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.

On the subject line indicate HOTEL MANAGER.

We are an equal opportunity based employer and we offer our employees an environment to develop and grow in their experience, through team work and mentorship