Assistant Manager - Outlet

Company Description

Pullman Chennai Anna Salai offers 232 stylish rooms, a swimming pool, fitness center, spa, two signature dining venues, versatile banquet spaces, boardrooms, and social lounges-ideal for business and leisure travelers. The hotel is perfectly equipped to host a wide range of MICE events, featuring versatile modular venues that can accommodate up to 400 guests, from intimate meetings to grand celebrations.

Job Description

• Ensures guests are well looked after, from the moment they arrive to the time they leave
• Enquires whether guests are satisfied throughout the meal
• Offers attentive service to guests, adapting to any constraints
• Establishes good relations with guests, offering advice and fostering customer loyalty
• Takes part in inventories and manages stocks under his/her responsibility
• Increases revenue for the point of sale through additional sales techniques
• Prepares and analyses financial reports/results and implements corrective actions as necessary
• Manages the outlet cost in accordance with the expense budgets and insures efforts to reduce costs and expenses without compromising on quality.
• Ensures strict adherence to Outlet Internal bill settlement policy, as per the company/hotel guidelines.
• Organizes the work for the team, including the need to multi-skill in employees for job requirements
• Ensures information is properly passed on to the team (briefings and debriefings with the kitchen staff etc)
• Continuously takes initiatives to enhance and improve the team member’s product knowledge.
• Takes initiative to maintain and update repeat guest history and regularly communicates the same to the team members, during outlet briefings etc.
• Ensures prompt guest recognition on the basis of VIP list / repeat guests as per the guest history.
• Ensures the point of sale is prepared to a high standard in order for:
  • Taking guests' orders
  • Equipment is used correctly
• Takes the global level of activity into account when managing the flow of guests, placement at tables and reservations
• Checks the quality, speed and overall efficiency of the team/waiting staff.
• Ensures that the Back of the house service areas are maintained as per the hotel standards.
• Supervises the team's sales attributes
• Analysis the outlets sales and revenue and strives to achieve and exceed the Financial budgets
• Makes efforts to train the team in up-selling and suggestive selling techniques
• Helps increase guest loyalty through quality of service
• Consistently review the VOG report to enhance guest experience

Qualifications

• Degree in Hotel Management/ any other graduate
• Additional certification(s) in Food & Beverage will be an advantage
• Good reading, writing and oral proficiency in English language
• Ability to speak other languages and basic understanding of local languages will be an advantage
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience in a similar capacity
• Working knowledge of MS Excel, Word, & PowerPoint

Additional Information

• WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU:
• Come As You Are
• Work With Purpose
• Grow, Learn and Enjoy
• Explore Limitless Possibilities