FRONT OFFICE MANAGER - WINGATE BY WYNDHAM

SCOPE OF THIS POSITION

GUEST SERVICE
• Maintains and personally demonstrates a commitment to guest service in responding to guest’s needs.
• Committed to making every guest satisfied.
• Ensures staffs-- including new hires-- are trained to meet service standards.
• Empowers hotel staff to deliver guest service by encouraging and rewarding responsive guest assistance.
• Ensure hotel standards and services contribute to the delivery of consistent guest service.
• Ensure Signature training in place and employees are handling calls consistently.
• Troubleshoot Trip Reward guest enrollment and/or point rewarding discrepancies.
• Update daily comment cards and guest feedback.

FRONT DESK MANAGEMENT
• Acts as manager on duty for hotel and manages front desk operations while on duty and in the absence of the General Manager as needed.
• Ensure front desk staff is trained in all front desk operations.
• Ensure front desk is trained and follows financial control procedures for cash, petty cash, paid-outs, and receivables.
• Produces and ensures accurate closings for all shifts and at the end of day closing.
• Assist with pantry area/ breakfast area as needed. Visit and meet with guests during breakfast hours.
• Provide scheduling for employees and in accordance to desired monthly budget.
• Maintain and update daily occupancy figures.
• Hold monthly departmental meeting with departmental staff to review new items, procedures, and or complaints received from guests.
• Prepare check request spreadsheet for vendor invoices.
• Prepare and provide required end of month reports to Corporate Accountant and General Manager.
• Daily Deposit reconciliation: Verifying daily drops and preparing deposits.
• Daily Deposit Reconciliation: Verifying and correcting over/short errors.
• Maintain cash banks and ensure amount is accurate at all times.
• Direct Billing: Update accounts in payment and track record of paid invoices and outstanding invoices. Suspend accounts when needed for no payment.
• Direct Billing: Send out approved direct bill letters and or delinquent notices.
• Direct Billing: Verify invoices to be sent out and resolve discrepancies in billing.
• Meeting Rooms: Assist in handling meeting room inquires and development of contracts.
• Assist and cover front desk and/or night audit shifts (relief breaks, scheduling conflicts, and/or as needed)

HUMAN RESOURCES
• Maintains a positive, cooperative work environment between staff and management.
• Emphasize training and development as way of doing business.
• Monitors and maintains acceptable turnover levels.
• Administers personnel policies fairly and consistently including counseling for disciplinary action, annual reviews, and counseling on as needed basis for front office staff.
• Ensure completion of training objectives and development plans.
• • Resolves any employee grievances in fair and in a timely manner.
• Ensure personnel files are accurate, and comply with both local and federal laws and regulations.

SAFETY AND SECURITY
• Recognizes and corrects potential safety hazards in the hotel.
• Understands and implements “Right to Know” laws.
• Ensures documented reports are made with incidents occurring on property such as guest and employee related.
• Uses ongoing safety training to minimize worker’s compensation claims.
• Ensure key control in place and ensure employees follow procedures.

INTER-DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT
• Inspect guest rooms periodically and make suggestions for improvement.
• Inspect efficiency in department and make suggestions to improvement.
• Work closely with Breakfast/Pantry to update breakfast selection.
• Periodically inspect over-night shifts for efficiency.
• Follow-up on monthly and quarterly maintenance check-lists/ required inspections.

INVENTORY SYSTEM
• Inventory for front office supplies and order within budgeted guidelines as needed.
• Inventory Wingate supplies including key packs, collateral, and forms within budgeted guidelines and as needed.

ADDITIONAL

• Must be a citizen of this country or possess a valid work permit.
• We provide equal opportunity without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, or any other protected status.
• Our company is an equal opportunity employer.