Vip Services Manager

**Additional Information**
**Job Number**25081154
**Job Category**Rooms & Guest Services Operations
**Location**JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach, 30 Beach Road, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 189763
**Schedule**Full Time
**Located Remotely?**N
**Position Type** Management

**JOB SUMMARY**

Responsible for the Executive Lounge operations and ensuring that the highest levels of hospitality and service are provided, this includes Front Office duties as well as Food & Beverage operations. Manages the flow of questions and assists guests in the Executive Lounge. Supports the tracking and resolution of service issues.

**CANDIDATE PROFILE**

**Education and Experience**
- High school diploma or GED; 1 year experience in the guest services, front desk, or related professional area.

OR
- 2-year degree from an accredited university in Hotel and Restaurant Management, Hospitality, Business Administration, or related major; no work experience required.

**CORE WORK ACTIVITIES**

**Managing Guest Services and Executive Lounge Operations**
- Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
- Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
- Supervises and manages employees. Understanding employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence.

**Maintaining Guest Services and Executive Lounge Goals**
- Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.
- Ensures that the food and drinks at the Executive Lounge are topped up accordingly.
- Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Supports handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Assists with energy conservation efforts by monitoring compliance during property tours.

**Supporting Projects and Policies Related to Guest Experience and Safety**
- Supports implementation of the customer recognition/service program, communicating and ensuring the process.
- Supports regular inspection tours of the entire facility for appearance, safety, staffing, security, and maintenance.
- Ensures compliance with all policies, standards and procedures.
- Understands and can implement all emergency plans including accident, death, elevator, thefts, vicious crimes, bombs, fire, etc.
- Understands and complies with loss prevention policies and procedures.

**Ensuring and Providing Exceptional Customer Service**
- Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
- Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
- Intervenes in any guest/employee situation as needed to insure the integrity of the property is maintained, guest satisfaction is achieved, and employee well being is preserved.
- Serves as a leader in displaying outstanding hospitality skills.
- Sets a positive example for guest relations.
- Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service.
- Observes service behaviors of employees and provides feedback to individuals.
- Maintains high visibility in public areas during peak times.
- Provides immediate assistance to guests as requested.
- Interacts with customers on a regular basis throughout the property to obtain feedback on quality of product, service levels and overall satisfaction.
- Records guest issues in the guest response tracking system.
- Reviews comment cards and guest satisfaction results with employees.
- Emphasizes guest satisfaction during all departmental meetings and focuses on continuous improvement.

**Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities**
- Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Assists as needed in the interviewing and hiring of employee team members with the appropriate skills.

**Additional Responsibilities**
- Analyzes information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Informs and/or updating the executives, the peers and the subordinates on relevant information in a timely manner.
- Maintains a strong working relationship with all departments to support property operations and goals and to expedite the resolution of any problems that may arise through the general operation of the property.
- Communicates any variations to the established norms to the appropriate department in a timely manner.
- Participates as needed in the investigation of employee and guest accidents.
- Performs Front Desk dut