Front Desk Manager - ITA

Celebrity Cruises; Brescia; In loco; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A luxury cruise line is seeking a Front Desk Manager in Brescia, Italy. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional hospitality and leadership skills, with a minimum of 4 years' experience in a managerial position in 4-5 star hotels. Responsibilities include overseeing guest services, ensuring a premium experience, managing team performance, and resolving issues effectively. Fluency in additional languages such as Spanish or Italian is preferred. This role focuses on maintaining a high standard of guest relations while managing front desk operations.

Competenze

• More than 4 years of experience in a Front Desk Managerial or General Manager position in a 4-5-star hotel.
• Experience handling over 100 guests in a luxury hotel.
• Experience supervising 30+ team members in Guest Services.

Mansioni

• Oversee Front Desk operations and ensure premium guest service.
• Maintain professionalism and emergency preparedness at all times.
• Resolve guest issues effectively and positively.
• Perform data metrics analysis related to guest count and service quality.

Conoscenze

Outstanding hospitality skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Decision-making abilities

Ability to work under pressure

Conversational proficiency in additional languages

Descrizione del lavoro

The Front Desk Manager owns each guest with whom they interact, follow up on experience and offering a seamless execution of premium service that is both exceptional and memorable. As a Manager in the Guest Relations Department, The Front Desk Manager is the liaison between the Front Desk Team and all Hotel and Marine Departments to support proactive anticipation to every guest’s needs and expectations. The Front Desk Manager must possess outstanding hospitality, communication, leadership and organizational skills in addition to effective decision-making abilities. Paying keen attention to detail, the Front Desk Manager is held fully accountable for the leadership required to foster a quality and personalized guest experience within the team. This individual will take full ownership of Front Desk Team regarding all results, financial, development, training and analytical aspects including the accountability of escalated guest interaction, the guest sentiment following the interaction and the orderliness, emergency preparedness and efficacy of the Front Desk Operations, back and front of house.

Qualifications

• SHIPBOARD Employment type.
• Must at least have more than 4 yrs of experience in a Front Desk Managerial position or a General Manager position in a boutique hotel or in a 4–5-star hotel experience.
• Experience in handling 100+ guests in a 4–5-star hotel.
• Experience in handling and supervising 30+ Team Members in Guest Services Department.
• Must be willing to work under pressure
• Ability to speak additional languages such as Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French or German preferred (Conversational Proficiency).

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• All duties and responsibilities are to be performed in accordance with Celebrity Cruises WAYS standards, Standards of Excellence, Public Health guidelines, Key Performance Indicators, environmental, and safety policies in any area of the ship required.
• Maintains a constant presence of professionalism and emergency preparedness within the Front Desk Operations both back and front of house, being the brand voice and physical representative of the ship and Guest Relations for all interactions and calls providing impeccable, personalized quality of service to internal and external guests and crew alike
• Executes the Ability to Resolve Issues vision in accordance with the current Standards of Excellence, holds accountability over all team development and performance opportunity, fosters healthy financial figures and guest satisfaction results.
• Championing strong administrative skills, taking periodic metrics of data such as guest counts, desk volume, concern content and guest and crew interaction behavioral analysis
• Readily communicates inventory, program access and maintenance requirements by taking full stewardship of work areas and tools
• Due diligence, care and attention to detail in all interactions and operations with an elevated focus on precision during financial transactions and cash float operations
• Responds to escalated guest concerns in an up-scale, considerate, professional and positive manner, showing empathy and actively listening