Omni Fort Lauderdale HotelThe Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel is a 29-story hotel, located at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, and connected directly to the Broward County Convention. The property offers 801 guest rooms and suites, multiple restaurants, a vibrant rooftop bar, a sprawling pool, spa, and fitness center. The hotel has over 120,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, including a grand ballroom, junior ballroom, 25 breakout rooms and pre-function meeting space with waterfront views.
JOB PURPOSE: This position is responsible for the planning, development, and
implementation of all strategies which result in the maximization of
the most profitable revenues realized by the hotel.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:- Optimize room revenue for the hotel while providing consideration to other revenue distribution centers.
- Be the Revenue Management advocate for the hotel.
- Conduct effective Revenue Management meetings.
- Communicate the revenue impact of decisions to the hotel.
- Advise the General Manager, Director of Sales, and Reservations Manager in devising the best selling strategy.
- Assist in establishing group selective sell targets and adjusting appropriately.
- Monitor and analyze demand patterns.
- Monitor and analyze the effectiveness of restrictions and other selling strategies.
- Monitor and analyze daily future turndowns and lost business.
- Develop and implement daily selling strategies.
- Produce a day by day 12 month rolling forecast.
- Provide directional feedback on group block pick-up and slippage.
- Analyze no-show, same-day cancel, early departure, unexpected stay-over patterns.
- Provide a selling strategy critique on a weekly basis.
- Simulate a "what if" analysis on potential group business.
- Analyze the impact of changing mix of business ratio.
- Provide a clear direction for group sales filling gap periods.
- Analyze and review production of ESP accounts.
- Analyze and provide feedback and action plans from information contained in the STAR report.
- Analyze competitive rate surveys.
- Update selling strategies in OmniRez.
- Perform the "morning ritual" in Omni CHARM.
- Conduct the "Revenue Management night audit review"
QUALIFICATIONS:- Must have strong customer service, analytical, communication, presentation, and organizational skills
- Maintain a professional business appearance, attitude, and performance
- Financial management skills; with previous experience scheduling and managing payroll.
- Prior revenue management experience required.
- Must be able to work a variety of shifts, including weekends and holidays
ENVIRONMENT & POSITION ANALYSIS:- Move, bend, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing up to 40 pounds without assistance. Stand, walk or sit for an extended period or for an entire work shift. Requires repetitive motion, including utilizing telephone/computer for an extended period or for an entire shift.
