Assistant Manager - Front Service

Company Description

Encore Boston Harbor features 210,000 square-feet of gaming space including more than 3,000 slot machines and 240 table games. Situated on the Mystic River in Everett, Massachusetts, and connected to Boston Harbor, Encore Boston Harbor boasts 671 spacious hotel rooms, a spa, salon and fitness center, specialty retail shops, 15 dining and lounge venues and more than 50,000 square feet of ballroom and meeting spaces. The grounds feature a six-acre Harborwalk with pedestrian and bicycle paths that provide access to the waterfront, an event lawn, public art and ornate floral displays. It is the largest private, single-phase development in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Job Description

Salary Pay: $59,000-$64,000

The Encore Boston Harbor Assistant Front Service Manager is responsible for managing the operations of the Valet Service and Bell & Door operations.  These operations include but are not limited to: Valet parking operations and cash handling, and Bell and Door; Guest Arrival and Greeting; Guest Luggage Storage and Delivery; Loading and Unloading of Taxis, Rideshare, and Shuttles; Room Deliveries; Coat Room; and Guest Shoe Shine/Laundry pickup and drop off.   This position will be fully accountable for the financial performance, daily operation, guest satisfaction, and employee satisfaction as it relates to these operations. This includes, but is not limited to; the management of the department strategy and ensuring alignment with overall Encore Boston Harbor strategy; maximizing opportunities for departmental and company success; maintaining all Encore Standards: and ensuring excellent guest and team member experience.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Ensures all Encore Boston Harbor core values and property and department standards are implemented and applied.

• Manages short-and long-term departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures; monitors and evaluates operational effectiveness; effects changes required for improvement.  Identifies key drivers of success.
• Manages the departmental performance, and the accuracy, confidentiality, and thoroughness of departmental policies and procedures; records and reports.
• Manages the performance of team members under his/her area of responsibility.
• Monitors all activities of the department to ensure that all applicable internal policies, federal and state laws, rules, regulations and controls property wide are enforced. 
• Ensures department delivers and maintains a maximum level of property-wide service and satisfaction. 
• Facilitates communication throughout the property by organizing and presiding over regularly scheduled meetings with team members within the department and with other departments as appropriate to ensure property wide communication.
• Responsible for hiring, performance management, and employee engagement within the department.  Provides training opportunities, constructive and positive feedback to team members within area of responsibility.  Creates a motivating environment.
• Keeps informed of all new developments within the department and makes recommendations designed to maximize department and company success.

• Effectively manages internal and external guest relations, which will require levels of patience, tact and diplomacy. Responsible for addressing guest and team member issues as appropriate. 
• Manages multiple priorities simultaneously and meets deadlines, often in stressful and high-pressure situations.
• Must have the ability to promote positive, fair, and ethical relations with all team member, with all Encore contractors, and in all interactions within the Host and Surrounding communities as an ambassador of the Encore brand.
• Greet guests and inform them of property amenities, services, and hours of operation, and local areas of interest and activities.
• Open doors and assist guests/visitors entering and leaving property.
• Oversee and assist with luggage storage and retrieval.
• Oversees and assists with transport of guest luggage to and from guest rooms and/or designated bell area.
• Assist guests/visitors in and out of vehicles, including assisting guests with loading/unloading luggage.
• Supply guests with directions.
• Arrange transportation (e.g., taxi cab, shuttle bus) for guests/visitors, and record advance transportation request as needed.
• Dispatch bell staff or valet staff as needed.
• Communicate parking procedures to guests/visitors.
• Follow up with guests to ensure their requests or problems have been met to their satisfaction.
• Works with safety as a priority, and follows department and company safety standards.
• Maintains relevant knowledge of industry through continuing education and