Supervises front office staff ensuring an efficient operation producing excellent results for our customers. Responds in a professional and courteous manner to arriving, departing and in-house guests by providing accurate and timely information and services. Responds to telephone and in-person inquiries regarding reservations, hotel information and guest concerns. Responsibilities Supervise the operations of the front desk to ensure an optimal level of service and hospitality is provided to the ... more details
Hospitality Front Desk Supervisor
ID
2024-23662
Position Type
Regular Full-Time
Property
Hyatt Place Baltimore
Outlet
Hyatt Place
Category
Front Desk & Guest Services
Address
511 S Central Ave
City
Baltimore
State
Maryland
Why us?
Achieving personal and professional growth is one of our values at Sage Hospitality Group. We believe it’s not just about the work you do, but it’s about who you are. We know your job isn’t your life. That’s why we support our associates in finding the perfect balance between what they do and who they are. By encouraging associates to take initiative and responsibility for their own advancement, we empower them to own their outcomes—both personally and professionally.
Job Overview
Supervises front office staff ensuring an efficient operation producing excellent results for our customers. Responds in a professional and courteous manner to arriving, departing and in-house guests by providing accurate and timely information and services. Responds to telephone and in-person inquiries regarding reservations, hotel information and guest concerns.
Responsibilities
Supervise the operations of the front desk to ensure an optimal level of service and hospitality is provided to the guests.
Train, direct the work of, resolve issues/problems and coach and counsel the front desk team members to ensure a quality operation.
Resolve customer issues, complaints, problems in a quick, efficient manner to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction and quality service.
Completes established check-in procedures for arriving guests and facilitates guest departure in order to close the guest account and make the room available for the next guest.
Regularly calculates and/or posts monies, receipts, guest accounts and other forms of credit using accurate, proper cash handling methods and established procedures in order to present the customer with timely and precise hotel charges upon check-out and maintain accurate hotel records.
Courteously and accurately answers inquiries from potential guests and accepts hotel reservations. Uses suggestive selling techniques to sell room nights, increase occupancy and revenue.
Maintains good customer relations by keeping abreast of all in-house and area functions in order to answer questions and concerns with timely and knowledgeable responses in person and on telephone.
Operates the PBX equipment, including, assisting outgoing calls, scheduling and setting wake-up calls and paging guests.
Controls cash transactions at the front desk and maintains complete responsibility for personal bank as specified by hotel bank agreement policy.
Maintains a friendly, cheerful and courteous demeanor at all times.
Performs other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management.
Qualifications
Education/Formal Training
High school education or equivalent experience.
Experience
1 or more full years employment experience in a related position with this company or other organization(s).
Knowledge/Skills
Requires understanding of all hotel front office procedures.
Requires high school graduate level mathematical aptitude and knowledge of standard cash handling procedures and computerized cash register systems.
Must have past experience in dealing directly with the public and acquired general knowledge of basic customer service skills.
Requires knowledge of company/hotel policies and procedures and the ability to determine course of action based on these guidelines.
Requires supervision/management skills.
Ability to communicate information and hotel services to management and guests. Second language may be required.
Must be able to operate computer, calculator and telephone keyboards, for cash handling and paperwork processing.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Ability to communicate in person and on telephone frequently.
Ability to read written communiqués, analyzing reports and seeing monochrome computer screen.
Excellent speech communication skills required for continual interaction with guests. Frequent use of phone.
Excellent literacy necessary to analyze report data, prepare reports and initiate correspondence.
Continuous standing 90% of time -communicating with guests.
No climbing required. No driving required.
Lifting up to 50 lbs. guest luggage; limited. Pushing up to 50 lbs. bell cart; limited. Pulling up to 50 lbs. bell cart; limited. Carrying up to 25 lbs. guest luggage; limited.
Continuous standing -80% of shift.
Environment
Prolonged standing at indoor, thermostatically climate-controlled work station under florescent lighting. Work inside 95%
We want to connect with you TODAY!
As we work to fully resume Sage’s operations, we want to connect with the best and brightest talent out there – YOU! Please click here to learn more about opportunities with Sage and provide your information so we can be in touch.
Job Abstracts is an independent Job Search Engine. Job Abstracts is not an agent or representative and is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with any employer. Job Abstracts uses proprietary technology to keep the availability and accuracy of its job listings and their details. All trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and job descriptions are the property of their respective holder. Job Abstracts does not have its members apply for a job on the jobabstracts.com website. Additionally, Job Abstracts may provide a list of third-party job listings that may not be affiliated with any employer. Please make sure you understand and agree to the website's Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies you are applying on as they may differ from ours and are not in our control.
Welcome to Job Abstracts
We would like to take a second to Welcome You to Job Abstracts, the nation’s largest Pure Job Board. With over 3.1 million job listings from 15,000+ Companies & Organizations, we help job searchers find careers that match their interests. As an anonymous user, you have probably discovered how easy our system is to use. However, you have just scratched the surface of what we can offer.
We encourage you to Register so you can use our most powerful features: searching with multiple terms, setting up multiple locations, establishing favorite companies, and accessing your search history. If you find a job you like, you can apply directly for it, and then, keep notes on it. We will also keep a lookout for jobs that match your search terms and email you when we find something you may like.
You can register for free and the system is free to use. If you like our system so far, click on Register and unlock the power required by serious job searchers.
Any time you conduct a search, the system shows you job matches, ranked by their Relevance Score (RS).
The score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that uses Intelligent Machine Learning.
The Relevance Score tells you how well the job opportunity matches your search term or terms.
When not logged in, the system is limited to one search term. Scores for single term matches are usually lower.
When you register, log in, and set up multiple terms prioritized by importance, the jobs found for you will receive a much higher Relevance Score.
