Jobs in Saudi Arabia: Hotel Manager at Accor Hotels Group

Accor Hotels Group is offering a full-time job opportunity as a Hotel Manager to join the team in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

1. Manage the cost effective and efficient operation of the hotel in order to maximize guest satisfaction, employee engagement and satisfaction.
2. Actively participate in the strategic planning and ongoing development of the hotel, including revenue forecasting, ensuring the delivery of environment commitments, overseeing the health, safety and security of guests and colleagues.
3. Lead and support all departments in the achievement of their financial and operational targets via effective organizational development, policy and procedural development, and appropriate colleague training activities, thus ensuring shareholders receive their return on investment.
4. Clearly demonstrate to guests and colleagues a commitment to service excellence through the effective implementation and delivery of Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts Core Standards at all times.
5. Foster a winning, solution-oriented work environment, motivating and engaging colleagues to continuously deliver the best possible service to guests.
6. Hotel Manager needs to ensure compliance with the hotel’s Annual Budget and Strategic Plan.
7. Ensure that monthly financial outlooks for Rooms and Food & Beverage are on time, on target and accurate.
8. With the respective EC members play a lead role in the management of Rooms and Food & Beverage initiatives.
9. Work closely with the Controller to ensure labor forecasts are completed to company standard and in line with revenue and service expectations.
10. Coordinate the planning and implementation of capital projects.
11. Responsible for guest relations and for handling guest response alerts within the require time lines.
12. Coordinate bi-weekly leadership and weekly divisional meetings.
13. Monitor and act on staffing levels and productivity targets.
14. Create, update and ensure timely awareness of the hotel’s business continuity plan as well as its emergency and crisis management plans.
15. Plan and coordinate events for various celebrations throughout the  year, such as, but not limited to, holiday celebrations, cultural festivals (i.e. Eid Al Adha, Eid Al Fitr and National Days)
16. Hotel Manager will direct and oversee the performance of the Director of Rooms, Director of F&B, Director of Engineering and Security Manager. This includes preparing and conducting the annual LEAD review.
17. Co-Chair the Hotel’s Environmental Committee.
18. Oversees all outside partnership relationships connected with services to the guest or colleagues
19. Function as a key member of the hotel Executive Committee and leadership team.

1. +5 years' experience in a leadership role, within the premium/lifestyle brand segment.
2. Extensive hotel operations experience required.
3. Residential Experience and Middle East experience is a plus.
4. Demonstrated knowledge of budget planning and financial controls.
5. University/College degree in a related discipline (preferably).
6. Strong verbal and written English is required (Arabic is a plus).
7. Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
8. Ability to work cohesively as part of a team.
9. Ability to focus attention on guest needs, remaining calm and courteous at all times.
10. Ability to motivate developing leaders to act as entrepreneurs while innovating guest oriented solutions creatively and profitably.
11. Self-confident, proactive, and able to prioritize and make effective decisions.
12. Ability to build strong relationships, interact and influence others at all levels of the organization.

About Accor Hotels:

Accor S.A., is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. It is the single largest hospitality company in Europe, and the sixth largest worldwide. Accor operates in 100 countries, with more than 4,800 hotels and 280,000 employees worldwide. Its total capacity is approximately 704,000 rooms.

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