Front Desk Manager
Hilton Garden Inn Bloomington (IN)
245 North College Avenue
Bloomington,
IN
47403
Opportunity: Front Desk Manager
Manage front desk operations to ensure staff meets company operational standards while providing the highest level of guest service.
Potential Career Path
Front Office Manager – Rooms Division Manager – Assistant General Manager
Essential Job Functions
- Interview, select, train, schedule, coach and support associates, ensuring they perform in accordance with established brand or hotel standards and consistent with HHM core values.
- Oversee all front office operations in the absence of the Assistant General Manager.
- Remain an active participant at the front desk, including checking in/out guests, preparing bills and handling guest requests.
- Resolve guest complaints and concerns by conducting thorough research of the situation and determining the most effective solutions.
- Respond to brand Guest Alerts for resolution as needed.
- Be aware of guest satisfaction scores and work toward increasing departmental and overall guest satisfaction.
- Participate in lobby ambassador and other activities related to interacting with guests on an individual level. Thus creating a relationship and culture that will result in repeat stays.
- Assist in hotel food and beverage when needed, where applicable.
- Assist in monitoring of front office financial operations and ensurefront office compliance with accounting controls and procedures.
- Assist in development, implementation and monitoring of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual department-wide budgets and forecasts.
- Review correspondence from guests and incident logs; direct staff according to information obtained.
- Review all brand correspondence for updates to procedures and standards and ensure all is communicated to the staff.
- Ensure front office supplies and merchandise for the gift shop and or market are fully stocked, and inventory is maintained.
- Work with the Sales office to ensure group resumes and group rooming lists are inputted and maintained.
- Monitor occupancy of guest room space to ensure most efficient use andminimize overbooking.
- Follow sustainability guidelines and practices related to HHM’s EarthView program.
- Practice safe work habits, wear protective safety equipment and followMSDS and OSHA standards.
- Perform other duties as requested by management.
Position Requirements
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- 1 to 3 years hospitality related experience, including front desk operations experience.
Work Environment and Context
- Work schedule varies and may include working on holidays and weekends and alternate shifts.
- Requires standing for extended periods, walking, pushing, lifting up to 25 pounds, bending and reaching, stooping, kneeling, or crouching.
What We Believe
People Are Our Capability – Hearts That Serve – Only Excellence – Stay Nimble - Own It
Acerca de Hilton Garden Inn Bloomington (IN)
At A Glance
Our hotel is close to great shopping, dining and entertainment, including local wineries.
Conduct business at the NSWC Crane facility near our hotel. Visit Indiana University's Assembly Hall for a Hoosier game or attend a meeting at the Bloomington Convention Center, both only minutes from our hotel.
Enjoy complimentary WiFi, a business center and over 5,000 sq. ft. of function space at this downtown hotel. Stay productive with work and maintain your exercise routine in a fitness center which features modern equipment with personal TVs. Relax with our indoor pool and hot tub or catch a show or movie on your HDTV. Take advantage of covered parking and enjoy everything you need to help make your time here a success.
- Only Hilton hotel in downtown Bloomington Square
- Walking distance to Indiana University, Convention Center and downtown attractions
- Complimentary WiFi, business center, fitness center, indoor pool and hot tub
- Breakfast and dinner at Coaches Sports Bar (Lunch available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
- Over 5,000 sq. ft. of flexible function space including the Grand Ballroom
- A TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Award winning hotel
Acerca de HHM Hotels
An Industry Leader in Hospitality
HHM Hotels is the preferred operator to many sophisticated and institutional owners of hotel real estate, including public and private owners, across the United States and Canada. We are known for consistent outperformance in operating results, the stability of our managed portfolio and operating teams, and our unrelenting focus on people, processes, and technology. HHM Hotels is tireless in delivering results and working closely with our owners across a portfolio of 240 hotels and over $2BN in managed revenues in the United States and Canada.
MANAGEMENT
For the past 30 years, HHM Hotels has focused on building out specific and differentiated capabilities and technology to serve our owners and drive industry-leading results in the areas of revenue generation, cost management, service delivery, and associate development and retention. In particular, we have focused on developing proprietary data, processes, and business systems to drive advantage and maintain our unwavering focus on results across every aspect of our managed hotels.
INVESTMENT
HHM Hotels has a highly active and productive investment team that seeks to leverage our operating capabilities and market knowledge to source, underwrite, and introduce deals to our stable of industry-leading investment partners. We have helped put together dozens of related deals and focus carefully on potential operational efficiencies, brand or market repositioning opportunities, and other ways that we can find value through our extensive market knowledge, operating capabilities, and in-house legal, asset management, and risk management teams.
BRAND POSITIONING
Our experience with branded and independent hotels allows us to quickly determine the brand positioning within a local market to ensure the highest operational profitability. We understand the demands of hotel openings and rebranding because we’ve been on the ground to lead them, from Forbes Five-Star property openings and global product launches to corporate rebranding projects around the world.
