Bench General Manager

, IN, United States

**Job Description**

Summary: The term "bench" indicates this individual is not assigned permanently to any one hotel. Instead, he/she is assigned on a temporary basis to provide leadership to hotels with vacancies or the need for additional leadership staffing.The General Manager is responsible for effectively leading and managing all aspects of the hotel and for delivering results that contribute to the mission and overall success of the hotel by accomplishing performance objectives focused on topline revenue, associate and guest engagement, profitability, and ensuring brand standards are met while maintaining the operational and service standards prescribed by White Lodging Hospitality.

Responsibilities

* Serves as the strategic business leader of a full service hotel and is responsible for the overall performance of the hotel.

* Directs the leadership team in the development and implementation of hotel-wide strategies.

* Ensures implementation of the brand service strategy and brand initiatives with the objective of meeting or exceeding guest expectations

* Builds owner loyalty through proactive communication, setting and managing expectations and delivering solid business results.Operations/Property Management

* Develops a hotel strategy that is aligned with both WLS and the brands business strategies. Ensures sustainable work processes and systems are put in place to support execution of the strategy.

* Continually communicates a clear and consistent message regarding hotel goals to produce desired results.

* Identifies key drivers of business success and keeps team focused on the critical few to achieve results. Ensures integration of hotel goals in departmental game plans.

* Integrates business information and foresees events which may directly or indirectly affect the propertys business plan. Analyzes business results and works with executive committee to develop an effective strategy to address needs.

* Makes key decisions and oversees execution, removes obstacles to success. Ensures adequate resources are available to achieve business results.

* Creates a synergistic leadership team and business environment that consistently delivers positive results and continuously strives to improve these results.

* Inspires and motivates team to achieve operational excellence; encourages calculated risk-taking.

* Champions change, ensures brand and regional business initiatives are implemented and communicates follow-up actions to team as necessary.

* Is perceptive of hotel environment. Reviews public space walk-through results and ensures building is well maintained and operational areas have an atmosphere that meets or exceeds guest expectations.

* Ensures brand standards are maintained.

* Ensures property is a safe and secure facility for guests and associates.Guest Satisfaction

* Supports and encourages White Lodgings and the brands service vision for product and service delivery and ensures alignment amongst the hotel leadership team.

* Fosters associate commitment to providing excellent service, participates in daily stand-up meetings and models desired service behaviors in all interactions with guests and associates.

* Demonstrates and communicates key drivers of guest satisfaction for the brands target customer; ensures core elements of the service strategy are in place to produce the desired results.

* Serves as the customer advocate on the property. Pulls together resources to resolve guest and operational issues and impact results.

* Is highly visible and interfaces with customers on a regular basis to obtain feedback on quality of product, service levels and overall satisfaction.

* Observes service behaviors of associates and provides feedback to individuals and/or managers; continuously strives to improve service performance.

* Facilitates/attends pre-convention meetings to establish relationship with customer, understand group needs and set and manage expectations.

* Reviews comment cards, guest satisfaction results and other data to identify areas of improvement. Reviews findings with leadership team and ensures appropriate corrective action is taken.

* Analyzes service issues and identifies trends. Facilitates the development of creative solutions to overcome obstacles and ensures implementation to continually improve guest satisfaction results.

* Ensures leadership team is focused on service failures or potential service failures for high profile groups e.g., space conflicts, direct billing errors or denials and works with team to identify long term solutions.

* Incorporates guest satisfaction as a component of staff/operations meetings with an emphasis on generating innovative ways to meet or exceed guest expectations and continually improve results.

* Ensures that a customer recognition program is in effect throughout all operations areas.Human Resources

* Hires team members who demonstrate strong functional expertise, creativity and entrepreneurial leadership to meet the business needs of the operation.

* Creates appropriate development plans and develops team members based on their individual strengths, development needs, career aspirations and abilities.

* Is knowledgeable of leadership talent in the property; identifies resource needs to strengthen team and plans for future openings.

* Sets goals and expectations for direct reports using the performance review process and holds staff accountable for successful performance. Coaches team by providing specific feedback to improve performance. Conducts annual performance appraisals with direct reports according to WLS policy.

* Ensures service, technical skills and leadership training occurs throughout the property to support successful daily operations.

* Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with direct reports and entire leadership team. Ensures direct reports do the same for their team.

* Establishes a presence with associates on property and actively solicits associate feedback. Utilizes an "open door" policy and reviews associate engagement results to identify and address associate problems or concerns, referencing the Guarantee of Fair Treatment policy outlined in the Associate Handbook.

* Ensures that regular on-going communication takes place throughout the property to recognize performance, set expectations and create awareness of business objectives.

* Celebrates successes and publicly recognizes the contributions of team members; ensures recognition occurs in all areas.

* Ensures hotel policies are administered fairly and consistently, disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to WLS policy and procedures and supports Associate Review Process (where applicable).

* Ensures hotel participates in community service events sponsored by WLS (or brand initiative) to build teamwork and enhance community relationships.Sales and Revenue Management

* Reviews sales goals and strategies to ensure alignment with the brand business strategy and proper pricing and positioning of the property in the market.

* Supports the sales strategy and encourages leadership team to develop effective revenue management strategies and set aggressive goals that will drive the property's financial performance.

* Ensures the development of a strategic account plan for the demand generators in the market.

* Ensures Sales team understands and is leveraging brands demand engines to full potential.

* Ensures focus is on proactive selling as well as reactive selling.

* Perceptive of market conditions and communicates changes and potential revenue opportunities to leadership team.

* Develops strong partnerships with local organizations to further increase brand/product awareness; advises brand and regional team of growth opportunities.

* Reviews the STAR report, competitive shopping reports and uses other resources to maintain an awareness of the hotel

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