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JOB TITLE |
GENERAL MANAGER |
| NATURE OF JOB | FULL TIME |
| INDUSTRY | HOSPITALITY |
| SALARY | KSHS.250,000 |
| JOB LOCATION | THIKA ROAD |
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Hotel Operations & Leadership
- Provide overall leadership and direction across all hotel departments, ensuring efficient day-to-day operations.
- Lead and coordinate Heads of Department, setting clear objectives, KPIs, and performance expectations.
- Ensure consistent standards across Front Office, Housekeeping, F&B, Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Finance, and other functions.
- Act as the senior operational decision-maker, resolving complex issues and ensuring business continuity.
Commercial & Revenue Management
- Develop and execute strategies to maximize hotel revenue, profitability, occupancy, and market position.
- Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Revenue, and Operations teams to drive corporate, conference, events, rooms, and F&B business.
- Monitor market trends, competitor activity, pricing, occupancy, and revenue performance to identify growth opportunities.
- Review commercial performance regularly and implement corrective strategies where targets are not being achieved.
Financial & Cost Management
- Take overall responsibility for the hotel’s financial performance and achievement of approved budgets.
- Monitor revenue, operating costs, departmental expenses, payroll, procurement, and other key financial indicators.
- Drive effective cost-control measures while maintaining service quality and operational standards.
- Work closely with Finance to review financial reports, forecasts, budgets, and management accounts and take appropriate action.
Guest Experience & Service Excellence
- Champion a strong guest-focused culture across the hotel and ensure consistently high service standards.
- Monitor guest feedback, reviews, complaints, and satisfaction levels and implement improvement initiatives.
- Personally, oversee the resolution of escalated guest and client concerns.
- Ensure the hotel maintains high standards of cleanliness, presentation, service delivery, safety, and overall guest experience.
People & Performance Management
- Lead, motivate, and develop the hotel’s management team and wider workforce.
- Establish a culture of accountability, teamwork, professionalism, and continuous improvement.
- Review departmental performance and ensure managers achieve agreed operational and financial KPIs.
- Support recruitment, succession planning, training, staff development, and performance management initiatives.
Stakeholder & Business Development
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key corporate clients, owners, partners, suppliers, regulators, and other stakeholders.
- Represent the hotel at industry events, business forums, corporate functions, and relevant hospitality platforms.
- Develop strategic partnerships and initiatives that strengthen the hotel’s market position and commercial performance.
- Maintain strong awareness of industry developments and identify opportunities for business growth and operational improvement.
Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure compliance with applicable statutory, health, safety, environmental, licensing, and hospitality requirements.
- Ensure hotel policies, procedures, controls, and operational standards are consistently implemented.
- Identify operational and commercial risks and ensure appropriate mitigation measures are in place.
- Maintain a safe, compliant, and professionally managed hotel environment.
KEY REQUIREMENT SKILLS AND QUALIFICATION
- Degree in Hospitality Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 8+ years’ progressive experience in hotel management, with strong senior leadership experience.
- Proven experience managing Heads of Department and multiple hotel departments within a full-service property.
- Demonstrated experience in hotel commercial management, financial performance, revenue generation, and cost control.
- Strong understanding of hotel operations, including Rooms Division, F&B, Sales & Marketing, Engineering, and support functions.
- Knowledge of hotel PMS/POS systems and management reporting will be an added advantage.
- Experience managing a sizeable hotel or conference-oriented property is highly preferred.
HOW TO APPLY
- If you meet the above qualifications, skills and experience share CV on recruitment@britesmanagement.com
- Interviews will be carried out on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
- Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.


