Housekeeping Supervisor

Posted:
8/21/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Florida, United States ⋅ Orlando, Florida, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Customer Success & Support

Loews Hotels & Co is a leading owner and operator of luxury hotels with a portfolio consisting of 26 hotels and resorts in the United States and Canada. Located in major city centers and resort destinations from coast to coast, the Loews portfolio features one-of-a-kind properties that go beyond Four Diamond standards and embrace their “uniquely local” community in order to curate exciting, approachable and local travel experiences for guests.

The Housekeeping Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the housekeeping operations on designated hotel floors, ensuring the cleanliness and maintenance of guest rooms and public areas. This role involves supervising the housekeeping team, inspecting rooms for quality, and ensuring compliance with hotel standards and procedures. The Housekeeping Supervisor works closely with the Housekeeping Manager to ensure a high level of guest satisfaction and operational efficiency.  

Qualifications: 

  • Previous Housekeeping experience required 

  • Must have proficient English language communication skills (read, write and speak) 

  • Must be able to handle multiple tasks and be able to make appropriate decisions in difficult situations 

  • Proven ability to train and coach team members to achieve excellence. 

  • Requires extensive standing, walking, lifting and bending 

  • Able to push, stand, stoop, bend, and lift items weighing up to 25 pounds repetitively during entire shift 

  • Able to work a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays

  • Must be customer-service orientated and have excellent hospitality skills  

Key Responsibilities:  

  • Ensures hotel security and safety, including key control and the proper use and storage of hazardous chemicals. 

  • Manage room repair processes, including advising managers of needed repairs and issuing work orders. 

  •  Inspects guest rooms to ensure housekeeping standards are achieved. 

  • Makes sure VIP rooms are provided with appropriate extra amenities and services. 

  • Able to perform all duties and responsibilities of housepersons, room attendants and public spaces attendants. 

  • Communicates constantly with dispatcher manager to ensure that room status is updated, priority requests are satisfied and reports any accidents or incidents to management.

  • Solves any problems in their assigned area (i.e. valuables left unsecured in guest room; DND lights all day long; etc.). 

  • Ensures employees report lost articles and provide them to Security.  

  • Ensures thorough cleaning of vacant dirty rooms during tight. turns; punches vacant ready rooms, and provides any other assistance as needed on guest floors. 

  • Inspects and evaluates physical condition of the hotel daily for cleanliness and necessary repairs. 

  • Ensures removal of Room Service trays from hallways and placement in appropriate location in service landings. 

  • Model professional conduct and guest relations, coaching staff to achieve high performance and guest satisfaction. 

  • Possesses full knowledge of the specific duties, responsibilities, and skills of each member of the Housekeeping department, and performs in any capacity as needed. 

  • Encourages a positive attitude among employees and treats. guests and fellow employees with courtesy and respect. 

  • Provides training for employees regarding department policies and procedures, operation of equipment, and daily tasks. 

  • Coaches, counsels, retrains personnel as needed in order to ensure acceptable performance. 

  • Coordinates the repair of Housekeeping equipment such as vacuums, buffers, carts, and furniture.

  • Other duties as assigned  

General Responsibilities:  

  • Promotes and applies teamwork skills at all times 

  • Notifies appropriate individual promptly and fully of problems and/or unusual matters of significance 

  • Complies with hotel uniform and grooming standards 

  • Is polite, friendly, and helpful to the guests, management, and fellow team members 

  • Attends all appropriate hotel meetings and training sessions 

  • Maintains cleanliness and excellent condition of equipment, and work area 

  • Executes emergency procedures in accordance with hotel standards 

  • Complies with safety regulations and procedures 

  • Complies with hotel policies and rules 

  • Recycles whenever possible 

  • Remains current with hotel information and changes