10 Executive Assistants jobs in Ghana

**Additional Information**
**Job Number**
**Job Category** Food and Beverage & Culinary
**Location** Accra Marriott Hotel, Liberation Road, Airport City, Accra, Ghana, Ghana,VIEW ON MAP ( Full Time
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**Position Type** Management
**JOB SUMMARY**
Exhibits culinary talents by personally performing tasks while assisting in leading the staff and managing all food related functions. Works to continually improve guest and employee satisfaction while maximizing the financial performance in all areas of responsibility. Assists in supervising all kitchen areas to ensure a consistent, high quality product is produced. Responsible for guiding and developing staff including direct reports. Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved. Areas of responsibility comprise overseeing all food preparation areas (e.g., banquets, room service, restaurants, bar/lounge and employee cafeteria) and all support areas (e.g., dish room and purchasing) as applicable.
**CANDIDATE PROFILE**
**Education and Experience**
- High school diploma or GED; 6 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.
OR
- 2-year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.
**CORE WORK ACTIVITIES**
**Assisting in Leading Kitchen Operations for Property**
- Provides direction for all day-to-day operations.
- Understands employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence or determine appropriate replacement to fill gaps.
- Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
- Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Serving as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
- Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently.
- Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
- Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.
- Solicits employee feedback, utilizes an "open door" policy and reviews employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems or concerns.
- Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
- Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.
**Setting and Maintaining Goals for Culinary Function and Activities**
- Develops and implements guidelines and control procedures for purchasing and receiving areas.
- Establishes goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
- Communicates the importance of safety procedures, detailing procedure codes, ensuring employee understanding of safety codes, monitoring processes and procedures related to safety.
- Manages department controllable expenses including food cost, supplies, uniforms and equipment.
- Participates in the budgeting process for areas of responsibility.
- Knows and implements the brand's safety standards.
**Ensuring Culinary Standards and Responsibilities are Met**
- Provides direction for menu development.
- Monitors the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
- Determines how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays.
- Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.
- Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards.
- Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
- Ensures employees maintain required food handling and sanitation certifications.
- Maintains purchasing, receiving and food storage standards.
- Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
**Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service**
- Provides and supports service behaviors that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
- Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
- Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.
- Displays leadership in guest hospitality, exemplifies excellent customer service and creates a positive atmosphere for guest relations.
- Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.
- Responds to and handles guest problems and complaints.
- Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service. Establishes guidelines so employees understand expectations and parameters. Ensures employees receive on-going training to understand guest expectations.
- Reviews comment cards, guest satisfaction results and other data to identify areas of improvement.
**Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities**
- Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Ensures employees are treated fairly and equitably.
- Trains kitchen associates on the fundamentals of good cooking and excellent plate presentations.
- Administers the performance appraisal process for direct report managers.
- Interacts with the Banquet Chef and Catering department on training regarding food knowledge and menu composition.
- Observes service behaviors of employees and provides feedback to individuals and or managers.
- Manages employee progressive discipline procedures for areas of responsibility.
- Ensures disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to Standard and Local Operating Procedures (SOPs and LSOPs) and supports the Peer Review Process.
**Additional Responsibilities**
- Provides information to executive teams, managers and supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Analyzes information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
_At Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and celebrated. Our greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture, talent, and experiences of our associates. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law._
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An Executive Lounge Manager is responsible for the satisfaction of executive Guests throughout their stay at the hotel by ensuring that enquiries receive responses and advice and information is delivered when requested.
**What will I be doing?**
As an Executive Lounge Manager, you are responsible for the satisfaction of executive Guests throughout their stay at the hotel by ensuring that enquiries receive responses and advice and information is delivered when requested. An Executive Lounge Manager-Supervisor contributes to the first impressions of our Guests and, therefore, must perform the following tasks to the highest standards:
+ Manage the performance of the Executive Lounge in the hotel
+ Deliver the highest quality and brand service standards to consistently meet and exceed executive Guest and VIP expectations
+ Handle enquiries and complaints, promptly and efficiently
+ Ensure that all Guest supplies and amenities are offered and replenished to the required standards
+ Manage a Team that is current with all hotel services as well as VIP requests and special events and that demonstrate a knowledge of external locations, attractions and landmarks in the vicinity
+ Ensure the Team projects a professional manner with an emphasis on hospitality and Guest service
+ Ensure the Team complies with Hotel security, fire regulations and all health and safety legislation
+ Executive tasks as instructed by the Executive Lounge Supervisor or Manager
+ Serve your role and Team in an environmentally-conscience manner
**What are we looking for?**
Executive Lounge Manager serving Hilton brands are 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:
+ Previous supervisory experience in the hotel, leisure or retail sector
+ Calm, efficient and organised
+ Excellent personal presentation and communication skills
+ A passion for delivering exceptional levels of Guest service
+ Ability to listen and respond to demanding Guest needs
It would be advantageous in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions:
+ Previous experience in Executive Lounge Supervisor or Manager in a hotel environment
+ Multi-lingual
+ Accountable and resilient
+ Ability to work under pressure
+ Flexibility to respond to a range of different work situations
**What will it be like to work for Hilton?**
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**Job:** _Guest Services, Operations, and Front Office_
**Title:** _Executive Lounge Manager - Hilton Accra Cantonment_
**Location:** _null_
**Requisition ID:** _HOT0BWMD_
**EOE/AA/Disabled/Veterans**