Senior Manager Rooms Operations & Retail, EMEA (m/w/d)

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Posting Date May 13, 2022
Job Number 22067106
Job Category Rooms & Guest Services Operations
Location Europe Office - Eschborn, Marriott Hotel Holding GmbH, Eschborn-Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany VIEW ON MAP
Brand Corporate
Schedule Full-Time
Relocation? N
Position Type Management
Located Remotely? N

Marriott International is the world's largest hotel company, with more brands, more hotels and more opportunities for associates to grow and succeed. We believe a great career is a journey of discovery and exploration. So, we ask, where will your journey take you?

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Manager Rooms Operations & Retail, EMEA will report to Dir. Rooms Operations & Retail, EMEA. The Senior Manager Rooms Operations & Retail, EMEA is responsible to ensure local and brand appropriate "pull through" of rooms related (Front Office, Housekeeping & Retail) programs, processes, and initiatives for the EMEA continent. Specific areas of focus include operations troubleshooting, working effectively with property management teams, providing rooms related information and training, ensuring close alignment between a business case and the end design of a product or service, testing/piloting products and services, communicating product/service standards and specifications, quality assurance oversight, improving current programs based on analysis, and providing expertise for pre-openings and hotel conversions. This position is part of the CLS Team for the EMEA continent.

SCOPE

The Senior Manager Rooms Operations & Retail, EMEA provides support / is responsible for a number of different properties/ brands

• Language Requirements: High proficiency (speaking, reading and writing) in English is required.
• Travel Requirements: There is a requirement of 50% business travel in normal operation environment

EXPECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

Leadership/ Talent Management

• Provide leadership to hotel management teams to successfully implement Rooms & Retail (front office, housekeeping) initiatives and programs
• Communicate brand appropriate product and/or service standards and specifications (including creative, quality, and financial expectations), ensuring all hotels operate with respect to EMEA continent and corporate Rooms and Retail standards
• Translate brand and business strategies into discipline priorities and communicate effectively to multiple stakeholders
• Test and/or pilot Rooms & Retail products, programs, concepts, and services; Identify operational implications prior to full-scale roll-out; Support the strategic review and planning process for new initiatives spanning multiple disciplines and brands
• Guide and reinforce the practice of core design and development processes to maximize efficiencies
• Knowledge of all Loyalty Programs and the ability to manage the initiatives
• Promote opportunities for growth by utilizing understanding of the lodging business (hotel operation, industry drivers, challenges, competitors, MI's position in the global marketplace) and keeping abreast of cutting-edge Rooms and Retail trends and best practices through consultation with internal and external experts
• Translate data from multiple sources (e.g. trend research, customer feedback, tests/pilots) into profitable brand appropriate design solutions; Ensure close alignment between the business case and the end design of a product or service
• Evaluate profit potential and brand differentiation of Rooms & Retail products and services
• Maintain strong and professional working relationship with Golf, Spa & Recreation, F&B, Procurement, IT, Engineering, and Loss Prevention
• Develop strategic professional relationships with suppliers/vendors; Maintain a preferred vendor list
• Assist in the development and coordination of outside licensing and franchise relationships
• Ensure consistency in messages (written, visual, audio) that are generated for products/services and ensure that those messages support Marriott International's Rooms & Retail strategies; Use technology effectively to communicate and influence in a timely, high-impact manner
• Performs other duties as assigned to meet business needs

Financial and Accounting Management

• Balanced Scorecard Results: Develops strategies and executes activities to drive financial results, guest satisfaction, human capital index and market share.
• Drive revenue and improve profitability of Rooms & Retail operations
• Enhance Rooms & Retail products and services appropriately for all brands to build customer loyalty
• Develop effective business partnership with property ownership to develop solutions that meet the expectations and create value for both owners and Marriott International
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the lodging business (hotel operation, industry drivers, challenges, competitors, MI's position in the global marketplace) and cutting-edge Rooms trends to unveil opportunities for growth

Others

• Performs other related tasks as assigned by management.
• Complies with Marriott Hotel Holding GmbH and Marriott International Hotels Limited Regional Office policies and procedures.

CANDIDATE PROFILE - KEY TALENTS AND EXPERIENCE DESIRED

REQUIRED :

• 5+ years progressively responsible work experience (including management experience) with a focus in Rooms & Retail Operations (Front office, Housekeeping)
• Experience in a consultative role using skills of influence to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities
• Proven experience understanding multi brand standards and adapting tools, processes, and design to meet needs of specific brand initiatives and/or products and services
• Experience leading projects that utilize a variety of subject matter experts
• Experience creating profitable, operational, and cutting-edge design solutions
• Proven expertise in hands-on openings of hotels preferred

PREFERRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Financial management skills (e.g. ability to analyze P&L statements, develop operating budgets, prepare a short- and long-term forecast, and champion capital expenditure planning)
• Strong creative and conceptual thinker with ability to translate concepts into profitable product and service solutions and satisfy speed-to-market requirements; Ability to manage a balance between creative innovation and operational feasibility
• Ability to analyze and react to trends across multiple hospitality disciplines
• Knowledge of multi brand strategy and conceptual design
• Ability to respond to complex or ambiguous situations without losing focus of key Rooms and Retail related objectives
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven, entrepreneurial, highly matrix, relationship-based environment with changing business priorities
• Knowledge of hotel systems and standard software applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively with technical teams
• Ability to create effective user-centered interface designs
• Excellent project and change management skills
• Strong interpersonal skills (e.g. influence, negotiation, conflict management, and consensus building skills) with multiple stakeholders (e.g. customers, owners, peers, associates, vendors, corporate)
• Excellent presentation skills; Ability to present to large groups and executive level audiences
• Ability to train field associates (e.g. new programs/products/services, skill gaps on action plans)
• Knowledge of workforce analysis and labor productivity
• Knowledge of governmental regulations and safety standards including Marriott standards

Education and Professional Certification:

• College degree in Hotel Management, Hospitality Management, or other related areas or Equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is required

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