Hotel General Manager

The General Manager oversees daily hotel operations of an IHG mid-scale hotel in Lexington/Versailles and provides overall leadership in the hotel's continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest services, staff development, and financial profitability within established quality standards. Provides leadership and strategic planning to maximize operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage all hotel operations including, but not limited to hotel budgeting and forecasting, strategic planning, service initiatives, balanced scorecard performance, and compliance with all company policies and standards.
• Executes sales and marketing activities and produces results that meet or exceed the hotel's plan.
• Meets or exceeds guest service satisfaction standards through periodic evaluations, timely response to inquiries and investigation of complaints.
• Manage and develop the executive team to ensure satisfactory performance and career progression.
• Creates an operating environment that ensures employee and guest satisfaction.
• Manage the profitability of the hotel to ensure revenue and guest satisfaction targets are met.
• Identify operational performance, productivity and efficiency gaps and implement measures to correct those deficiencies
• Serve as primary liaison with hotel owners and corporate entities
• Ensures good safety practices of employees and guests, assisting in the maintenance of proper emergency and security procedures.
• Ensures the hotel is operated in compliance with all governmental laws, regulations and ordinance of federal, state and local authorities.
• Recruit, interview and train hotel staff.
• Conducts annual performance evaluations of staff; coaches and provides guidance for potential improvement.
• Perform all other job-related duties on an as-needed basis.

Education and Background Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Hotel Management, Hospitality Management, Business Administration or related field.

Three to five years of management experience in the hotel or hospitality industry.

Qualifications Required:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Skills Required:

Knowledge of business and management principles.

Knowledge of processes for providing effective customer service.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).

Proficiency with Property Management System Software at assigned (name) hotel.

Mathematical skills to interpret financial information and prepare budgets.

Ability to read and interpret documents in English such as safety manuals, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Working Conditions:

Physical Demands:

This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms; must be physically able to stand, walk, and sit; occasionally climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds; and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. The employee must be able to sit for long duration up to eight or more hours.

Regularly scheduled 40 hours per week, but overtime and weekend hours could be required at times.