General Manager

Kimpton Palladian Hotel
US - Washington - /Washington/US
January 8, 2025

Compensation Type:
Yearly Highgate Hotels:

Highgate is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry.
Highgate is the dominant player in U.S.
gateway markets including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a rapidly expanding presence in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Highgate's portfolio of global properties represents an aggregate asset value exceeding $20B and generates over $5B in cumulative revenues.
The company provides expert guidance through all stages of the hospitality property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition.
Highgate also has the creativity and bandwidth to develop bespoke hotel brands and utilizes industry-leading proprietary revenue management tools that identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive out performance and maximize asset value.
With an executive team consisting of some of the industry's most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands.
Highgate maintains corporate offices in London, New York, Dallas, and Seattle.

Location:

Located on the seam of Belltown and the retail core, the 97-room Kimpton Palladian Hotel is within walking distance of landmarks like Pike Place Market, the waterfront, and Seattle's best new restaurants, live music venues, cafés, and boutiques.
When you're not exploring, your home base is a 1910 landmark reinvented in a masculine-chic style with luxe amenities, edgy design elements, and contemporary furnishings that reflect Belltown's hip heritage.
You'll also find a heralded seafood restaurant in Shaker + Spear, a speakeasy-style social lounge called Pennyroyal, and a lobby you won't soon forget.
The Palladian beckons today's tech titans and tastemakers.

Overview:

The General Manager is responsible for continually focusing on achieving hotel profitability through revenue generation, cost control, guest satisfaction and developing employees, while maintaining the integrity of the hotel.

Responsibilities:

Tour the operating departments daily, making adjustments as needed via department heads.
Conduct weekly staff meetings, including weekly training sessions presented by managers and self using the steps to effective training according to Highgate Hotel standards, and the review of previous and future sales and operations efforts.
Meet all financial review dates and corporate directed programs in a timely fashion.
Hold a monthly financial review with all department managers, M.I.D.'s and available supervisors.
Ensure that all department heads maintain budgeted productivity levels and Highgate Hotel standard checkbook accounting procedures.
Develop managers for future advancement through competency training and corporate sponsored training programs.
In conjunction with the Director of Sales, conduct a daily HHBR meeting focusing on the number of prospecting and existing account calls each person will make and the potential business results of these calls.
Play a pivotal role in hotel sales efforts, including calling on top ten accounts, meeting clients, hosting luncheons and receptions, and meeting with on-site contacts on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
Participate in required M.O.D.
coverage as scheduled.
Maintain direct contact with and monitor the development of management trainees.
Adhere to all Highgate Hotel policies and procedures and train new managers to ensure compliance.
Oversee and assist in the Highgate Hotel budget process as required.
Ensure that training in service standards is taking place in each department using the steps to effective training according to Highgate Hotel standards, including compliance in all departments to Highgate Hotel Garden Standard of the Week training.
Assist in creating a positive team-oriented environment which focuses on the guest, through employee development and motivation.
Inspect rooms regularly (weekly at a minimum) with both the Housekeeping Manager and Property Engineer.
Ensure complete processing of invoices daily by using the A/P process.

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