Executive Housekeeper

COMMONWEALTH LODGING MANAGEMENT LLC•Norfolk, VA

9d•$55,000 - $60,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Executive Housekeeper directs and controls all housekeeping operations and staff. This role involves coordinating housekeeping crews, inspecting assigned areas to ensure standards, managing priorities, and implementing operating procedures. The Executive Housekeeper is also responsible for financial management, including setting and adhering to a budget, supporting staff, and performing housekeeper duties when required. Human resource management skills such as hiring, training, scheduling, and evaluating team performance are essential. This role also involves reporting maintenance deficiencies, handling guest requests, ensuring guest room confidentiality and security, and collaborating with the Chief Engineer and Front Office Manager on special projects.

Requirements

High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED): or Work Equivalent
Computer skills required.
Previous experience in a similar job role, or minimum 2-3 years’ experience as assistant executive housekeeper or supervisor
Good understanding of the English language and communication skills both written and verbal
Strong leadership abilities and organizational skills
Entrepreneurial, thinks out of the box and able to drive change and look for operational efficiencies across the property.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Microsoft Office preferred.
Experience with hotel systems is preferred.
Experience with turn down service, special needs of VIP Guests, foreign dignitaries, etc. is helpful.

Responsibilities

Directs and controls all housekeeping operations and the staff of the housekeeping department.
Coordinates between housekeeping crews to inspect assigned areas and to ensure standards.
Manages priorities and establishes and/or implements operating procedures and standards.
Completes financial management tasks, such as setting and adhering to a budget.
Supports their staff and performs the duties of a housekeeper when required.
Hires, trains, schedules, and evaluates the performance of the housekeeping team.
Reports any maintenance deficiencies and handles guest requests or challenges.
Ensures the confidentiality and security of all guest rooms.
Works with the Chief Engineer and Front Office Manager on special projects as assigned.
Supervises housekeeping and laundry staff: hiring, terminating, performance evaluations, training and development.
Trains, supervises, counsels, and schedules staff.
Maintains clear and efficient communication and coordination with the Front Office and other departments of the hotel.
Schedules the cleaning of room carpets, upholstery, and draperies as needed, along with deep cleaning projects and window cleaning as necessary.
Schedules cleaning for lobby area, public restrooms, telephone areas, hallways, entrances, and elevators.
Schedules periodic cleaning projects including carpet shampooing, cleaning of walls and baseboards, cleaning of windows, elevator doors and tracks.
Schedules cleaning of all meeting rooms after a completed function.
Schedules deep cleaning of all meeting rooms on a periodic basis including carpet shampooing, cleaning of walls and baseboards, cleaning of windows, etc.
Investigates concerns regarding housekeeping service and equipment and takes corrective action.
Advises manager, desk clerk, & admitting personnel of rooms ready for occupancy.
Rewards employees who use their empowerment to meet or exceed guest expectations.
Prints all housekeeping related reports and traces from PMS.
Assists in controlling expenses by the housekeeping department.
Confirms all housekeeping staff members have arrived or found substitutes for absent employees.
Reviews outside laundry facility service to ensure quality, undamaged linens and consistent delivery, keeping in mind the budgetary guidelines.
Coordinates with vendors e.g.: Pest control, laundry services and other outsource services.
Attends to any guest complaints and takes service recovery measures if required.
Reviews the housekeeping points on the guest feedback forms, takes actions on guest complaints and also shares guest compliments with staff members.
Submits requests for repair and periodic maintenance of cleaning equipment.
Prepares store requisitions, purchases other supplies and equipment, and monitors par stock on all housekeeping guest supplies and linens.
Assists the General Manager in the development of the department's annual budget.
Monitors performance against plan.
Establishes and maintains cost control systems for staffing, inventories (linen, terry, OS&E and cleaning supplies).
Enforces policies and procedures.
Ensures quality services are rendered in meeting guest needs and that guest relations are enhanced.
Schedules staff according to labor standards and forecast business levels.
Prepares daily assignment sheets for all housekeeping and laundry associates.
Maintains cleanliness quality based on hotel objectives.
Monitors and maintains high levels of cleanliness in event areas, storage areas, restrooms and public areas and offices.
Compiles and reports accurate status of "the house" to the front desk department.
Works with the Security Office to enforce standard procedures for acceptance, security and return on guest lost and found items.
Maintains standard procedures for the security of rented and leased equipment.
Maintains productivity and labor cost goals.
Works with finance to conduct formal inventories of linen, supplies and equipment as required.
Orders and receives supplies to maintain adequate inventory levels.
Checks all vacant rooms and spaces, public spaces, storage areas and rest areas each day.
Maintains departmental key control.
Maintains deep cleaning program.
Acts as Manager on Duty as required.
Conducts monthly department meetings.
Completes projects as determined by the General Manager.
Responsible for knowing and abiding by all departments, Commonwealth Lodging Management and hotel policies and procedures, as well as the brand standards, policies, and procedures.