The tasks and responsibilities in the field of Hospitality Management are diverse. In addition to strategic planning, you must also be in control of the coordination of all operational processes.
That's why the ability to recognise the greater context while maintaining perspective are crucial managerial skills.
The Executive Assistant Manager is the No. 2 man/woman of the house after the Hotel Director. This position's main focus lies in ensuring the smooth running of in-house operations. You verify whether the departments' objectives are being met, coordinating the workflows between the departments.
It is your responsibility to ensure that the hotel's strategic orientation is considered and implemented in daily operations.
In larger hotel chains the position of Executive Assistant Manager is also called Resident Manager. It is quite common for the holder of this position to be a resident i.e. to live in the hotel.
This position also requires a comprehensive understanding of the tasks and responsibilities of the individual departments in addition to having specialised knowledge of the hotel's workflows.
Flexibility and capacity to handle stress are absolutely necessary in this area of responsibility. Beyond that, the ability to see things in their entirety without losing sight of the details is a definite plus.
As a Hotel Director, you are responsible for the strategic planning. You determine and continually verify the hotel's positioning and orientation together with the management board. Together with his/her team, the Hotel Director ensures that the strategic planning is implemented in operations. In addition developing sales concepts, another responsibility is drawing up the department's objectives. Beyond that, as a Hotel Director, you are also responsible for scheduling staff as well as for preparing and controlling budgets.
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