Operations Manager

Fairfield Inn & Suites Deerfield Beach•Deerfield Beach, FL

13d

About The Position

No matter whether a guest arrives weary from their travels or excited for a vacation, as an Operations 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 an Operations Manager, you will assist your General Manager in leading 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.
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 the audience.
Speak with others using clear and professional language, being direct, yet tactful.
Must be available on days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Clean professional appearance
Hotel management experience required, and hospitality degree preferred.
The Operations Manager role requires standing, walking, and sitting for extended periods 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.

Responsibilities

Assist the General Manager in all aspects of hotel operations, day-to-day staff management, and guests.
Ensure compliance with SOP’s, policies, procedures, and service standards.
Handling guest complaints and overseeing service recovery process.
Assist in managing budget and ensure revenue and guest satisfaction goals are met.
Be part of developing short, and long-term strategic goals for performance improvement.
Need to understand the P&L statement
Meet all report deadlines daily, weekly, and at month end.
Work closely with the department managers and general manager to maximize room yield and hotel revenue.
Oversee and manage all departments and work closely with department heads daily
Maintain a great communication between the different departments and the General Manager
Be responsible for occupational health, fire, and life safety.
Strive to improve service performance
Maintain a friendly, cheerful, and courteous demeanor at all times
Utilize interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence and encourage others, leading by example
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
Daily support the different departments in their daily operations.
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 General Manager.