Month: February 2023

General Manager, Paris CDG – Position Filled

Posted on by Katherine Wyles

This job opening has now been filled. Please check our latest job opportunities here

We are currently looking for a General Manager for an internationally branded hotel which is located at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

As General Manager, this individual will be responsible for delivering the annual budget through agreed commercial strategies. Candidates should have successful experience in managing all the key business functions required of a GM, including operations, finance, sales, revenue and e-commerce – all in an upscale/luxury branded environment.  A hands-on operator with strong people management skills driving employee engagement and delivering the highest levels of customer service.

Candidate Requirements

  • A highly experienced General Manager with internationally branded hotel groups, minimum 3 years’ experience as General Manager in a medium or large hotel
  • Previous career experience working in a branded city centre or airport property
  • A strong understanding of sales and marketing, revenue and e-commerce
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills
  • Proven leadership skills involving the ability to manage, develop and motivate a strong executive team to achieve their objectives
  • A positive and motivated hands-on approach
  • Fluent English and French speaker
  • Experience in positively managing a unionized workforce
  • Proven track record in client negotiations and account strategizing
  • Degree qualification – not essential but desirable

For more information or to apply, please contact Guy Lean at mm@madisonmayfair.com or call on +44 208 600 1180

Please note that due to the expected level of response, it will only be possible to contact candidates who have the relevant and required level of experience.

Corporate F&B Director, Italy – Position Filled

Posted on by Katherine Wyles

This job opening has now been filled. Please check our latest job opportunities here

Our client is one of the largest privately held hospitality organisations in the world, with almost five hundred hotels across three continents (US/Canada, Europe & Asia) and has formed strategic alliances with many of the world’s largest hotel brands.  One of their portfolios, based in Italy, features Italy’s most impressive properties and provides rich, authentic experiences for avid travellers who seek a genuine Italian lifestyle. With stunning properties in Tuscany, Sardinia and the Italian Alps, the destinations offer their guests the perfect blend of business and leisure.

They are now seeking a Corporate Director of F & B to join this portfolio with the key responsibility of being able to define the business plan to optimise profitability of the F&B outlets across the portfolio. For this newly created position our client is aiming to identify a creative, entrepreneurial and experienced restaurant and bar management and service specialist to lead and drive the success of the company’s restaurant and bar offering across all of its portfolio assets.

 Candidate Requirements:

  • A hospitality professional that is able to deliver memorable dining experiences that makes guests and team members alike feel special
  • Possession of well-honed commercial instincts and financial management skills
  • Strategic experience within the F&B arena
  • Experience in developing and delivering new F&B concepts
  • Broad F&B exposure having worked in a strategic capacity for a hotel resort
  • Fluent in Italian
  • The ideal candidate will be an international food and beverage expert and have knowledge of F&B trends In Europe

Compensation:

Base salary and incentives will be commensurate with experience under an Quadro A Italian contract

For more information or to apply, please contact Mara at mm@madisonmayfair.com or call on +44 20 8600 1169

VP Development, Middle East – Position Filled

Posted on by Katherine Wyles

This job opening has now been filled. Please check our latest job opportunities here

Our client is the region’s first and leading independent third-party hotel management company. Currently operating 10+ hotels across the region they are a forward thinking third party hotel management company dedicated to driving results for their Hotel owners.

They are now seeking a VP Development to join the company. This new role will be at the heart of the company’s hotel acquisition strategy across the region. With a strong network across the region, the successful individual will take the lead in securing hotel management agreements that fit the commercial framework by being exceptionally proactive in approach with the necessary energy and desire to drive the development process and seek out potential opportunities to negotiate and secure new hotel new management opportunities, which in turn will support in delivering the growth expectations by 2026.

Candidate Requirements

Essential

  • Proven Business Development experience and network within the hotel third party management sector
  • Energy, stamina, and flexibility to travel across the continent to source and close hotel management agreements
  • Previous experience working within a business development role
  • Previous exposure / understanding of hotel management agreements
  • Strong network across the brokers and Owners
  • Previous experience working in a hotel consultancy or hotel management company
  • Energy, hunger, and drive to close deals
  • Fluent in spoken and written English
  • Confident and excellent presentation skills
  • Ability to interact and build relationships with the investors and owners in the region
  • Financial acumen and commercially focused
  • Excellent (both verbal and written) communication and interpersonal skills

Highly Desirable

  • Experience closing a hotel management contract in Middle East
  • Fluent Arabic speaker

Due to the expected level of response, it will only be possible to contact candidates who have the relevant and required level of experience.

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