Director of Operations

Havana Cabana Hotel Management Position

Waterfront located, Havana Cabana radiates Cuba's joyful and sometimes rebellious spirit, embracing the art & culture that famously seduced Hemingway and deeply influenced Key West! Named one of Florida's Top 10 Resorts by Travel & Leisure, Havana Cabana is a lush escape from reality where the best of Key West is experienced with an intoxicating Cuban flare.

What We Are Looking For:

• Oversees management of hotel personnel to include but not limited to the responsibility of hiring, training, administering performance reviews, determining wages, coaching and discipline, termination, and weekly scheduling.
• Ensure effective labor management, creating cost-efficient schedules while monitoring forecast and adjusting to revenues. Coach leadership team on maximizing labor value while minimizing costs.
• Follow company guidelines for progressive disciplinary action, involving People + Culture team in all steps of process.
• Ensure proper inventory management and effective ordering. Management of special product needs, receiving, product storage and organization, staff training on inventory, ensuring yield management and keeping par levels, and completing monthly inventory.
• Work with F&B team on daily pre-meals/stand-up meetings, developing topics to discuss such as operational focuses, safety issues, in-house VIPs, specials, food and beverage education, guest feedback, etc. Provide proactive communication of all standards to staff.
• Responsible for satisfactory execution of in-house banquet events. Work closely with Sales team and Banquet lead team member to ensure execution and guest service meet overall guest satisfaction.
• Step in to assist as needed with banquet event preparation. Prepare food and beverages needed for events, assist with room set up, AV, bar, and directing rental services.
• Develop and maintain inside sales and marketing strategies to drive public relations and overall revenue.
• Oversee all in-house cash revenue and proper cash handling procedures. Make cash drops as directed by accounting.
• Work with P+C Leadership to understand state labor laws and proper payment of base wage, tips, service charges, and incentives to staff.
• Coordinate workflow to ensure a smooth-running operation.
• Complete employee performance reviews/evaluations as required.
• Assist team members as needed to promote a positive teamwork environment. All managers are expected to perform any duty of their own employees. Managers should be present on the floor and assisting their teams in all operation needs at peak service times.
• Work professionally with all third-party vendors and suppliers as a point of contact.
• Professionally handle guest complaints, solve problems, apologize/emphasize during guest complaints, follow up.
• Manage ambiance of environment by walking around, surveying area from the guest perspective to ensure all guest spaces maintain appropriate atmosphere such as proper lighting, music volume, cleanliness, decorations (i.e. candles lit, plants looking healthy, pillows fluffed). Maintain cleanliness of bars, dining room, guest entry spaces, bathrooms, and back of house spaces.
• Oversee reservation management to maximize opportunity for revenue, as well as forecasted blackout dates for holiday reservations etc.
• Work with payroll department for proper employee hourly rates, perform payroll duties biweekly, communicating and submitting needs, ensure staff receives paychecks, assist to set up direct deposits.
• Assist General Manager with additional assigned tasks and projects.
• Communicate with other managers and staff in a positive, efficient, and friendly manner.
• Flexibility to step into whatever role is needed to deliver exceptional service. This may include taking on job responsibilities outside of this job description and may require assisting other departments in their regular functions.
• Demonstrate a team-focused attitude and encourage collaboration.
• Understand and use safe work practices for all safety precautions including Emergency Evacuation Procedures, Violence in the Workplace, Accident Reporting, OSHA Compliance, and Bloodborne Pathogen Procedures.
• Attend meetings and training sessions as required.
• Comply with all policies as outlined in the Handbook, Property Supplement, or otherwise issued including time and attendance expectations, uniform and dress code standards, anti-harassment policy, and substances in the workplace.

Essential Functions Of The Job:

• Ability to remain standing for up to 10 hours
• Ability to…