Bench Assistant General Manager

No matter whether a guest arrives weary from their travels or excited for a vacation, you and your team know what to do to make them feel at home. They will appreciate the sparkling lobby, a warm welcome, and pristine guest room.  As Bench Assistant General Manager you will assist your General Manager in leading and inspire each team member to provide an exceptional guest experience. Operating at a high level of excellence will ensure each guest will know you genuinely care about the quality of their stay, creating a customer for life. The Bench Operations Manager must be able to travel to all locations in the portfolio and learn all applicable brands.

Our Bench Assistant General Managers makes a difference by:

• Having a gift for paying attention to the smallest details
• Having a team-first attitude
• By driving results
• Making immediate impact

As an Bench Assistant General Manager, you will:

• Assist the General Manager in all aspects of hotel operations, day-to-day staff management, and guests.
• Learn about all brands of the portfolio
• Ensure compliance to SOP’s, policies, procedures and service standards.
• Handle of guest complaints and overseeing service recovery process.
• Assist in managing budget and ensure revenue and guest satisfaction goals are met.
• Be part of developing short, and long-term strategic goals for performance improvement.
• Need to understand the P&L statement
• Meet all report deadlines daily, weekly, and at month end.
• Work closely with the department managers and general manager to maximize room yield and hotel revenue.
• Oversee and manage all departments and work closely with department heads daily
• Maintain a great communication between the different departments and the General Manager
• Be responsible for occupational health, fire, and life safety.
• Strive to improve service performance
• Maintain a friendly, cheerful and courteous demeanor at all times
• Utilize interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence and encourage others, leading by example
• Encourage and build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members
• Serve as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors
• Strive to improve service performance
• Communicate clear and consistent message regarding processes throughout all departments
• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, standards and meeting the expectations of customers on a daily basis
• Daily support the different departments in their daily operations.
  - Assist to clean hotel guest rooms
  - Assist with laundry
  - Cover front desk shift – stand for a full shift.
• Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge and skills

To be successful in this role, must be able to travel and have a professional demeanor, a warm and welcoming personality, and must be able to engage easily and actively connect with others.  Be genuinely caring and compassionate and visibly demonstrate desire to understand others.  Have natural instincts and insight for finding the best solution to unclear situations, issues and problems. Create confidence and trust, while communicating the right message at the right time.  Be comfortable conversing with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and at all organizational levels.  Be direct yet tactful and considerate of audience. Speak with others using clear and professional language, being direct, yet tactful.  Must be available to days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Clean professional appearance.  Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by the General Manager. Hotel management experience required and hospitality degree preferred.

This role requires standing and walking for extended period through shift.   Requires the ability to read and visually verify information in a variety of formats (i.e. small print, computer).  Grasp, turn and manipulate objects of varying size and weight, requiring fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.  Move, lift, carry, push, pull and place objects weighing less than 25 pounds without assistance. 

MHG Hotels seeks to attract and retain a high performing and diverse workforce in which employee differences are respected and valued to better meet the varying needs of the diverse customers we serve.  MHG Hotels is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state or local laws.

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance completing the online application, please call 317-356-4000 extension 203.  Please leave a message and a member of our Human Resources team will return your call within three business days.  Alternatively, an email may be sent to hr@mhghotelsllc.com “Applicant Accommodation” should be included in the subject line of the email.  Please note that this phone number and email are only for those individuals who would like to request an accommodation to apply for a job.