Front Office Manager (Expert) at Bolton White Group

Bolton White Group is a group of hospitality brands providing exceptional services across all our business units. Our team is dedicated to providing a wide range of clients with world-class services. Bolton White Group is well regarded for its focus on international best practices in all aspects of its business. Bolton White Group is an independent entrepreneurial-driven institution offering a complete range of hospitality services with a focus on providing a ‘home away from home’ experience to our clients. By choosing to join Bolton White Group you have assumed your share of the responsibility for maintaining the high principles and standards to which we are dedicated.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Front Office Manager (Expert)

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Position Summary

• Directly supervises all front office personnel and ensures proper completion of all front office duties.
• Directs and coordinates the activities of the front desk,reservations,guestservices, and telephone areas.
• Front Office Manager also supervises all activities at the Gym and Information Technology (IT) unit.

Duties

• Trains, cross–trains, and retrain all front office personnel.
• Schedulesthefront office staff.
• Supervises workload during shifts.
• Evaluates the job performance if each front office employee.
• Maintains working relationships andcommunicateswith all departments.
• Maintainsmaster keycontrol.
• Verifies that accurateroom statusinformation is maintained and properly communicated.
• Resolves guest problems quickly, efficiently, and courteously.
• Updates group information. Maintains, monitors, and prepares group requirements. Relays information to appropriate personnel.
• Reviews and completescredit limitreport.
• Works within the allocated budget for the front office.
• Receives information from the previous shift manager and passes on pertinent details to the oncoming manager.
• Checkscashiersin and out and verifies banks and deposits at the end of each shift.
• Enforces all cash handling, check-cashing, andcreditpolicies.
• Conducts regularly scheduled meetings of front office personnel.
• Wears the proper uniform at all times. Requires all front office employees to wear proper uniforms at all times.
• Upholds thehotel's commitment tohospitality.
• Prepare performance reports related to the front office.
• Maximize room revenue andoccupancyby reviewingstatusdaily. Analyze rate variance, monitor credit reports and maintain close observation of dailyhouse count. Monitor the selling status of the house daily. Ie flash report,allowanceetc.
• Monitor high-balanceguests and take appropriate action.
• Ensure implementation of all hotel policies and house rules.
• Operate all aspects of the Front Officecomputersystem, including software maintenance, report generation andanalysis, and simple configuration changes.
• Prepare revenue and occupancyforecasting.
• Ensure logging and delivery of allmessages,packages, and mail in a timely and professional manner.
• Ensure that employees are, at all times, attentive, friendly, helpful and courteous to all guests managers and other employees.
• Monitor all V.I.P.’s special guests and requests.
• Maintain requiredpartsof all front office and stationery supplies.
• Review daily front office work and activity reports generated byNight Audit.
• Review the Front officelog bookand Guest feedback forms on a daily basis.
• Maintain an organised and comprehensive filing system withdocumentationof purchases, vouchering, schedules,forecasts, reports and tracking logs.
• Perform other duties as requested by management.

Prerequisites
Education:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree. Must be able to read, speak, write, and understand the primary language used in the workplace.

Experience:

• Minimum of Five years of experience in a 5-Star hotel in the similar role
• Proficiency in OPERA PMS.

Application Closing Date
15th October, 2023.