Hospitality Jobs in Iowa with F-1 OPT Sponsorship

Job Title: General Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

SUMMARY: Oversees all aspects of Property Management in accordance with Company mission statement, including maximization of financial performance, guest satisfaction, and staff development within established quality standards. Responsible for the hiring, training and discipline of all hotel staff.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility in a safe and satisfactory manner, and the individual must be punctual and have a good attendance record, and have reliable means of transportation to work. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Maintains guest service as the driving philosophy of the hotel by personally demonstrating commitment to guest services and inspiring all employees to that end.
• Is committed to making every guest 100 percent satisfied.
• Ensures hotel staff, including all new-hires, knows all components of the 100% Satisfaction Guarantee and CRM and are trained to meet service standards.
• Develops added-value customer service programs.
• Monitors the performance of the hotel through verification and analysis of guest satisfaction systems and financial reports. Initiates corrective action.
• Maintains product and service quality standards by conducting ongoing evaluations, reviewing feedback from SALT and third party sites, and investigating complaints. Initiates corrective action.
• Develops accurate and aggressive long and short-range financial objectives, overall business and supporting functional area plans consistent with the Company's mission statement.
• Prepares financial reports that clearly explain operational effectiveness, trends and variances.
• Establishes and maintains a pro-active human resource function to ensure employee motivation, training and development, wage and benefits administration, and compliance with established labor regulations.
• Maintains an appropriate level of community public affairs involvement.
• Executes marketing, sales, and operational activities, producing results that meet or exceed the hotel’s business plan.
• Ensures good safety practices of employees and guests, assisting in the maintenance of proper emergency and security procedures.
• Establishes and maintains preventive maintenance programs to protect the physical assets of the hotel.
• Implements and maintains effective open-door communication system that crosses departmental lines in order to reach all employees.
• Understands government regulations affecting hotel’s operations, ensures hotel is operated in compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations of any government authority.
• Relates to general public, customers, employees, union, and government officials with tact and courtesy.
• Plans and organizes the work of others.
• Accepts full responsibility for managing an activity.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities perform the essential functions.

Other duties may be assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Typically, directly supervises 2 to 10 employees at the hotel, including all department heads. Indirectly supervises all hotel personnel. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Company’s policies, training programs, and applicable laws. Responsibilities include recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

• Absent extraordinary prior on-the-job experience, the General Manager position requires either a two-year business degree or a four-year business or liberal arts degree (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Requires an occupationally significant combination of vocational education, apprentice training, on-the-job training, and essential experience in less responsible hotel skill level and management positions.
• A Certified Hospitality Administrator designation is preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Read and interpret documents in English such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals, newspapers, periodicals, journals, and manuals.
• Write routine reports, correspondence, business letters, summaries, and reports in English using prescribed format, and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
• Ability to speak effectively in English before groups such as customers or employees.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

General Managers must have sufficient computer skills that will allow them to be able to use, in a proficient manner, all Company-issued software programs implemented at the hotel, including but not limited to the following:

• Microsoft Word and Excel
• Yield Management Systems programs
• Property Management System (PMS) programs
• Daily Revenue System (DRS) programs
• Central Reservation System programs
• Payroll programs

NOTE: Company-issued software programs implemented at a particular Chris-Bro hotel may be changed from time to time; the General Manager is required to learn the new programs and upgrades as soon as practicable after such items are provided to the hotel.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Use mathematical skills to interpret financial information and prepare budgets.
• Read and interpret business records and statistical reports.
• Make business decisions based on production reports and similar facts, as well as on your own experience and personal opinions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee must be able to see differences in widths and lengths of lines such as those on graphs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

Inside: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. A job is considered ”inside” if the worker spends approximately 75 percent or more of the time inside.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Must be able to work effectively in a stressful environment, communicate well with others, effectively deal with guests, and accept constructive criticism from supervisors.
• Must be able to change activity frequently and cope with interruptions.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Essential functions of this job are described under the headings above. The job requirements and features are subject to change from time to time due to the then-current needs and requirements of the Company and/or the hotel.

Benefits

Group Health, Vision, & Dental Insurance: Eligibility for newly hired team members commences on the first of the month following 30 days of employment. As you are already in an existing role with the company you are eligible but would be able to make alterations to your plan due to change of position (promotion).

Retirement Savings Plan: You will be eligible to participate in the ChrisBro Hospitality 401K Retirement Savings Program. Eligibility would be effective immediately if interested in participation. If already enrolled, you will have the ability to alter existing plan due to the promotion.

Vacation: As a full-time eligible Management Team Member, you will be entitled to (80) vacation hours. Please refer to the ChrisBro Employee Handbook for a complete schedule of all these benefits.

Holidays: As a Management Team Member, you will be entitled to receive (6) six official national holidays off per year. Please refer to the ChrisBro Employee Handbook for a complete schedule of all these benefits.

Other Benefits: Leave of Absence policies will also be provided, as defined within the ChrisBro Employee Handbook.

This job posting is for a position at a hotel that is owned and operated by an independent franchisee. The franchisee controls all aspects of the hotel’s employment practices, including recruiting, hiring, salary, benefits and compensation decisions, and the collection and processing of the personal data that you provide on this website. If you accept this position, you will be employed by a franchisee and not by Hilton. You will not be eligible from compensation or benefits from Hilton. You will be eligible for compensation or benefits only as may be provided to you by the independent franchisee.