Executive Housekeeper | Holiday Inn Express & Suites Jaipur

At Holiday Inn Express, we’re all about travel that’s simple AND smart.
That means we offer more to our guests where it matters most to them. Easy check-in? Check. All the essentials in a comfy room?  They’re all included with a great night’s sleep. We’re focused on getting our guests more than ready. So we’re always ready. Are you?

Job overview :

As Executive Housekeeper, you’ll keep all aspects of housekeeping and laundry running smoothly - and ensure high standards are met to deliver memorable and unique guest experiences. 

Duties and responsibilities :

People

• Direct daily activities, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right staffing numbers   
• Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals for colleagues - recognise good performance 
• Educate and train all team members in compliance with federal, state and local laws and safety regulations. Ensure staff are properly trained and have the tools and equipment to carry out job duties 
• May assist with deep cleaning projects and/or assist housekeeping staff during high volume periods 

Guest Experience

• Make sure the quality of housekeeping and laundry services is always superb - we have standards - but it’s down to you to make rooms special and memorable for guests 
• Schedule routine inspections of all guest rooms and public areas to ensure furnishings, rooms, equipment, linens, public restrooms, lobby, etc. are clean and in good repair to meet guest satisfaction 
• Carry out special requests from guests, VIPs, repeat visitors and club members  
• Help guests with their questions and complaints to achieve complete guest satisfaction 
• Look smart - wear your uniform with pride 

 Responsible Business

• Maintain and order supplies and equipment whilst minimising waste and maintaining “green” initiatives (example: container recycling, and cleaning agents) .
• Reunite items with owners - and log any lost and found property .
• Perform other duties as assigned. May also serve as manager on duty.

Financial

• Help prepare and monitor the hotel’s annual budget with a focus on increasing profitability  
• Maintain proper inventory levels managing cost per room for supplies and labour Carry out the special requests from guests, VIPs, repeat visitors and club members  

 Qualifications and Requirements : 

• Bachelor’s degree / higher education qualification / equivalent .
• Four years' housekeeping/laundry experience preferably in a hotel of similar size, including supervisory experience. Some college preferred .
• Must be fluent in local language and other languages preferred.

How do I deliver this?

We genuinely care about people and we show this through living out our promise of True Hospitality each and every day. It’s what connects every colleague in all IHG^® hotels.

Each IHG® hotel brand delivers True Hospitality in their own way, and at the heart of it all are specific, core service skills.

• True Attitude: being caring, wanting to make a positive difference, and building genuine connections with guests 
• True Confidence: having the knowledge and skills to perform your role, and giving guests the confidence that they can trust you, to help and support them during their stay
• True Listening: focusing on what your guest is saying, picking up on body language that is often overlooked, and understanding what the guest wants and needs
• True Responsiveness: is about providing guests with what they need, and doing so in a timely and caring manner

There’s so much more to the job than we can capture here. It’s simply about creating great experiences, doing the right thing and understanding people.

What we offer : 

We’ll reward all your hard work with a great work environment and benefits – including but not limited to F&B Discount, IHG Employee Rate, Hotel Uniform, Meal at Employee Restaurant, excellent development, and advancement opportunities across the globe.

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - visit www.http://careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.