Assistant General Manager

KMG Hotels; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

KMG Hotels is seeking an Assistant General Manager to keep hotel operations running smoothly, ensure guest safety and comfort, and maximize financial performance. You will lead staff, maintain brand standards, and support the General Manager in their absence.

This role emphasizes team development, service excellence, and effective communication across departments. Responsibilities include coaching staff, managing day-to-day activities, monitoring budgets, and driving initiatives to enhance guest

Qualifications

• 3 years' guest service/hotel experience with at least two years in a supervisory capacity.
• Experience in a hotel of similar size and complexity is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day hotel operations and staff assignments; support the General Manager.
• Develop and coach team members to improve performance and deliver quality service.
• Monitor financial plans, control labor costs, and report variances against budget.
• Lead guest experience initiatives, handle escalations, and drive service recovery.

Skills

Guest service

Supervisory leadership

Team development

Job description

As Assistant General Manager, you'll keep our hotel running smoothly, make sure everything is working well and all our guests are safe and comfortable. You'll maximize financial returns, driving development of people, creating and maintaining a memorable guest experience, executing brand standards, and building awareness of hotel and brand in the local community. You may act as the General Manager in his/her absence.

Your day-to-day.

People:

• Manage everyday activities, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right staffing numbers.
• Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals for colleagues - recognize good performance.
• Train team members to make sure they deliver with compliance and to the standards we expect and have the tools they need to work efficiently.
• Recommend or initiate any HR elated actions where needed.
• Drive a great working environment for teams to thrive - connect departments to create sense of one team.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations and assignments of the hotel staff; assist the General Manager in the development and communication of departmental strategies and goals. Communicate and enforce policies and procedures.
• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other shifts and departmental management.

Financial:

• Help the General Manager in the development, implementation and monitoring of financial and operational plans for the hotel. Provide regular direction and manage hotel operations for all departments.
• Monitor and report variances against budget and control labor costs and other expenses.
• Make recommendations for capital improvements to enhance the assets of the hotel and/or company and brand loyalty.
• Foster positive owner relationships if applicable and assist in providing ongoing information and status reports.

Guest Experience:

• Establish and implement appropriate service recovery guidelines in order to ensure complete guest satisfaction. Respond to guest complaints or concerns in a prompt and professional manner.
• Review guest feedback and implement strategies for continuous improvement.
• Communicate to appropriate departments all pertinent information requirements and special needs for arriving VIPs, large groups and other key guests.
• Lead marketing efforts to up sell guests on hotel services, offerings, and amenities.

Responsible Business:

• Ensure a safe and secure environment for guests, team members and hotel assets in compliance with the hotel's or owner's policies and procedures and regulatory requirements. Maintain relations with outside contacts.
• Comply with federal, state and local laws regarding health, safety and alcohol services.
• Maintain a focus and commitment to operating a green hotel.
• Perform other duties as assigned. May also serve as manager on duty.
• 3 years' guest service/hotel experience with at least two years in a supervisory capacity, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in a hotel of similar size and complexity preferred.

We genuinely care about people and we show this through living out our promise of True Hospitality each and every day. It's what connects every colleague in all hotels.

There's so much more to the job than we can capture here. It's simply about creating great experiences, doing the right thing and understanding people.

The statements in this job description are intended to represent the key duties and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be ALL responsibilities or qualifications of the job.