Primary responsibilities
1. Manage and Monitor activities of all employees in Front Office Department making sure they adhere and standards of excellence and to the guidelines set in the employee hand book, hotel policies and prodedures, coaching, training and correcting where needed.
2. Maintain the professional and high quality service oriented environment at all times.
3. Act as manager on duty for the hotel, dealing with complaints, problem solving disturbances, special requests and any other issues that may arise.
4. Inform all Front office staff of daily activities, group and VIP arrivals as well as special requests and repeat guests. Check accommodations, making sure any special request are carried out accordingly, greet guests upon arrival and ensure escort to accommodations if appropriate.
5. Undertake full responsibility for Scheduling and Payroll of the department.
6. Undertake full responsibility for managing operating expenses and purchaings for the department .
7. Set Front Office Budget, monitor Profit & Loss and cash handing throughout the year. Supervise Upsell program at the Front Office and work as part of the yield Management team to try and maximize revenue for the hotel.
8. Work closely with the Housekeeping Department to improveguest services and foster cross departmental communication.
9. Coordinate daily activities with hotel management team on a daily basis.