Director of Housekeeping

About the role

Live Your Passion. Add Your Magic. At Montage International, we are doing something different, something exciting and it takes passionate people to bring our vision to life. We have built a culture that leads with the important notion we live by every day; do what you love. If this resonates with you, we look forward to receiving your application. We welcome applicants with disabilities and provide reasonable accommodations as needed to our applicants. Please discuss with our hiring managers during our selection processes.

The Director of Housekeeping will be responsible for the management and day-to-day operations for the Housekeeping department.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the long term vision and direction, including improvements and projects.
• Conduct regular inspections of the hotel to ensure adherence to cleanliness and maintenance standards.
• Coordinate department’s activities with other departments to facilitate increased levels of communication and guest satisfaction.
• Ensure that all equipment is maintained and used accordingly.
• Meet all service and production standards for Pendry.
• Responsible for overall financial performance including budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning of the department.
• Bear ultimate responsibility for monitoring consumption and ordering replacement of guest and cleaning supplies.
• Maintain effective cost control through systems and processes.
• Manage the selection, training and development of employees with an eye toward maximum employee satisfaction, productivity and guest satisfaction.
• Hire, train, supervise and develop colleagues for maximum effectiveness.
• Provide seamless employee relations with contract employees, ensuring proper training and culture integration.
• Establish safe working conditions through appropriate training.
• Create appropriate relationships with all levels of hotel Associates.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required, Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Five (5) plus years’ experience in housekeeping within a luxury hotel.
• Must have Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office products; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook. Opera preferred.
• Must be able to speak, read, write and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace.
• Must be able to read and write to facilitate the communication process.
• Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to supervise subordinate staff, including, but not limited to, assignment of duties, evaluating service, and taking disciplinary action when necessary.
• Ability to prepare and analyze data, figures and transcriptions prepared on and generated by computer.
• Knowledge of hotel housekeeping operations.