Hotel Manager Job in a Nairobi Hotel

A hotel in Nairobi offering accommodation requires an ideal candidate to fill in the following vacancy:

Position: Hotel Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning and organizing accommodation, catering and other hotel services
• Promoting and marketing the business
• Managing budgets and financial plans as well as controlling expenditure
• Maintaining statistical and financial records
• Setting and achieving sales and profit targets
• Analyzing sales figures and devising marketing and revenue management strategies
• Planning work schedules for individuals and teams
• Dealing with customer complaints and comments
• Ensuring events and conferences run smoothly
• Supervising maintenance, supplies, renovations and furnishings
• Insuring security is effective
• Carrying out inspections of property and services
• Ensuring compliance with licensing laws, health and safety and other statutory regulations.
• Conduct regular meetings with heads of department on a weekly basis to coordinate and monitor the progress of business strategies.

Essential Technical Competences:

• Diploma in institutions' management, hospitality services, foods and nutrition, business administration or other related field.
• Atleast 5 years experience in the Hotel industry with three (3) years in the capacity of a hotel manager
• Must have worked in a hotel with an accommodation capacity of atleast 25 rooms
• Entrepreneurship and building and growing a strong business is essential to success in this role.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients and support staff.
• Proficient in computer packages- Ms Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Age: 32 – 45yrs

If you are the right candidate for this role, please email your application with testimonials to dafina@wananchi.com.