Position: Manager for Elements Hotel
Location: Tanzania
Are you ready to take on a challenge to run the first Elements by Westin in Tanzania. As a Hotel Manager, you are responsible for managing the leadership team and overall hotel targets to deliver an excellent Guest and Member experience. A Hotel Manager will also be required to manage profitability and guest satisfaction measures. Specifically, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:
Location: Tanzania
Are you ready to take on a challenge to run the first Elements by Westin in Tanzania. As a Hotel Manager, you are responsible for managing the leadership team and overall hotel targets to deliver an excellent Guest and Member experience. A Hotel Manager will also be required to manage profitability and guest satisfaction measures. Specifically, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:
Manage ongoing profitability of your hotel, ensuring revenue and guest satisfaction targets are met and exceeded
• Lead in all key property issues including capital projects, customer service, and refurbishment
• Lead in all key property issues including capital projects, customer service, and refurbishment
• Ensure all decisions are made in the best interest of the hotels and Marriott
• Deliver achievable hotel budgets, and set other short- and long- term strategic goals for the property
• Provide effective leadership to hotel team members
• Lead in all aspects of business planning
• Comply with and exceed Marriott Brand Service Standards
• Ensure costs are controlled and revenue opportunities are effectively sourced and delivered
• Manage and develop the leadership team to ensure career progression and effective succession planning within Marriott
• Hold regular briefings and communication meetings with the HOD team
• Respond to audits to ensure continual improvement is achieved
A Hotel Manager serving Marriott brands is always working on behalf of
our Guests and working with other Team Members. To successfully fill
this role, you should maintain the attitude, behaviours, skills, and
values that follow:
Experience as Hotel Manager or Director of Operations within a similar quality hotel
• Degree or diploma in Hotel Management or equivalent
• Possess strong commercial acumen, with experience in increasing profitability
• Experience managing budgets, revenue proposals, and forecasting results in a similar sized property
• Excellent leadership skills
• Exceptional communication skills
In-depth knowledge of the hotel/leisure/service sector
• Degree or diploma in Hotel Management or equivalent
• Possess strong commercial acumen, with experience in increasing profitability
• Experience managing budgets, revenue proposals, and forecasting results in a similar sized property
• Excellent leadership skills
• Exceptional communication skills
In-depth knowledge of the hotel/leisure/service sector
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Job Title: Business Change Advisor
Location: Dar es salaam
Overall Objective of the Assignment
Location: Dar es salaam
Overall Objective of the Assignment
The overall objective of this assignment is for a small team to support
the newly-formed organization in establishing effective Business Units
and in undertaking associated Capacity Building.
Scope of Services
The assignment will be undertaken in two phases:
• Phase One (4 months): Organisational Design
• Phase Two (9 months): Capacity Building
(a) Define core principles in establishing business units within large
organizations and apply these to the particular case of the client.
(b) Work alongside with Director of Business Development (DBD) to review
and revise strategic policies & plans and business policies &
plans for the client, noting actions to complement and improve these
instruments by establishing Business Units within the new organization
structure.
(c) Work alongside DBD to review and refine the organizational structure
for the client that supports adopted strategic plans and business
plans.
(d) Work alongside DBD to reset the organizational culture within the
corporation such that the influence and the effectiveness of the
Business Units within the corporation are optimized.
(e) Validate the establishment of Business Units in the corporation
(f) Work alongside with the DBD to propose an optimum structure for a
focused Business Unit and define detailed roles and responsibilities
within each of the new Business Units.
(g) Work alongside with the DBD to propose an internal commercial
framework and define commercial relationships within the organization
(probably through ‘Service Level Agreements’ and their associated
template documents) and commercial/financial goals. Assist in setting up
appropriate cost and profit centers.
(h) Work alongside the DBD to implement and integrate the commercial
framework utilizing champions, joint transition teams, and
seminars/workshops. The strategy should be constructed around the
principles of staff engagement and ownership, noting that inspirational
leadership within the organization will be critical in motivating staff
to accept and promote change.
(i) Design comprehensive capacity building programs for staff within the
new Business Units in the organization based upon the concept of
empowering & enabling through training, coaching and mentoring. In
parallel, design training programs for other staff in the organization
with the aim of introducing to them the concept of Business Units and
realigning the internal culture as one that is more
market/business-based than service-based.
(k) Compile outline specifications for a bespoke ‘Executive Support
System’ (ESS) or ‘Management Accounting Information System’ (MAIS) for
managers within the organization, based on a business-led organizational
philosophy.
(l) Conduct all the capacity building programs as specified in Scope Item (i).
(m) Enhance the role of the four new Business Units. The Business Units
are expected to be fully functional within ten months of the start of
the assignment, including setting up of systems for allocating the cost
of service provision for activities related to each of the four Business
Units.
This list is not exhaustive and the
Advisors should be prepared to consider other lines of activity as
considered appropriate in order to achieve the objectives of the
assignment. The Advisors shall, for example, review the cost structure
of ’operation and maintenance’ activities and fairness of each cost
allocated to each respective Business Unit. They will also assess the
minimum volume of traffic to attain financial viability of each Unit.
Location of the Assignment
The location of the assignment is Dar es Salaam.
About us
Khatib & Alami (K&A) creates, designs, supervises and manages projects that have the potential to better society. We build on our proven multidisciplinary expertise and offer regional urban planning and comprehensive architectural and engineering consulting services. K&A focuses on delivering innovative solutions that meet clients' real needs. With a history of success and a network of subsidiaries and sister companies, we provide our clients with an integrated approach to reliable project delivery in the evolving globalized world. Proactive rather than reactive, we are at the forefront of new specialties and advantageous alliances. We are here to enhance people's lifestyle and the economy through our distinctive and continuous services. Our adaptability and solid communication between branches mean we deliver results against all odds and external challenges. With our unique level of service and anticipation of market trends, we strive to make sure you ensure our clients are satisfied, regardless of the size of the project.
We also focus on social needs and pay special attention to the environment and communities. K&A’s services are all in-house, covering a broad spectrum of disciplines from architecture to urban, transportation, energy, water, and oil & gas projects. We enhance infrastructure, create new buildings, develop neighborhoods, and reshape entire cities. Our area of operations covers the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Western Europe and North America, with 8 regional offices and numerous branches, bringing together over 30 nationalities and more than 6,000 employees. We are among the top 100 international design firms in the world, according to Engineering News-Record (ENR). www.khatibalami.com
Qualifications and Experience
Candidates must have a minimum of a master’s degree in business
administration or an allied subject. She/he must have at least ten
years’ experience in business management, of which at least five years
will have been in a transport environment, preferably railways. She/he
should have experience of at least three years in setting up or working
in a business unit. She/he will have contributed to at least one major
change program with a duration of not less than 12 months or two major
change programs each with a duration of not less than six months.
Duration of the Assignment
The duration of the assignment is 13 months. Duration of the Assignment
Location of the Assignment
The location of the assignment is Dar es Salaam.
About us
Khatib & Alami (K&A) creates, designs, supervises and manages projects that have the potential to better society. We build on our proven multidisciplinary expertise and offer regional urban planning and comprehensive architectural and engineering consulting services. K&A focuses on delivering innovative solutions that meet clients' real needs. With a history of success and a network of subsidiaries and sister companies, we provide our clients with an integrated approach to reliable project delivery in the evolving globalized world. Proactive rather than reactive, we are at the forefront of new specialties and advantageous alliances. We are here to enhance people's lifestyle and the economy through our distinctive and continuous services. Our adaptability and solid communication between branches mean we deliver results against all odds and external challenges. With our unique level of service and anticipation of market trends, we strive to make sure you ensure our clients are satisfied, regardless of the size of the project.
We also focus on social needs and pay special attention to the environment and communities. K&A’s services are all in-house, covering a broad spectrum of disciplines from architecture to urban, transportation, energy, water, and oil & gas projects. We enhance infrastructure, create new buildings, develop neighborhoods, and reshape entire cities. Our area of operations covers the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Western Europe and North America, with 8 regional offices and numerous branches, bringing together over 30 nationalities and more than 6,000 employees. We are among the top 100 international design firms in the world, according to Engineering News-Record (ENR). www.khatibalami.com
