General Manager

**Additional Information**
**Job Number**25068733
**Job Category**Property Leadership
**Location**Protea Hotel Midrand, 14th Street, Midrand, South Africa, South Africa, 1685
**Schedule**Full Time
**Located Remotely?**N
**Position Type** Management

**About Protea Hotel Midrand**

Join the team at Protea Hotel Midrand, where exceptional service and outstanding accommodation set the stage for a rewarding career. As one of the premier hotels in the area, we offer a dynamic and supportive environment for our staff, making it an ideal place for professional growth and development.

**Prime Location**

Our strategic location provides easy access to key business destinations in Midrand, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Centurion. This prime positioning allows our team to cater to a diverse clientele, from business travelers to families on vacation, enhancing your experience as a General Manager.

**Nearby Attractions**

Working at Protea Hotel Midrand means being close to exciting attractions such as the Mall of Africa, Waterfall City, and Vodaworld. Our proximity to Gallagher Estate also makes us a top choice for conference and event attendees, offering you the opportunity to manage high-profile events.

**Exceptional Amenities**

Our hotel boasts excellent amenities, including the Palm Terrace Restaurant, an outdoor pool, a lush garden, free Wi-Fi, and the Camelot Spa. As General Manager, you'll oversee these facilities, ensuring they meet the highest standards and contribute to our guests' satisfaction.

**JOB SUMMARY**

Functions as the primary strategic business leader of the property with responsibility for all aspects of the operation, including guest and employee satisfaction, human resources, financial performance, sales and revenue generation and delivering a return on investment to both Marriott International and property ownership. Verifies implementation of service strategy and initiatives with the objective of meeting or exceeding guest expectations, increased profit and market share. Holds property leadership team accountable for strategy execution, and guides their individual professional development. The position verifies that sales engines are leveraged and initiates independent and proactive sales activities, when appropriate, to generate demand. Verifies that the objectives and goals of Marriott and property owners work together to achieve brand positioning and success. Builds owner loyalty through proactive communication, setting and managing expectations and delivering solid business results. The position is actively involved in the local community and builds strong relationships with local officials, businesses, and customers.

**CANDIDATE PROFILE**

**Preferred**:

- General Manager experience in limited or full-service property.
- Ability and willingness to work flexible hours including weekends, holidays and late nights.
- Property industry work experience, demonstrating progressive career growth and a pattern of exceptional performance.

**JOB SPECIFIC TASKS**

**Business Strategy Development**

Stays current with industry trends and monitors strengths and weakness of competition; explores new business opportunities; develops business plans designed to maximize property customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share; ensures property business plans are aligned with the hotel’s business strategies; translates Marriott global strategic plan into one that can be executed on property.

**Business Strategy Execution**

Executes business plans designed to maximize property customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share; ensures that property business plans and employees are aligned with business strategies; holds property leadership team accountable for successful delivery of business plans; experiments with new ideas and takes calculated risks to improve guest satisfaction and profitability; evaluates the success of property business strategies to inform future business plan enhancements; continually ensures business plans and actions have a positive impact on property performance.

**Sales and Marketing**

Works closely with Sales and Marketing team to develop revenue generating strategies for property; identifies new business leads, develops tailored sales approach, and actively pursues leads with Sales and Marketing team; validates that sales and marketing strategy is aligned with brand strategy and is effectively executed against established goals; verifies that property leaders understand and leverage Marriott demand engines to full potential; augments guest preference for property through booking ease and quality interactions with sales force.

**Talent Management and Organizational Capability**

Creates a cohesive and high-performance Executive Committee that continuously strives for positive results and improvement; coaches Executive Committee by providing specific feedback and holds them accountable for performance; creates learning and development opportunities for emplo