Housekeeping Supervisor

Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personalized bonus plan

Travel cost arrangements

25 holiday days a year

Employee discount at partner venues (4

Job summary

Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam is seeking a Housekeeping Supervisor to lead our housekeeping team and support the Executive Housekeeper. The role oversees daily operations, maintains supreme cleanliness standards for guest rooms and public areas, and collaborates with other departments to meet guest needs.

The ideal candidate brings hospitality experience, strong communication, and exceptional attention to detail, with English fluency.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar position.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Familiar with hospitality segment (preferably 5 star hotels).
• You speak English at a fluent level, further languages are a plus.
• Strong eye for detail, organizational skills and trustworthy.

Responsibilities

• Managing the daily operations of the housekeeping department, including scheduling, training, and supervising staff.
• Ensuring that guest rooms and public areas are cleaned and maintained to the highest standards.
• Conducting regular inspections of guest rooms and public areas to ensure quality control.
• Communicating with other departments to ensure guest needs are met in a timely and efficient manner.
• Maintaining inventory of housekeeping supplies and equipment.
• Managing the department budget and ensuring that expenses are kept within budget.
• Ensuring compliance with hotel and industry standards for health, safety, and hygiene.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

English fluency

Detail-oriented

Organizational skills

Job description

Ready to live the Legend as aHousekeeping Supervisor?

Looking for an exciting and challenging career in hospitality? Join our team at Sofitel Legend the Grand Amsterdam as our Housekeeping Supervisor!

What are you going to do in this position?

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Housekeeping Supervisor to support both the Executive Housekeeper and Assistant and lead our team of housekeeping professionals. As the Housekeeping Supervisor, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the housekeeping department, ensuring that our guest rooms and public areas are maintained to the highest standards of cleanliness and comfort.

Responsibilities are:

• Managing the daily operations of the housekeeping department, including scheduling, training, and supervising staff
• Ensuring that guest rooms and public areas are cleaned and maintained to the highest standards
• Conducting regular inspections of guest rooms and public areas to ensure quality control
• Communicating with other departments to ensure guest needs are met in a timely and efficient manner
• Maintaining inventory of housekeeping supplies and equipment
• Managing the department budget and ensuring that expenses are kept within budget
• Ensuring compliance with hotel and industry standards for health, safety, and hygiene

This position is either a day shift (from 07:00 to 15:00) or an evening shift (from 15:00 to 23:00). Please let us know which one has your preference.

Requirements are:

• Previous experience in a similar position
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Familiar with hospitality segment (preferably 5 star hotels)
• You speak English at a fluent level, further languages are a plus
• Strong eye for detail, organizational skills and trustworthy

Why would you choose for The Grand?

• You are stimulated to develop your own ideas and implement your creativity, because we value, need and appreciate your input!
• We offer a personalized bonus plan on top of a competitive salary, travel cost arrangements and 25 holiday days a year
• A discount up to 50% in selected restaurants and bars in 4 or 5 star hotels in Amsterdam
• We find Corporate Social Responsibility very important. Our hotel as various active work groups like planet 21 and we have the highest Green Key certificate
• We value learning & development, therefore we provide several training sessions to stimulate your growth and knowledge.
• After your onboarding period, you get to be the guest and experience our legendary service for yourself in our hotel with an overnight stay, free dinner and breakfast!
• Be Balanced - Our Be Balanced Team will help you find a healthy work-life balance.
• Scale 5 Horeca CAO

One in all - our people are the core of our business. You give us your initiative, drive and energy we give you a job you'll love.

Would you like to know more about our hotel?

Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam offers five-star luxury in a unique setting. Located in the heart of Amsterdam and being part of AccorHotel's, a French international hotel chain, enables us to combine the historical flair of the building with modern design, sustainable initiatives and luxurious service. Sofitel Legend The Grand has 179 rooms of which 52 are luxurious suites. For further details, feel free to check out our website and follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn.