Job description
Job Title: General Manager

Immediate Supervisor: Vice President of Operations

Summary:

Oversees all aspects of Property Management including maximization of financial performance, guest satisfaction, and staff development within established quality standards. Responsible for the hiring, training and discipline of all hotel staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Creates an operating environment that assures consistent guest satisfaction.
• Monitors the performance of the hotel through verification and analysis of guest satisfaction systems and financial reports. Initiates corrective action.
• Maintains product and service quality standards by conducting ongoing evaluations and investigating complaints. Initiates corrective action.
• Develops accurate and aggressive long and short-range financial objectives
• Prepares financial reports for management that clearly explain operational effectiveness, trends and variances.
• Establishes and maintains a pro-active human resource function to ensure employee motivation, training and development, wage and benefits administration, and compliance with established labor regulations.
• Executes marketing, sales, and operational activities, producing results that meet or exceed the hotel’s budget
• Ensures good safety practices of employees and guests, assisting in the maintenance of proper emergency and security procedures.
• Establishes and maintains applicable preventive maintenance programs to protect the physical assets of the hotel.
• Implements and maintains effective open-door communication system that crosses departmental lines in order to reach all employees.
• Understands the government regulations affecting hotel’s operations, ensuring hotel is operated in compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, and requirements of any federal, state or municipal authority.
• Deals with the general public, customers, employees, union and government officials with tact and courtesy.
• Plans and organizes the work of others.
• Accepts full responsibility for managing an activity.
• Other duties may be assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Directly supervises all employees at the hotel, including all department heads. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Company’s policies, brand training programs, and applicable laws. Responsibilities include recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience :

College or University program certificate; or five plus years related hospitality experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk, sit, and stand.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.