Controller-Rooms📣 Job Ad

About the Role

W Hotels in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Controller-Rooms to join their Rooms & Guest Services Operations team. This full-time, non-management position is suitable for individuals looking to begin their career in the hospitality industry, requiring less than one year of related work experience. The Controller-Rooms will be instrumental in ensuring smooth guest experiences from arrival to departure, managing room allocations, and verifying billing accuracy.

Key Responsibilities

• Assign rooms based on guest requests and preferences whenever feasible.
• Pre-register designated guests and prepare key packets.
• Organize and coordinate check-in and pre-registration processes for arriving groups.
• Review, track, and accommodate requests for room or check-out changes when possible, communicating status to relevant staff.
• Confirm reservations and cancellations.
• Review out-of-order rooms on a daily basis.
• Ensure rates align with market codes and document any exceptions.
• Verify and adjust guest billing.
• File guest paperwork or documentation.
• Process all guest check-ins and check-outs.
• Activate room keys.
• Secure valid payment.
• Identify any over-commitments.
• Perform duplicate reservation checks and block rooms accordingly.
• Run daily reports to monitor operations.
• Follow up with guests to ensure their requests or problems have been met to their satisfaction.
• Receive, record, and relay messages accurately, completely, and legibly.
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
• Ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional.
• Maintain the confidentiality of proprietary information and protect company assets.
• Welcome and acknowledge all guests according to company standards.
• Anticipate and address guests' service needs.
• Assist individuals with disabilities.
• Thank guests with genuine appreciation.
• Speak with others using clear and professional language.
• Prepare and review written documents accurately and completely.
• Answer telephones using appropriate etiquette.
• Coordinate tasks and work with other departments.
• Serve as a departmental role model.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others.
• Support the team to reach common goals.
• Comply with quality assurance standards.
• Stand, sit, or walk for an extended period of time.
• Enter and locate information using computers and/or POS systems.
• Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 10 pounds without assistance.
• Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.

Qualifications and Requirements

• High school diploma or *** equivalent.
• Less than 1-year of related work experience.
• No supervisory experience required.
• No specific licenses or certifications are required.

Required Skills

• Guest Request Management
• Reservation Management
• Billing Verification
• Customer Service
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Computer Systems Operation

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time, non-management position located at Area 1 Al Aqeeq Street, Financial District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 13519. The role is not remote.