Meeting & Events Operations Manager - 02- Meeting & Events

InterContinental London - The O2; Ilford; Vor Ort; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Free meals on duty

Complimentary on-site parking

Employee discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Life assurance

Zusammenfassung

InterContinental London - The O2 is seeking a Duty Manager to lead and train a high-performing team within a five-star hotel on Greenwich Peninsula. You will coordinate meetings and events, ensure compliance with brand standards and regulations, and collaborate with other departments to deliver exceptional guest experiences.

The role requires at least 3 years of management experience and a track record in large Meeting & Events operations.

Qualifikationen

• 3 years related experience, including management, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Aufgaben

• Educate and train team members in brand standards, service behaviours, and governmental regulations.
• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication with other departments and appropriate staffing based on guest volume.
• Interact with guests, vendors, and other contacts as needed.
• Assist the Meetings & Events Sales team with show rounds and client meetings.
• Plan and conduct pre-event and post-event meetings to determine potential enhancements to the guest experience.
• Duty Management shifts as required by Operations rota.
• Schedule team members to deliver service standards within financial controls and wage costs.
• Actively promote up-selling of all departments, with a focus on bar and beverage offerings.

Kenntnisse

Team leadership

Guest service

Communication

Upselling

Jobbeschreibung

• Educate and train team members in compliance with brand standards, service behaviours, and governmental regulations. Ensure staff have the tools, training, and equipment to carry out job their duties
• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other departments. Ensure appropriate staffing levels based on guest volume. Interact with outside contacts: Guests, Vendors, and other contacts as needed.
• Carry out team members job chat, performance reviews and create tailor made development plans.
• Monitor standards of work, working practices, productivity and standards of customer care of the members of the department
• Assist the Meeting & Events Sales team with show rounds and client meetings.
• Arrange all details of meetings and conventions to include room set-ups, staging, lighting, audiovisual, traffic flow, menus, décor, entertainment, group room blocks, and VIP services. Plan and conduct pre-event and post-event meetings with clients and catering staff to determine potential enhancements to the guest experience.
• Participate in Duty Management shifts as required by Operations rota.
• Assist with departmental forecasts, plans, and productivity reports for management
• Accurately schedule team members to deliver service standard to guests within agreed financial controls and ensuring that wage cost is in line with revenue
• Actively promote up selling of all department, with a key push on bar and beverage offerings.
  3 years related experience, including management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience managing a large Meeting & Events operations
  Nestled on Greenwich Peninsula, attached to the O2, InterContinental London O2 embraces a captivating backdrop of the River Thames and Canary Wharf. Our five-star hotel includes 493 bedrooms, a diverse dining selection, spa facilities, state of the art conference and meeting rooms, including the UK's largest pillar-free ballroom.
  Competitive salary
• Holiday - 28 days holiday, enhanced after 5 years of service. But there's more…
• Free meals on duty.
• Complimentary on-site parking is available whilst on duty.
• Discounted employee friends & family rates at Arora Hotels.
• Food and beverage discounts.
• Christmas gifts and employee parties.
• Introduce a friend scheme.
• Cycle 2 work scheme.
• UK attraction discounts @ Merlin Entertainments.
• Taste card.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Wage stream.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Arora star employee recognition.
• Long service recognition award.

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