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As part of Sage Hospitality Group, we passionately strive to be the best and create excellence in everything we do. We believe in enriching lives one experience at a time. More than a slogan, we empower our employees to make positive impacts on the communities in which we live and work. By providing genuine service we build relationships with our guests and value for our shareholders, and we create unforgettable experiences. Sage Hospitality Group is looking for top talent and we look forward to hearing from you!
Catbird is an independent hotel in RiNo that blurs the line between hotel and home. The hotel creates adaptable spaces that foster a deeper sense of belonging for our guests and community. More than a mash-up of periods and styles, this hotel creates all the feelings that travel should provide. Catbird has 165-room rooms with hybrid furniture providing massive functionality in a small amount of space. The lobby features comfortable spaces, grab-and-go food options, and flexibility between work-flow and life-balance that experiential travelers seek out. Guest rooms feature full kitchens with functional housewares, unique storage, and multi-functional furniture where small spaces realize their larger potential.
Paying homage to the history of the neighborhood around it, Catbird encompasses a 2,500 square foot, four-bedroom historic home, originally built in 1890, which has been preserved as part of the hotel. The historic Klee House is an ideal space for all your events and celebrations with up to 40 guests. The 2,380 square-foot home has plenty of mixed-use spaces for entertaining.
The Red Barber at Catbird features a stunning indoor/outdoor rooftop bar and an inviting outdoor deck with lounge seating and firepits, perfect for enjoying views of the Denver skyline with friends and colleagues. The rooftop is also home to an additional 3,000 square foot deck that is dedicated to hosting corporate and social events. In addition to our event deck Catbird's spaces include three addition meeting rooms, the Media room (420 Sq. Ft.) and the Dining room (180 Sq. Ft.) and The Parlor. (900 Sq. Ft.) Guests will be sure to enjoy the two jacuzzi tubs and a beautiful area of green grass up on the roof, created for outdoor activation in the Denver sunshine. Job Overview:
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Sage Hospitality Group is set to hire an experiencedDirector of Rooms to join the Catbird Leadership Team in the amazing RiNo Art District of Denver!
As part of Sage Hospitality Group, we passionately strive to be the best and create excellence in everything we do. We believe in enriching lives one experience at a time. More than a slogan, we empower our employees to make positive impacts on the communities in which we live and work. By providing genuine service we build relationships with our guests and value for our shareholders, and we create unforgettable experiences. Sage Hospitality Group is looking for top talent and we look forward to hearing from you!
Catbird is an independent hotel in RiNo that blurs the line between hotel and home. The hotel creates adaptable spaces that foster a deeper sense of belonging for our guests and community. More than a mash-up of periods and styles, this hotel creates all the feelings that travel should provide. Catbird has 165-room rooms with hybrid furniture providing massive functionality in a small amount of space. The lobby features comfortable spaces, grab-and-go food options, and flexibility between work-flow and life-balance that experiential travelers seek out. Guest rooms feature full kitchens with functional housewares, unique storage, and multi-functional furniture where small spaces realize their larger potential.
Amenities include a “playroom” stocked with bikes, skateboards, scooters, cameras and other items, package delivery lockers, a guest storage area where repeat guests can leave often-used items, and a dog run for man’s best friend.
Paying homage to the history of the neighborhood around it, Catbird encompasses a 2,500 square foot, four-bedroom historic home, originally built in 1890, which has been preserved as part of the hotel. The historic Klee House is an ideal space for all your events and celebrations with up to 40 guests. The 2,380 square-foot home has plenty of mixed-use spaces for entertaining.
The Red Barber at Catbird features a stunning indoor/outdoor rooftop bar and an inviting outdoor deck with lounge seating and firepits, perfect for enjoying views of the Denver skyline with friends and colleagues. The rooftop is also home to an additional 3,000 square foot deck that is dedicated to hosting corporate and social events. In addition to our event deck Catbird's spaces include three addition meeting rooms, the Media room (420 Sq. Ft.) and the Dining room (180 Sq. Ft.) and The Parlor. (900 Sq. Ft.) Guests will be sure to enjoy the two jacuzzi tubs and a beautiful area of green grass up on the roof, created for outdoor activation in the Denver sunshine.
Plan and manage the room and related area's operations of the hotel to achieve customer (guests, employees, corporate and owners) satisfaction and quality service while meeting/exceeding financial goals. Position is responsible for short and long-term planning and day-to-day operations of the room and related areas. Recommends the area's budget and manages expenses within approved budget constraints. The major areas of responsibility/management include: the front office, guest services, housekeeping, security and gift shop. May have responsibility for recreation and tennis. May participate in total hotel management as a member of the Hotel Executive Committee.
Responsibilities: - Manage the human resources functions in the division in order to attract, retain and motivate the employees; interview, hire, train, develop, empower, coach and counsel, conduct performance and salary reviews, resolve problems, provide open communication vehicles, discipline and terminate, as appropriate.
- Manages check-in procedures for arriving guests on a daily basis, using both manual and computerized methods, in order to ensure guests are satisfied and in rooms as requested. May need to fill in for various roles within the rooms department as the demands of business requires (Front Office and Housekeeping roles).
- Manages guest departure (check-out) on a daily basis by following established manual and computer procedures in order to close guest accounts and open the room for the next sell.
- Monitors and regularly calculates and/or posts monies, receipts, guest accounts and other forms of credit using accurate, proper cash handling methods and established procedures in order to present the customer with timely and precise hotel charges upon check-out and maintain accurate hotel records.
- Courteously answers inquiries and accepts reservations, both in person and by telephone, by accurately communicating hotel rates and information and by using suggestive selling techniques to sell room nights, increase occupancy and revenue.
- Maintains good customer relations by keeping abreast of all in-house and area functions in order to answer questions and concerns with timely and knowledgeable responses, in person and on telephone.
- Maximizing revenue in each phone/desk transaction. (Sell from the top down and offer specials last)
- Operates the PBX equipment by accepting incoming calls, assisting outgoing calls, scheduling and setting wake-up calls and paging guests to provide guests with timely and efficient service.
- Manages the standard procedures for cash transactions at the front desk and maintains complete responsibility for personal bank as specified by hotel bank agreement policy.
- Resolve customer complaints as appropriate to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction and quality.
- Maintains a friendly, cheerful and courteous demeanor at all times.
- Ensures that the overall operation of the front desk is completed daily.
- Implement emergency organization procedures and training through the management of the security staff to ensure appropriate protection for hotel guests, staff and company assets.
- Works closely with housekeeping and maintenance to ensure property is maintained.
- Hiring, motivating and training of staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management.
Education/Formal Training
Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent.
Experience
4+ years of employment in a related position with this company or other organization(s).
Knowledge/Skills
- This includes experiential knowledge required for management of people and complex problems.
- Ability to study, analyze and interpret complex activities and/or information in order to improve new practices or develop new approaches.
- Ability to make decisions with only general policies and procedures available for guidance.
- Supervisory/management skills.
- Must possess communication skills in terms of the ability to negotiate, convince, sell and influence professionals and/or hotel guests.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to respond to guest requests and questions over the phone
- Excellent speech communication skills are required to communicate both in person and via telephone with guests, associates and corporate contacts in a professional and extensive manner.
- Excellent literacy is required. Must be able to both assimilate and generate explicit and concise documents for publication within our corporate environment.
- Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying -must be able to accomplish any task required of associates within assigned departments.
- Bending/kneeling -must be able to accomplish any task required of associates within assigned departments.
- Mobility -must be able to accomplish any task required of associates within assigned departments.
- Continuous standing -must be able to accomplish any task required of associates within assigned departments.
- Climbing up to approximately 40 steps 1% of 40 hour week. Climbing ladders up to approximately 5 feet 15% of 40 hour week.
- Driving required as necessary
Environment
Inside hotel and office environment 95% of shift
Benefits:- Unlimited paid time off
- Eligible to participate in Sage bonus plan.
- Medical, dental, & vision insurance
- Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching
- Health savings and flexible spending accounts
- Basic Life and AD&D insurance
- Company-paid short-term disability
- Paid FMLA leave for up to a period of 12 weeks
- Employee Assistance Program
- Great discounts on Hotels, Restaurants, and much more.
- Eligible to participate in the Employee Referral Bonus Program. Up to $1,000 per referral.
The application period will be open for approximately 30 days or until a suitable candidate is identified. We encourage qualified individuals to submit their applications within this timeframe.
