At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a vibrant hotel operation, managing teams and ensuring guest satisfaction.
- Company: A renowned lifestyle hotel in the heart of York, part of a national boutique group.
- Benefits: Up to £52,000 salary, bonus scheme, relocation support, and discounts across the hotel group.
- Other info: Flexible working hours with opportunities for personal growth and development.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and shape memorable experiences in a top-rated hotel.
- Qualifications: Experience in hotel management or strong head of department ready to step up.
The predicted salary is between 52000 - 52000 £ per year.
A fantastic lifestyle hotel in the heart of York is looking for a Deputy General Manager to work closely with the GM to lead the operation. This is one of the largest and best-known properties in the city with 150 bedrooms, a full-service brasserie, a rooftop restaurant and bar that trades as a destination in its own right, a spa, and a meetings and events operation with capacity for 180. Sitting within a national boutique hotel group operating multiple properties across the UK.
The Role
- Reporting directly to the General Manager and deputising in their absence with full operational authority.
- Day-to-day operational leadership across rooms, food and beverage, spa and events, leading a team of five heads of department and a total team of 120.
- Commercial ownership alongside the General Manager: P&L, payroll and rota management, cost of sales, forecasting and delivery of budgeted GOP.
- Driving guest satisfaction and reputation scores across bedrooms and both food and beverage outlets.
- Recruitment, retention, training and succession across the management team.
- Compliance ownership: health and safety, food safety, licensing and brand audit.
- Commercial input into the hotel's sales and marketing plan alongside the cluster sales function and central revenue team.
- Particular focus on the rooftop operation: maintaining its market position and growing non-resident covers and spend.
About You
- Currently operating as a Deputy/Assistant General Manager, Hotel Manager or Operations Manager within a 100+ bedroom hotel, or a strong head of department ready to step up.
- Background in quality hotel operations.
- Demonstrable food and beverage experience; exposure to a destination restaurant or bar is a bonus.
- Full P&L exposure, with evidence of delivering against GOP.
- Proven leadership of a multi-department management team.
- Visible, floor-based leadership style, comfortable running a high-volume operation from the front.
- Commercially aware, with a clear understanding of how to convert local demand into rate.
- Clear ambition for continued growth and self-development.
Package
- Salary up to £52,000.
- KPI-linked bonus scheme.
- Relocation support.
- Discounted employee, friends and family rates across the group's UK estate, plus food, beverage and spa discounts.
- 45 hours per week, five days over seven, with scope to shape your own rota around the needs of the business.
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