Director of Guest Services

Há 5 dias

São Paulo, Brasil Accor Hotels Tempo inteiro

HOTEL OVERVIEW

Strategically located in the heart of Singapore’s shopping, dining and entertainment districts and with the City Hall and Esplanade Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train stations and other major transportation nodes at its doorstep, Fairmont Singapore and Swissôtel The Stamford are the gateway to explore Singapore’s landscapes at your convenience. With a total of 2,030 well-appointed guestrooms, both hotels also offer a distinct collection of 12 lifestyle and dining choices including Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant JAAN by Kirk Westaway, cutting-edge meeting space at Raffles City Convention Centre with 34 meeting rooms and one of Asia’s largest spas, Willow Stream Spa.

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

At Fairmont Singapore and Swissôtel The Stamford, we design career plans and unveil new professional perspectives through our various development programs. We shine when YOU shine. Come and be part of our dynamic team and experience immerse growth and career opportunities with us.

Job Description

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. MANAGE THE DAILY GUEST SERVICES OPERATIONS: CONCIERGE, BELL SERVICE, DOOR SERVICE, PARKING VALET, NIGHT RUNNERS
  2. Leading the direction and supervision of all Guest Services duties are performed and maintained in accordance with the hotel’s standards and in line with hotels’ strategic plan
  3. Manpower planning, recruitment, training, deployment
  4. Liaison between Front Office departments and rest of hotel for effective guest experience
  5. Develop, implement, evaluate, review and conduct training and audits in accordance with the hotels’ overall training and development plan
  1. MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP OF THE GUEST SERVICES TEAM
    1. Handles capital and asset planning, requisition
    2. Responsible for budgeting, planning and forecasting of yearly and monthly revenue and expenditure for areas of responsibility
    3. Identify equipment and supplies needs and negotiate with vendors for the best quality at competitive pricing
    4. Responsible for issuing, monitoring and negotiating all contracts, agreements and billings involving the department’s areas of responsibility
    5. Responsible for developing, implementing, evaluating, reviewing and conducting training & CCTV audits in accordance with the hotels’ overall training and service development plan
    6. Prepare, review and revisit procedures and training manuals for all levels of colleagues and to be in line with the hotels ‘operating standards
    7. Conduct performance reviews, coaching, counseling and disciplining sessions with colleagues
    8. Handles Guest Services inventory control system
    9. Ensure that safety, health and security policies and procedures are adhered to in areas of responsibility
    10. Coordinate and conduct bi-monthly department, concierge and officers’ meetings to update colleagues on hotels’ objectives, performance and goals
    11. Coordinate, conduct and attend all other necessary meetings as and when required
  2. INVOLVEMENT IN A WIDER JOB FUNCTION
    1. Presence in the driveway and lobby area at critical guest flow time
    2. Ensure lobby and driveway are well managed in accordance to activities and traffic patterns
    3. Investigate on service failures followed by service recovery and corrective actions to prevent future occurrence
    4. Recommend, justify, coordinate and implement hotel projects in relation to process improvements
    5. Use Quality Management systems to monitor and improve speed of response time and review progress
    6. Review and analyze trend in guests’ needs and recommend operational changes, if needed to improve guest satisfaction and colleagues productivity
    7. Develop departmental Reward & Recognition programme to recognize individuals and teams for exemplary behavior and outstanding achievements in department
  3. INVOLVEMENT AS A MEMBER OF THE HOTEL LEADERSHIP TEAM
    1. Ensure cleanliness and appearance of lobby and related areas
    2. Hands-on knowledge of computer hardware and software to manage systems and generate reports, presentations and correspondence
    3. Capable of planning, defining, co-ordination and managing a service delivery system utilizing human resources, tools, data and service standards
    4. Interface the needs/requirements of other departments with: Housekeeping, Engineering, F&B service, Security, Finance, T&C
    5. Knowledge of Operations of group/convention activities and manpower planning
    6. Knowledge of Quality Management systems
    7. Knowledge of financial planning and budgeting
    8. Provide a level of safety & security for arrival & departure of guests/visitors
Qualifications
  1. Tertiary education or higher with equivalent and hotel related experience
  2. Minimum 5 years experience in a managerial position in service industry preferably in Guest Services and/or Front Office
  3. English Language with knowledge of second language preferred
  4. Knowledge of Opera system and other related sub-systems interfaced to the PABX and/or the hotel’s computer system
  5. Knowledge of Quality Management processes
  6. Ability to plan, lead, motivate and control
  7. Dynamic, analytical and detailed-oriented, problem solving and counseling skills
  8. Responsive to continuous challenges and improvements and open to making changes to achieve targeted results
  9. Build partnerships with other departments to ensure that internal and external customers’ needs are satisfied promptly. Possesses leadership qualities
  10. Ability to motivate and direct colleagues to proactively meet and exceed guest expectations
  11. Focused in colleagues training and development, human resource and performance management
  12. Leadership qualities to motivate and direct colleagues to proactively meet and exceed guest satisfaction
Additional Information

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion :

We are an inclusive company and what we really hope to achieve is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Why work for Accor?

We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.

By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit

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