Team Lead-109010

Extended Stay America; Elizabeth (NJ); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly Pay

Competitive Wages

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Extended Stay America is seeking a Team Lead in Elizabeth, New Jersey. This role involves assisting the General Manager in daily hotel operations, ensuring guest satisfaction, and managing staff effectively. The ideal candidate will have prior hotel experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to supervise a team. Benefits include competitive wages, medical and dental insurance, paid time off, and a 401(k) savings plan. Join us in providing exceptional service and maintaining high standards in hotel management.

Qualifications

• Prior hotel experience is required.
• Ability to comprehend instructions and communicate effectively.
• Experience in overseeing daily activities and multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage hotel operations to ensure guest satisfaction.
• Assist in training and supervising staff.
• Monitor quality and compliance with company policies.

Skills

English communication skills

Ability to supervise associates

Organizational skills

Mathematical skills

Customer service orientation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

POSITION PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

The Team Lead ("TL") position assists the General Manager ("GM") in managing the hotel operations on a day‑to‑day basis to ensure optimum performance and continual improvement in the Key Performance Indicators and 100% guest satisfaction. The TL resolves guest and associate issues, and performs other duties as required to develop efficiency and profitability in all aspects of property management. The TL assumes the GM’s responsibilities when required. The TL also must ensure that safety and security procedures are in place in accordance with company guidelines and standards for all associates and guests.

MAJOR / KEY JOB DUTIES

• Demonstrates and promotes a 100% commitment to providing the best possible experience for our guests.
• Assists the GM in ensuring that associates at the property are driving company initiatives to increase revenue, lower costs and increase guest and associate satisfaction.
• Assists GM in training associates on brand standards and job performance expectations.
• Upholds and enforces company standards and policy compliance at the hotel level. The associate must promote compliance with company policies and procedures, including but not limited to the prompt reporting of all safety and security issues directly to the manager or to the appropriate authorities.
• Assists the GM in monitoring in-house guest balances and issuance of refund checks.
• Assists with monitoring monthly inventory of supplies and equipment. Ensures that day- to-day purchases are within budget and with approved vendors. Assists the GM in maximizing revenues and flow through to GOP to meet or exceed budgeted EBITDA.
• Serves as first level of contact for guest service issues. Resolves guest issues or determines necessity to elevate to the GM as needed.
• Embrace the company’s service culture and treat all guests and associates with professionalism, respect and kindness.
• Instills 100% guest satisfaction objective to hourly associates.

OTHER DUTIES

• Assists with sales-related activities to increase occupancy, enters Quality SOAR leads weekly, supports the GM by seeking potential business in the local market, making sales calls and other telemarketing activities.
• Provides other relief or back‑up duties as needed at the hotel including front desk coverage, housekeeping, and other duties when needed to ensure optimum operation of the hotel.
• Inspects guest rooms.
• Assists with active review and monitoring of social media websites to ensure timely and appropriate responses.
• Assists with database checks, quick hit meetings and guest ready / visual inspections as needed.

BENEFITS

• Weekly Pay!
• Competitive Wages
• Great working environment
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employer Paid Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employer Paid Long Term Disability
• Optional Employee Paid - Voluntary Benefits
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Buy-Up Long-Term Disability
  • Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Dependent Life Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Perks Progam offering discounts to major companies

Compensation

Pay Ranges
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Disclaimer: Compensation may vary based on role, level, experience, length of time in a position, and location. Candidates are not guaranteed to be at the high or low end of the compensation ranges presented. The Company complies with applicable federal, state, and local minimum wage requirements.

Equal Opportunity Statement

ESA Management, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of ESA Management, LLC to treat applicants and associates in all aspects of the employment relationship without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, age (as defined under applicable law), national origin or ancestry, disability status, veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES & COMPETENCIES

• Comprehend fundamental instructions, write short correspondence, and memos. Solid English skills with regard to reading, writing and verbal communication to be able to communicate effectively with guests, associates, and outside vendors.
• Operate the property management system technology.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.
• Oversee/supervise daily activities of 8 to 15 hourly associates.
• Organize multiple priorities to ensure that daily operations are performed at peak efficiency.

ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Regularly required to remain stationary; navigate the hotel and parking lot; handle, reach, and detect objects, tools and controls; and detect scent and sounds.
• Occasionally required to position self to access low areas and traverse heights and remain stable while doing so.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Frequently works in outside weather conditions (depending on hotel).
• Occasionally works in wet humid conditions (non-weather related), near moving mechanical parts, in the presence of fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.
• The work environment will typically be at moderate to loud noise levels.
• Associate may be asked to travel to help and/or cover additional locations within a reasonable geography.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior hotel experience is required.
• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous supervisory experience is desired.