Jobs at Hampton Inn Ft. Lauderdale/Downtown Las Olas Area

• Director of Sales And Marketing (Sales & Marketing)

  Reports To General Manager Supervises Director of Catering, Sales Managers, Sales Administrative Assistants Job Purpose Generation of budgeted top line revenue and RevPAR for the hotel through a successful revenue management strategy. Job Responsibilities Lead, train & mentor sales staff including hiring, coaching development, performance evaluations, disciplinary actions and terminations. Perform as the driver of all revenue and ensure quarterly and annual revenue goals are achieved for the hotel. Develop sales action plans, and forecast and evaluate trends to modify strategies that will enhance revenues effectively. Ensure hotel participation in all brand revenue management initiatives. Assist in the production of annual hotel business plan. Develop and maintain departmental budget. Lead property revenue meetings always insuring revenue maximization and profit in all areas. Ensure that hotel credit procedures and audit guidelines are followed. Timely submission of required reports to General Manager, Regional Vice President and DDC Corporate Office. Maintain good rapport with local civic groups and companies. Develop and maintain good relationship with DDC Corporate Sales & Marketing staff. Other duties as assigned. Job Skills Computer skills to include word processing, spreadsheet, and familiarity with brand specific property Management System(s). Ability to exercise excellent communication, presentation, organization, time management and listening skills. Ability to use analytical skills for measuring business potential and value to the hotel. Ability to successfully interact with all levels of customers and hotel management.

• Executive Housekeeper (Housekeeping)

  Reports To General Manager, Director of Rooms, Assistant General Manager Supervises Assistant Housekeeper, Housekeeping Inspector, Housekeepers, Laundry Attendant Job Purpose To manage all facets of the Housekeeping Department ensuring high levels of guest service and satisfaction. Includes rooms, laundry, public areas, department storage areas and work areas. Job Responsibilities Supervise housekeeping and laundry staff: hiring, firing, performance evaluations, training and development. Schedule staff according to labor standards and forecasted occupancy. Assist General Manager in development of the department’s annual budget. Monitor performance against plan. Enforce policies and procedures. Maintain room quality based on hotel objectives. Monitors and maintains level of cleanliness in rooms, storage areas, laundry, restrooms and public areas. Compile and report accurate status of guest rooms to front office. Enforce standard procedures for the acceptance, security, and return on guest lost and found items. Maintain standard procedures for security of on-loan equipment. Maintain productivity and labor cost goals. Establish and maintain cost control systems for staffing linen inventories and cleaning supplies. Conduct inventories of linen, supplies and equipment. Order and receive supplies to maintain adequate inventory levels. Ensure quality services are rendered in meeting guest needs and that guest relations are enhanced. Other duties as assigned. Job Skills Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure with like common and decimal fractions. Compute ratio, rate, and percent. Draw & interpret bar graphs. Perform arithmetic operations involving American monetary units. Read and understand instructions, safety rules, etc. Write reports with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech. Speak with correct English and well-modulated voice. Determine time, place, and sequence of operations or action to be taken on the basis of analysis of data; executing determination of and/or reporting on events. Determine or interpret work procedures for a group of workers, assign specific duties, maintain harmonious relations among them and promote efficiency.

• Guest Service Representative (Guest Services)

  Reports To Front Office/Operations Manager Supervises N/A Job Purpose To perform in a pleasant, professional and efficient manner, a combination of duties mainly related, but not limited, to check-in and check-out of guests which contributes to an overall positive experience. Job Responsibilities Greet, register, and assign rooms to guests. Issue room key and escort instructions to Bell person or directly to guest as appropriate, without announcing room numbers. Answer inquiries pertaining to hotel services, registration of guests and shopping, dining, entertainment and travel directions. Keep records of room availability and guests’ accounts. May make, confirm and cancel reservations for guests. Compute bill, collects payment and makes change for guests. May post charges such as room, food, liquor or telephone by hand or machine. Date-stamp, sort and rack incoming mail and messages. Transmit and receive messages using equipment such as telephone, fax and switchboard. Understand and enforce the hotel company credit policies. Account for all cash and makes deposits in accordance with hotel and company policies. Take the initiative to greet guests in a friendly and warm manner. If functioning in a Lead Capacity: (a) take responsibility for assigned employees in the absence of the Supervisor, (b) assign work, and ensure proper performance of assigned employees. May make restaurant, transportation or entertainment reservations for guests; may deposit guests’ valuables in hotel safe or safe-deposit box; may order complimentary flowers or champagne for special guests. Other duties as assigned. Job Skills Speak clearly and listen carefully. Use personal judgment and specialized knowledge to give information to people. Communicate well with many different kinds of people. Change easily and frequently from one activity to another such as from typing to interviewing, to searching in a directory, to using a telephone. Use eyes, hands, and fingers accurately while operating a switchboard or computer keyboard.

• Room / Suite Attendant (Housekeeping)

  Reports To Executive Housekeeper Supervises N/A Job Purpose To maintain cleanliness of all spaces within the hotel. Job Responsibilities Make beds in guest rooms. Replenish supplies such as drinking glasses, writing supplies and bathroom supplies in guest rooms. Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, and locker rooms and other work areas Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture and draperies, using vacuum cleaner. Dust furniture and equipment. Polish metalwork, such as fixtures and fittings. Wash walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, door panels, and sills. Empty wastebaskets, and empties and cleans ashtrays Transport trash and waste to disposal area. Replace light bulbs. Collects soiled linens for laundering and receives and stores linen supplies in linen closet.  Load articles into washer and adds specified amount of detergent, soap, or other cleaning agent. Lift clean, wet articles from washer and places them successively into wringers and driers for measured time cycles. Sort dried articles according to identification number or type. Fold and place item in appropriate storage bin. Other duties as assigned Job Skills Ability to carry out specific oral or written instructions, frequently following a simple routine. Ability to perform repetitive actions consistently.

• Maintenance Technician / Person (Engineering/Maintenance)

  While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when business need dictates. 

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