General Manager

Home2 Suites Bloomington•Bloomington, IN

About The Position

No matter whether a guest arrives weary from their travels or excited for a vacation, as a General Manager, you and your team know what to do to make them feel at home. They will appreciate the sparkling lobby, a warm welcome, and pristine guest room. As General Manager you will lead and inspire each team member to provide an exceptional guest experience. Operating at a high level of excellence will ensure each guest will know you genuinely care about the quality of their stay, creating a customer for life.

Requirements

A professional demeanor, a warm and welcoming personality, and must be able to engage easily and actively connect with others.
Be genuinely caring and compassionate and visibly demonstrate desire to understand others.
Have natural instincts and insight for finding the best solution to unclear situations, issues, and problems.
Must be able to drive revenue, profitability, and guest satisfaction.
Create confidence and trust, while communicating the right message at the right time.
Be comfortable conversing with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and at all organizational levels.
Be direct yet tactful and considerate of audience.
Speak with others using clear and professional language, being direct, yet tactful.
Must be available to days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Clean professional appearance.
Hotel management experience required
The General Manager role requires standing, walking, and sitting for extended period through shift.
Requires the ability to read and visually verify information in a variety of formats (i.e. small print, computer).
Grasp, turn and manipulate objects of varying size and weight, requiring fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
Move, lift, carry, push, pull and place objects weighing less than 25 pounds without assistance.

Nice To Haves

hospitality degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Be responsible for all aspects of hotel operations, day-to-day staff management, and guests.
Ensure compliance with SOP’s, policies, procedures, and service standards.
Handle guest complaints and oversee service recovery process.
Manage budget and ensure revenue and guest satisfaction goals are met.
Ensure all decisions are in the best interests of the hotel and ownership company.
Develop short, and long-term strategic goals for performance improvement.
Need to understand the P&L statements and have the ability to react with impactful strategies.
Meet all report deadlines daily, weekly, and at month end.
Work closely with the VP of Revenue Management, and the VP of Sales to maximize room yield and hotel revenue.
Oversee and manage all departments and work closely with department heads daily
Be responsible for occupational health, fire, and life safety.
Utilize interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence and encourage others, leading by example
Advocate sound financial/business decisions achieve goals and maximize revenue, and achieve profitability
Encourage and build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members
Serve as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors
Strive to improve service performance
Communicate clear and consistent message regarding processes throughout all departments
Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, standards and meeting the expectations of customers on a daily basis
Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge and skills
Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by the Vice President of Operations.