Description:

Discover the beauty of San Diego, on the waterfront, in the heart of downtown at Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. This iconic hotel features 1,628 guestrooms and 320,000 square feet of event space with stunning Pacific Ocean and city views. We are looking for the very best to join our AAA 4-Diamond Hotel, featured in the Top 10 of all Meeting Hotels in the United States per Cvent.

The Front Office Manager is responsible for all duties of the front desk operation which includes: staff training, inter-department communications, and staff scheduling. The Front Office Manager should possess strong communication skills and demonstrate leadership abilities. In addition to assisting in the operation of the Front Office operation and guest services personnel, this position will respond quickly to guest requests and/or complaints in a friendly manner and ensure that appropriate action is taken to guarantee guest satisfaction.

Duties include:

• Responsible for short and long term planning and the management of the hotel’s Front Office operations

• Develop and recommend the budget, labor cost plans and objectives and manages within those approved plans

• Maintain guest room inventory

• Coach and counsel colleagues to reflect Hyatt Service Standards and Procedures

• Perform all tasks of a Front Office Staff as needed to facilitate service

• Ensure all operations and cash handling are done per policies and procedures

• Maintain excellent communication with the housekeeping department

• Maintain information on prices, rates, specials, packages, programs, etc, while ensuring all staff are trained in all areas

• Analyze, investigate, and resolve guest complaints

• Create expectations, lead people, manage processes, and hold people accountable for the agreed upon activities and time tables

• Ensures proper staffing levels for customer service goals

The salary range for this position is $83,600 - $125,500. This is the pay range for this position that Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego reasonably expects to pay. Decisions regarding individual salaries will be based on a number of factors, such as experience and education.

Hyatt colleagues work in an environment that demands exceptional performance yet reaps great rewards. Hyatt has the best to offer including: paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, medical health care after 30 days of Full Time employment, paid Family Bonding Time, Adoption Assistance, discounted and complimentary rooms at Hyatt locations across the globe, free colleague meals during shifts, and many more!

Hyatt is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity  

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with people of diverse socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds

• 4 years or more of progressive hotel Rooms Management experience (typically with Hyatt)

• With opening hotels, previous hotel pre-opening experience preferred

• Service oriented style with professional presentations skills

• At least 2 years progressive management experience within the Rooms Division of a hotel

• Hotel/Hospitality degree an asset

• Must possess the following strengths: high energy, entrepreneurial spirit, motivational leader, effective communicator, effective in providing exceptional customer service and ability to improve the bottom line

• Clear concise written and verbal communication skills in English

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel

• Must have excellent organizational, interpersonal and administrative skills

Primary Location: US-CA-San Diego

Organization: Grand Hyatt San Diego

Pay Basis: Yearly

Job Level: Full-time

Job: Front Office

Req ID: SAN031682

Hyatt is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, disability, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status or any other group protected by law.