Thursday, October 8, 2009

WORK EXPERIENCE 2009!

Position Occupied : Assistant Head Housekeeper -   in 2 weeks time I've been promoted as Head Housekeeper

Company: Holiday Inn express Edinburgh - 4 stars
Country: UK- Scotland
Year: 2009Period: April –MayJob
Responsibilities:
  • To ensure the efficient running of the cleanliness and service standards whilst ensuring expenditure remains within budget.
  • Responsibilities of all areas , of staff management, training and development, stock control, all areas of Health and Safety.
  • Ensuring that communication is maintained between Housekeeping and Management of the hotel.Contributing ideas to drive business forward.
  • Responsible to: Head Housekeeper and Hotel General Manager
  • Responsible for all housekeeping staff, linen porters and assistant housekeeper.
  • To assist the Head Housekeeper in the day to day running of the Housekeeping Department, working with the team to ensure a high degree of cleanliness in all areas of the Hotel
  • To ensure agreed standards of cleanliness and hygiene are maintained in all bedrooms in accordance with correct procedures and administration
  • To organize day to day work requirements and set required standards against which work will be checked ,in accordance with the correct procedures and administration on a as when required basis
  • To ensure that all equipment ,furniture and furnishings are maintained ,checked and kept in good working order in accordance with correct procedures and report all relevant faults 
  • Ensure linen is dealt with in accordance with the Hotels procedures and administration
  • To ensure that special requests from guests are carried out in a timely and cost Effective manner 
  • Liaise with relevant departments, in a timely fashion, to ensure that the guests expectations are consistently met and where possible exceeded To take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of guests ,property and the building
  • To ensure that all the necessary housekeeping is carried out in all areas of the hotel for the Health and Safety of yourself and others
  • Ensure cleaning stores, linen room, trolleys and materials are kept clean and tidy at all times
  • Ensure Hotels procedures are carried out when recording any items taken from stores
  • To work out and supervise(on an as and when required basis)Housekeepers in maintaining a high standard of cleanliness, in accordance with correct procedures and administration
  • Ensure periodic cleaning is carried out
  • To carry out any reasonable request made by a member of the Hotel management in a timely and cost effective manner
  • To carry out any reasonable request made by a member of management in a timely and cost effective manner ,purchasing supplies repairs; recruiting ,training and supervising teams of room attendants ;
  • Heath and Safety : health ,Safety and security regulations are adhered to at all times ,this includes the fire procedures and COSHH: regulations
  • Training Housekeeping: for 2 weeks in Edinburgh in Holiday Inn Express 
Languages spoken: English, Italian, Spanish, French23rd 04.09-7/06/09
Position occupied: Head Housekeeper
COMPANY: HOLIDAY INN 4 * COUNTRY: SCOTLAND – –UK YEAR 2009Period: April –May – June -July-August
Responsibilities :
  • 10 people as staff daily
  • 86 rooms & all public areas
  • Liaise with all housekeeping, front desk and maintenance personnel to ensure that all guests’ needs are met.
  • Making out housekeeping, reception and maintenance reports at required times in accordance with set procedures.
  • Liaison with all Hotel departments to ensure prompt and efficient response to all guest requests and requirements.
  • Maintain room status to ensure fast and efficient information to reception.Induction training and supervising all housekeeping associates in his/her floors and recording their progress.
  • Supplying, issuing and controlling cleaning materials and guest supplies and informing the General Director of requirements.
  • Maintaining cleanliness and upkeep of assigned areas.
  • Control maintenance and inventory of all cleaning equipment on his/her floor.Handle special guest requirements i.e. loan items, extra beds, and control all items strictly.
  • Maintaining security procedures with regard to key control, fire drill etc.
  • General administration work.
  • Ensure all VIP rooms are maintained to VIP standard, and the administration of VIP packages and services.
  • Responsibility for the cleanliness of the hotel including all front of house areas and bedrooms
  • Dealing with suppliers of linen,cleaning materials and guest supplies -controlling the costs of supplies,
  • Laundry
  • Wages planning staff Rota
  • Overseeing stock takes,budgets and other paperwork
  • Maintenance reports,
  • Room check sheets
  • safety audits ,the safekeeping of lost property until it can be returned to the owner
  • Auditing reporting directly into the General Manager daily
  • Meetings weekly business meetings working in word& excel daily staff meetings
  • New staff training in :cleanliness, health &safety ,lost properties, manual handling,
  • Dealing with complaints 
  • Skills:Duty management shifts 
  • Maintaining good relations with staff, general managers 
  • Excellent organization skills:Attention to detail:
  • Ability to motivate and train new members of staff 
  • Clear,confident energetic personality 
  • Good spoken English.
  • Proactive, assertive 
  • Solution orientated.
  • Extremely guest focused
  • Warm,Friendly Engaging speaking voice and manner
  • Customer focused 
  • Able to motivate team & undertake train new staff and be conversant Health & Safety matters
  • Genuine ability to lead a team 
  • Ability to continually raise standards
  • Encourage a team spirit amongst the housekeeping department.
  • Evening duties.Issuing uniforms
  • Cleaning of rooms if shortage of Room Attendants.
  • Assign daily work to all staff in the department.Supervision of training.Supervision of lost property procedures.
  • Organization and co-ordination of staff incentive schemes.familiar with any legislation such as COSHH and Health & Safety
http://holidayinn.co.uk 

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