Director of Rooms

Position Summary:

The Director of Rooms is responsible for the direction and oversight of key guest contact departments within the Rooms division, their managers and their team members.

 

Core Responsibilities:

• Direct the activities of key guest contact departments by giving guidance, leadership and instruction to department heads.
• Responsible for overall budget approval authority for rooms division departments.
• Monitor all room related systems that impact the guest directly, to ensure proper procedures are in place and followed, which allow for an outstanding guest experience.
• Communicate with guests and team members both verbally and in writing to answer questions and resolve concerns. 
• Facilitate the coordination of marketing initiatives, sales site visits and special housekeeping requests, reservations, etc., to ensure understanding by hotel operations of procedures that may have potential impact.
• Ensure guest reservation policies, standards and procedures are met.
• Ensure the effective resolution if any complaints, challenges occur.
• Ensure housekeeping procedures are efficiently followed and any issues are immediately resolved.
• Ensure guest check in/checks out procedures are efficiently followed and any issues immediately resolved.
• Manage and administer the Manager on Duty program, requiring weekend stayover and constant monitoring throughout the hotel and troubleshooting issues.
• Participate in property MOD program, weekly staff meetings, weekly Executive Committee meetings and safety committee meetings.
• Understand and apply the applicable Franchise and management’s Standard Operating Procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.