, pushing, listening and hearing ability and visual ability
• Know and be able to administer first aid
• Direct evacuations in an emergency

Salary $120,000 annually plus bonus potential