Executive Housekeeper

Kempinski Hotels; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 223,200 - 334,800; Full time

Job summary

Kempinski Hotels in Al Khobar seeks a Housekeeping Manager to oversee and manage the Housekeeping Department, ensuring top-tier hygiene and cleanliness across the hotel. Responsibilities include developing departmental objectives, supervising housekeeping operations, and managing inventory and supplies. The ideal candidate will exhibit strong leadership skills and experience in hotel housekeeping management. The position requires coordination with various hotel departments and participation in budget preparation and project planning.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing housekeeping operations in a hotel environment.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Ability to ensure compliance with hygiene and cleanliness standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Housekeeping Department to meet cleanliness standards.
• Lead and implement departmental objectives in line with hotel goals.
• Supervise operations to satisfy guests' needs and expectations.

Job description

Department: Housekeeping & Laundry

Location: Saudi Arabia - Al Khobar

Description

The incumbent in this position is responsible for managing the Housekeeping Department in order to ensure the highest standards of upkeep, hygiene and cleanliness of the Hotel, including all Guest rooms, public area, food & beverage outlets, banquet facilities and back of the house. Closely monitors all processes related to ensuring high level of housekeeping services provided to the guest is timely and defect free.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Housekeeping Department by developing and implementing departmental objectives in line with the hotel business objectives.
• Supervise housekeeping operations such as cleaning and maintenance whilst ensuring compliance with all housekeeping policies, procedures, standards and satisfaction of guests’ needs.
• Inspect all areas and take corrective measures in order to meet Kempinski Standards in terms of cleanliness, maintenance and supply.
• Develop, implement and continually review the policies, procedures, practices and standards.
• Select, train, develop, schedule and manage the performance of direct and indirect subordinates to ensure the efficient running of housekeeping operations.
• Manage linen inventory and guest supplies and the ordering of supplies as necessary to meet quality standards and hotel business needs.
• Coordinate housekeeping duties with various departments such as Front Desk, Engineering, Sales and Marketing and Food & Beverage to ensure that all guestrooms and public areas are clean and well maintained in a timely and efficient manner.
• Participate in all refurbish and renovation projects planning, execution and final set up including snag lists.
• Prepare the annual budget and manning guide and manage the housekeeping department within budgetary guidelines.
• Coordinate and review contracts, including plants rental, Window cleaning contracts, Night cleaning contract, marble manganese contract, pest management contract, Room cleaning contract, flowers and decoration contract, and ensure compliance by both parties.
• Participate in the planning of hotel decoration for special functions and festive seasons and organize the necessary actions.
• Manage the performance of the flower shop and valet shop to meet high quality standards and business results.
• Keep abreast of all new equipments and cleaning products and evaluate their quality, maintain knowledge of local competition and housekeeping industry trends.
• Accomplish a set of administrative duties such as leading and attending meeting, writing reports and memos and other specific duties related to the job function.
• Additional responsibilities and tasks can be added at any time according to the needs of the business and of the hotel.