Assistant Front Office Manager
Hampton Inn Philadelphia Center City / Convention Center
1301 Race Street
Philadelphia,
PA
19107
Opportunity: Assistant Front Office Manager
Assist in overseeing front office operations to include supervising front office personal in accordance with established guest service and sustainability standards.
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 Front Office Manager or Assistant General Manager.
- Be aware of guest satisfaction scores and work toward increasing departmental and overall guest satisfaction.
- Assist in monitoring of front office financial operations and ensure front 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, submit for approval, and order capital budget items as required.
- Review correspondence from guests and incident logs; direct staff according to information obtained.
- 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 and minimize overbooking.
- Follow sustainability guidelines and practices related to HHM’s EarthView program.
- Practice safe work habits, wear protective safety equipment and follow MSDS and OSHA standards.
- Perform other duties as requested by management.
Position Requirements
- Associate 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
About Hampton Inn Philadelphia Center City / Convention Center
At A Glance
Welcome to the Hampton Inn Philadelphia Center City-Convention Center hotel, newly renovated in April 2018. We are conveniently located across the street from the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Our downtown location is within walking distance to the city's best restaurants, shopping and attractions.
We are known for our unbeatable value and convenience. Guests enjoy our complimentary hot breakfast buffet and free WiFi, and our expanded fitness center is sure to please even the most seasoned gym-goers. All of our well-appointed guest rooms include a microwave and mini-refrigerator for comfort and ease.
We offer dinner at our on-site restaurant, Pub 1301, open every evening to serve casual, American fare with a full bar service.
- Adjacent to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia
- Within walking distance of Philadelphia Chinatown, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, museums, and major hospitals
- 250 guest rooms and suites; accessible rooms available
- 3,753 sq. ft. of flexible meeting and event space
- On-site bar and lounge, Pub 1301
About 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.
