
Front Office Supervisor
Emerge Egress Consulting
Nairobi | Full Time | Consulting
Closing in 3 days from now
Role Objective
- Our client, a leading hotel is seeking to hire a Dynamic and Passionate Front Office Supervisor who will be responsible for the management of Daily Front Office operations, including the Reception, Reservations and Concierge ensuring exceptional service delivery with a hands-on approach.
- The ideal candidate should be able to drive exceptional guest experiences, managing staff, and maintaining high standards of service.
Core Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead, manage, train, and motivate the Front Office team to provide top-notch hospitality and service excellence.
- Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
- Handle guest inquiries, resolve complaints, and special requests with professionalism and efficiency.
- Manage schedules, budgets, and performance targets for the front office team.
- Review daily front office work and activity reports.
- Coordinate with other departments to ensure smooth operations and enhance overall guest experience.
- Uphold and ensure implementation of hotel policies and maintain high standards of hospitality.
- Manages daily operations, ensuring the quality, high service standards and meeting the guest expectations of the customers on a daily basis.
- Facilitate smooth communication between the Front Office and other departments.
- Monitor and ensure compliance with front desk procedures and hotel policies.
- Conducts department meetings and continually communicates a clear and consistent message regarding the Front Office goals to produce desired results.
- Maximize room revenue and occupancy by reviewing status daily.
- Analyse rate variance, monitor credit reports and maintain close observation of daily house count.
- Monitor the selling status of the house daily. ie flash report, allowance etc.
- Perform any other duties allocated.
Qualifications:
- Degree/ Degree in Hospitality or Hotel Management or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in a hotel front office supervisor role in a 4 star or 5 star hotel.
- Proficiency in hotel management software eg, Opera, Fidelio.
- Proficiency in night audit, telephone operations, reception and cashier duties etc.
- Considerable knowledge of computer systems for registration, reservations and backup systems.
Competencies
- Strong proven leadership and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Customer-oriented and adaptable to working in various shifts.
- Skilled in managing reservations efficiently to maximize occupancy.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Excellent Customer experience skills and a passion for delivering memorable guest experiences.
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