Executive Housekeeper

Wyndham Doha West Bay Hotel; Doha; On-site; QAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Wyndham Doha West Bay Hotel in Doha is seeking an Executive Housekeeper to lead the housekeeping department, delivering the brand’s high standards of cleanliness and guest satisfaction. The role reports to the General Manager and drives cost control, quality audits, and staff development.

Responsibilities include managing payroll and budgets, supervising SOPs, coordinating with Engineering and Front Office, and maintaining safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1.5 years experience as an Executive Housekeeper within a similar-sized hotel
• Experience from an international hotel brand is an advantage
• Proficiency in Opera Cloud
• Diploma or vocational training in hospitality is an advantage

Responsibilities

• Ensures the highest possible standard of cleanliness and standards of all guest rooms and public areas.
• Ensured 100% compliance with brand standards.
• Managing the payroll, linen and other departmental costs in accordance of business demand and departmental budget.
• Carries out monthly linen inventory.
• Continuously evolve / improve departmental SOPs and productivity of the department.
• Schedule s routine inspections of all housekeeping areas to ensure furnishings, facilities and equipment are clean and in good repair.
• Supervises outside contractors to ensure contractual compliance.
• Ensures service standards are consistently reviewed and monitored, and in compliance with Wyndham brand standards and 3rd party inspection standards.
• Ensures departmental health and safety compliance.
• Maintains appropriate standards for dress, hygiene, uniforms, appearance, and conduct of housekeeping team members.
• Is responsible for all flower arrangements placed in the public areas and rooms.
• Ensures that all daily VIP rooms, special request rooms long stay guest for arrivals are inspected personally.
• Implementing assigned task during emergencies such as fire, power failure and natural disaster.
• Liaises with the hotels contracted company for pest control to ensure that an effective program is instituted and supervised.
• Ensure all guests and internal stakeholders receive prompt and courteous service.
• Inspects guest and public areas on a regular basis to ensure that the furnishings, facilities, and equipment are clean and in good repair.
• Manages spring cleaning schedules and follow up on all machinery linked to Housekeeping/Laundry.
• Makes recommendations regarding the upkeep of furnishings, facilities, and equipment, ensuring they are clean and in good repair.
• Informs other departments of the housekeeping matters that concern them, particularly the Engineering, Front Office, and the Food and Beverage Department. Maintains open channels of communication with other Department Heads and the Operations Manager/Director of Operations/ Executive Assistant Manager/General Manager.
• Responsible for effective People leadership of the housekeeping team, involving recruitment and onboarding of new team members, driving team member engagement, coaching, training, continuous performance management, and managing employee relations in conjunction with HR.
• To conduct or chair regular communication meetings with team(s) and actively participate in relevant business meetings to facilitate effective communication.
• Acting as a role model for the Count On me Service culture.

Skills

Leadership

Operations Management

Communication

Teamwork

Planning & organisation

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Flexibility

Multi-cultural environment

Education

Diploma or vocational training in hospitality

Tools

Opera Cloud

Job description

SUMMARY

The Executive Housekeeper, reporting directly to the General Manager, is responsible for the hotel s commercial, quality and people performance in Housekeeping department. The incumbent will combine strategic thought and planning which will enhance the growth and profitability of the department.

The Executive Housekeeper will ensure to deliver the following business objectives subject to the budget and annual targets: departmental cost, guest satisfaction score (OSAT), quality audit score (QA), employee engagement and departmental Health & Safety audit compliance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures the highest possible standard of cleanliness and standards of all guest rooms and public areas.

• Ensured 100% compliance with brand standards.

• Managing the payroll, linen and other departmental costs in accordance of business demand and departmental budget.

• Carries out monthly linen inventory.

• Continuously evolve / improve departmental SOPs and productivity of the department.

• Schedule s routine inspections of all housekeeping areas (rooms and public) by/with the Assistant Executive Housekeeper and Housekeeping Supervisors to ensure that the furnishing, facilities and equipment are clean and in good repair.

• Supervises outside contractors to ensure contractual compliance.

• Ensures service standards are consistently reviewed and monitored, and in compliance with Wyndham brand standards and 3rd party inspection standards.

• Ensures departmental health and safety compliance.

• Maintains appropriate standards for dress, hygiene, uniforms, appearance, and conduct of housekeeping team members.

• Is responsible for all flower arrangements placed in the public areas and rooms.

• Ensures that all daily VIP rooms, special request rooms long stay guest for arrivals are inspected personally.

• Implementing assigned task during emergencies such as fire, power failure and natural disaster.

• Liaises with the hotels contracted company for pest control to ensure that an effective program is instituted and supervised.

• Ensure all guests and internal stakeholders receive prompt and courteous service.

• Inspects guest and public areas on a regular basis to ensure that the furnishings, facilities, and equipment are clean and in good repair.

• Manages spring cleaning schedules and follow up on all machinery linked to Housekeeping/Laundry.

• Makes recommendations regarding the upkeep of furnishings, facilities, and equipment, ensuring they are clean and in good repair.

• Informs other departments of the housekeeping matters that concern them, particularly the Engineering, Front Office, and the Food and Beverage Department. Maintains open channels of communication with other Department Heads and the Operations Manager/Director of Operations/ Executive Assistant Manager/General Manager.

• Responsible for effective People leadership of the housekeeping team, involving recruitment and onboarding of new team members, driving team member engagement, coaching, training, continuous performance management (regular 1:1 conversations), and managing employee relations in conjunction with HR.

• To conduct or chair regular communication meetings with team(s) and actively participate in relevant business meetings to facilitate effective communication.

• Acting as a role model for the Count On me Service culture.

It is not the intent of this Job Description to cover all aspects of the position but to highlight the most important areas of responsibility.

KEY COMPETENCIES

Alongside with the fundamentals of the brand service culture, the incumbent will be required to demonstrate the below competencies:

• Excellent communication

• Operations Management

• Leadership

• Business Acumen

• Exceptional service delivery

• Attention to detail

• Planning & organisation

• Teamwork

• Ability to work in a multi-tasking and multi-cultural environment

• Self-motivation

• Flexibility

BACKGROUND

• Minimum 1.5 years experience as an Executive Housekeeper within a similar-sized hotel

• Experience from a international hotel brand is an advantage

• Proficiency in Opera Cloud

• Diploma or vocational training in hospitality is an advantage