Housekeeping Supervisor - Fairfield Inn & Suites Phoenix South Mountain Area - Palette Hotels

Position: Housekeeping Supervisor - Fairfield Inn & Suites Phoenix South Mountain Area

Job Description:

Inspect guest rooms, public areas, pool, etc. after being cleaned by Housekeeper to ensure quality standards. Run sold room reports, verify room status, determine discrepant rooms, prioritize room cleaning, and update the status of departing guest rooms. Assist Housekeeping management in managing daily activities. Act as a liaison to coordinate the efforts of Housekeeping, Engineering, Front Office, and Laundry. Document and resolve issues with discrepant rooms with the Front Desk. Prepare, distribute, and communicate changes in assignment sheets/work boards. Communicate issues to the next shift. Complete required paperwork. Assist management in hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, counseling, disciplining, and motivating and coaching employees.

Required Skills and Requisites:

• Service orientation. Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
• Excellent communication skills. Ability to convey information and ideas
• Ability to read and understand directions on cleaning chemicals.
• Ability to use chemicals and equipment in a safe and efficient manner.

*Weekend Evening and Holiday availability is a must.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures; report any maintenance problems, safety hazards, accidents, or injuries; complete safety training and certifications. Ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional.
• Maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets.
• Support all co-workers and treat them with dignity and respect. Support team to reach common goals.
• Comply with quality assurance expectations and standards.
• Move at a speed that is required to respond to work situations (e. g., run, walk, jog).
• Read and visually verify information in a variety of formats (e. g., small print).
• Visually inspect tools, equipment, or machines (e. g., to identify defects).
• Enter and locate work-related information using computers and/or point of sale systems.
• Grasp, turn, and manipulate objects of varying size and weight, requiring fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
• Reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping. Move through narrow, confined, or elevated spaces. Move over sloping, uneven, or slippery surfaces and steps. Move up and down stairs and/or service ramps. Continual use of manual dexterity and gross motor skills with frequent use of bi-manual dexterity and fine motor skills. Move, lift, carry, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 55 pounds without assistance and in excess of 55 pounds with assistance.
• Ability to push and pull a loaded housekeeping cart and other work-related machinery over sloping and uneven surfaces. Stand, sit, kneel, or walk for an extended period or high frequency across an entire work shift.
• Listen and respond appropriately to the concerns of other employees.
• Speak with others using clear and professional language. Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.

At Palette Hotels, we are dedicated to creating and sustaining meaningful hospitality careers for our associates. We support our associates with highly competitive salaries, outstanding health, benefits, extensive training and development programs, promotion within the organization, and a positive team-based culture where people make the difference.

Palette Hotels, is an equal opportunity employer with policies prohibiting unlawful discrimination on the basis of any protected classification under applicable local, state and/or federal laws, which can include race, color, creed, sex, national origin, age, veteran status or physical or mental disability unrelated to job requirements.

Palette Hotels policies also provide for a drug-free workplace, where the use, possession, or influence of illegal drugs or alcohol while on company time is generally prohibited. An employee's use (or abuse) of legally prescribed medication may also implicate company policy, where it impairs judgment or work performance or otherwise creates workplace safety risks.