Front Desk Agent/Guest Services Representative

24-7 Hotel Management•Murfreesboro, TN

1d•$14 - $16

About The Position

Are the one one who loves interacting with people? Love talking and mingling? Love to see the smiles on peoples faces when you have provided them with an exceptional experience? Find pleasure in helping others? Do you find satisfaction in seeing your team exceed their goals and even more so exceeding your own expectations? Then, this is your calling! Come learn the meaning of hospitality by being a part of our team! Our Guest Services agent take pride in providing an exceptional guest experience to all guest they encounter, whether behind the front desk or not. Providing the exceptional experience means that we constantly strive to go above and beyond, to do it right the first time and to exceed our guests expectations. Does that sound like you? Then join us! 24-7 Hotel Management provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Our Culture: 24-7 Hotel Management is a local company in the hospitality industry that maximizes our profit potential through training, support, and by creating a dynamic culture for our quality personnel. We have empowered our team members to execute their duties in a manner that ensures our Guests Come First, we sustain exceptional guest satisfaction by aggressively pursuing attention to detail and adding the “WOW” factor to every guest contact and adding TEAMWORK central to every endeavor. Our company challenges every associate to strive for excellence through high performance and loyalty to our guests and our organization with an unwilling attitude to lower our standards or accept second best efforts from our personnel. 24-7 Hotel Management promotes innovation, initiative, creativity and constantly strives to improve ourselves. We are an exciting world class leader in the hospitality industry. We have maximized our profit potential through training, support, and by creating a dynamic culture for our quality personnel. We have empowered our Guest Services Agents to execute their duties in a manner that ensures our Guests Come First as they are the closest to our guests. We sustain exceptional guest satisfaction by aggressively pursuing attention to detail and adding the “WOW” factor to every guest contact. We have made TEAMWORK central to every endeavor. We challenge every individual to strive for excellence through high performance and loyalty to our guests and our organization. We are unwilling to lower our standards or accept second best efforts from our personnel. We promote innovation, initiative, and creativity. We are constantly striving to improve ourselves.

Requirements

Exceptional interpersonal skills
Ability to effectively communicate with staff and guests of varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds
Knowledge of local events and points of interest to provide specialized knowledge to guests while using judgement to determine appropriate recommendations
Willingness and ability to multitask and adapt as daily function changes from one objective to another as the business demands
Focus on exceptional guest satisfaction and project this desire through positive interaction with guests while striving to provide an excellent experience for all guests, both internal and external
Must be able to communicate effectively in both verbal and written form
Must be able to stand for extended periods of time
Must be able to climb stairs
Must be able to thrive in a fast-pace environment
Must be able to use a ladder and step stool
Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds frequently and 25 pounds periodically
Must be able to pull up to 25 pounds occasionally
Must have visual acuity to distinguish between objects both near and far (with or without corrective lenses)
Must have sufficient manual dexterity and knowledge to interact with a switchboard and a computer keyboard (for instance)

Responsibilities

Be a champion for the hotel brand with training and certifications.
Know your community, make recommendations for entertainment, dining etc.
Interact with both internal and external guests with a pleasant, professional, and approachable demeanor
Check-in and check-out guests while contributing to overall positive experience upon arrival and departure
Greet, register, and assign rooms to guests in a friendly and warm manner.
Issue room key and escort instructions to Bell Person or directly to guest, as appropriate, without announcing room numbers.
Answer inquiries pertaining to hotel services, registration of guests and shopping, dining, entertainment and travel directions.
Keep record of room availability and guest’s accounts.
Make, confirm and cancel reservations for guests.
Compute bill, collect payment, and makes change for guests.
Post charges such as room, food, liquor or telephone by hand or machine, as appropriate.
Date-stamp, sort and rack incoming mail and messages. Transmit and receive messages using equipment such as telephone, fax and switchboard.
Understand and enforce the hotel company credit policies. Account for all cash and make deposits in accordance with hotel and company policies.
If functioning in a Lead Capacity: o Take responsibility for assigned employees in the absence of the Supervisor, o Assign work and ensure proper performance of assigned employees.
Make restaurant, transportation or entertainment reservations for guests, as needed
Deposit guest’s valuables in hotel safe or safe-deposit box, as needed
Order complimentary flowers or champagne for special guests
Other duties as assigned