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The Guest Service Supervisor plays a key role in ensuring a positive guest experience by leading the front desk team in providing exceptional customer service. This position is responsible for supervising daily front desk operations, handling guest complaints and requests, training and mentoring team members, and supporting the Front Office Manager in operational and administrative tasks.

Job Responsibilities

1. Greet, register, and assign rooms to guests. Issue room key and escort instructions to guest as appropriate, without announcing room numbers.
2. Answer inquiries pertaining to hotel services, registration of guests and shopping, dining, entertainment and travel directions.
3. Keep records of room availability and guests’ accounts. May make, confirm and cancel reservations for guests.
4. Compute bill collects payment and makes change for guests. May post charges such as room, food, liquor or telephone by hand or machine.
5. Date-stamp, sort and rack incoming mail and messages. Transmit and receive messages using equipment such as telephone, fax and switchboard.
6. Understand and enforce the hotel company credit policies. Account for all cash and makes deposits in accordance with hotel and company policies.
7. Take the initiative to greet guests in a friendly and warm manner.
8. Take responsibility for assigned employees in the absence of the Department Manager, assign work, and ensure proper performance of assigned employees.
9. 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.
10. Other duties as assigned.

Job Skills

1. Speak clearly and listen carefully.
2. Use personal judgment and specialized knowledge to give information to people.
3. Communicate well with many different kinds of people.
4. Change easily and frequently from one activity to another such as from typing to interviewing, to searching in a directory, to using a telephone.
5. Use eyes, hands, and fingers accurately while operating a switchboard or computer keyboard.

Education

• HS Diploma or equivalent.

Experience

• Minimum 1 year guest services, general office, accounts receivable or customer service experience; OR an equivalent combination.

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