Marriott begins recruitment of senior staff

Jul 12, 2014 News

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…being advertised worldwide

The Georgetown Marriott Hotel has begun to recruit staff for its five-star facility, currently in the final stages of construction at Kingston, Georgetown.
Advertisements appeared in the daily newspapers yesterday directing interested parties to the Marriott website which listed the available local positions.

A quick look of the positions available indicates that the Hotel is currently looking to recruit staff at the senior level.
With the advertisement placed on the company’s website, it is clear that the company isn’t restricting itself to hiring Guyanese but rather opportunities are available to persons worldwide.
The positions available include a Director for Sales and Marketing who will hold responsibility for being the leader of the property’s sales department “with bookings of over 300 peak rooms and significant local catering revenue.”
That person will also be responsible for managing the property’s reactive and proactive sales efforts as well as providing day to day leadership to sales associates to achieve property sales objectives with overall responsibility for achieving booking goals and property revenues.
The person is also expected to implement the brand’s service strategy and applicable brand initiatives in all aspects of the sales process and focus on building long-term, value-based customer relationships that enable achievement of the hotel’s’ sales objectives, among other responsibilities.
Another of the positions that the company is looking to have filled is that of Executive Chef.
That person will be accountable for the overall success of the daily kitchen operations.
According to the Marriott website, the Executive Chef must exhibit culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the staff and managing all food related functions and must work to continually improve guest and employee satisfaction, while maximizing the financial performance in all areas of responsibility, among other duties.
Marriott is also advertising to fill the position of Director Human Resources, who will report directly to the property General Manager, “with a dotted-line (functional) reporting relationship to the Regional Senior Director of Human Resources and will be an integral member of the property executive committee.”
According to Marriott, the Human Resources Director will be accountable for talent acquisition, succession/workforce planning, performance management and development for property employees, using technology efficiently, and coaching/developing others to help influence and execute business objectives in the most efficient manner, among other responsibilities.
Marriott has also advertised to fill the position of Finance Director.
That person will function as the property’s strategic financial business leader.
“The position champions, develops and implements property-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand’s target customer and property employees…The position provides the financial expertise to enable the successful implementation of the brand service strategy and brand initiatives while maximizing the return on investment…In addition, creates and executes a business plan that is aligned with the property and brand’s business strategy and focuses on the execution of financial activities and the delivery of desirable financial results.”
The company is also looking to fill the position of Director of Engineering who will have overall responsibility for maintaining the building, grounds and physical plant with particular attention towards safety, security and asset protection, among other responsibilities.
A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Shadow Labour Minister, Basil Williams recently said that Guyanese must be given the first opportunity to work at the much touted five-star Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown.
One section of the media recently questioned where Marriott would be sourcing the requisite quality of staff for the Hotel and noted the possibility of the importation of skills.
Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh had recently announced that Marriott would begin its recruitment drive.
Singh, during a press conference held at the NCN Studio, maintained that the Hotel, which is set to open its doors soon, will be directly responsible for providing jobs for hundreds of Guyanese and indirectly, for many more people.
“They will recruit persons with some amount of experience and expertise which they will complement with their own personal training in a bid to equip those persons with the necessary skills,”
Guyanese were not involved in the construction of the 197 room hotel in Kingston, Georgetown; a reality which had sparked much criticism and protest.

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