Operational Leader with 14+ years experience in driving staff engagement, increasing revenue and improving customer satisfaction.
• Manages the execution of all operations in the rooms area departments
• Leads specific team while assisting with meeting or exceeding property goals.
• Understands employee and guest satisfaction results and develops action plans to attack needed areas and expand on strengths.
• Sets clear expectations, with the General Manager, for the team.
• Verifies that the team has the capabilities to meet expectations.
• Leads by example demonstrating self-confidence, energy and enthusiasm.
• Assists employees in understanding guests’ ever-changing needs and expectations, and exceeding them.
• Projects supply needs for the department, (e.g., china, glass, silver, buffet presentations, props).
• Applies knowledge of all laws, as they relate to an event.
• Ensures accurate customer billing for banquet events.
• Ensures coordination and execution throughout the event.
• Attends pre-conference meetings to ensure specifications of the group event are well executed.
• Assists team in developing lasting relationships with groups to retain business and increase growth.
• Manages department controllable expenses to achieve or exceed budgeted goals.
• Manages departmental inventories and assets including par levels and maintenance of equipment.
• Adheres to and reinforces all standards, policies, and procedures (SOPs, LSOPs, etc.).
• Schedules banquet service staff to forecast and service standards, while maximizing profits.
• Leads shifts and actively participates in the servicing of events.
• Projects supply needs for the department, (e.g., tables, and chairs, banquet tables, meeting sets, props).
• Adheres to and reinforces all standards, policies, and procedures.
• Manages departmental inventories and maintains equipment.
• Schedules Event Services staff to forecast and service standards, while maximizing profits.
• Assists team in developing lasting relationships with groups to retain business and increase growth.