Laundry Manager

Responsible for hotel laundry daily operations and services. Position directs and works with employees to wash, dry and iron linen for both guest rooms and Food and Beverage/Culinary Department within existing time constraints. Maintains a safe and clean work environment. Position strives to ensure guest and employee satisfaction while maximizing the department financial performance.

• High school diploma or GED; 2 years experience in the laundry, housekeeping, or related professional area.

• Managing day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.

• Supervising and managing employees. Managing all day-to-day operations. Understanding employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence.

• Communicating the importance of safety procedures, detailing procedure codes, ensuring employee understanding of safety codes, monitoring processes and procedures related to safety.

• Comprehends budgets, operating statements and payroll progress reports as needed to assist in the financial management of department.

• Ensures consistent workflow to minimize peaks and valleys in production.

• Brings issues to the attention of the department manager and Human Resources as necessary.

• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

• Supervises daily Laundry shift operations and ensures compliance with all policies, standards and procedures.

• Ordering and managing necessary supplies. Ensuring workers have supplies, equipment, tools, and uniforms necessary to do their jobs.

• Orders cleaning supplies and uniforms within budget.

• Understands the impact of department’s operations on the overall hotel financial goals and objectives and manages to achieve or exceed budgeted goals.

• Participates in the management of department’s controllable expenses to achieve or exceed budgeted goals.

• Works effectively with the Engineering department on Laundry equipment maintenance needs.

• Participates in departmental meetings and continually communicates a clear and consistent message regarding the departmental goals to produce desired results.

• Operates all department equipment as necessary and reports malfunctions.

• Develops, maintains and uses effective back-up plans for breakdowns.

• Evaluates and implements new techniques, supplies and equipment.

• Ensuring and maintaining the productivity level of employees.

• Utilizing interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.

• Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

• Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.

• Providing services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.

• Improving service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.

• Sets a positive example for guest relations.

• Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service.

• Ensuring employee success and event success recognitions are taking place in all shifts.

• Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

• Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in the organization.

• Supervises staffing levels to ensure that operational needs and financial objectives are met.

• Effectively schedules employees to business demands and tracks employee time and attendance.

• Solicits employee feedback, utilizes an “open door” policy and reviews employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems or concerns.

• Manages employee progressive discipline procedures.

• Manages the employee performance appraisal process.

• Ensures hotel policies are administered fairly and consistently, disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to Standard and Local Operating Procedures (SOPs and LSOPs) and support the Peer Review Process.

• Celebrates successes and publicly recognizes the contributions of team members; ensures employee recognition is taking place on all shifts.