Quality Manager

**Job Number** 24013496

**Job Category** Procurement, Purchasing, and Quality Assurance

**Location** W Sydney, 31 Wheat Road, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia VIEW ON MAP

**Schedule** Full-Time

**Located Remotely?** N

**Relocation?** N

**Position Type** Management

**Natural Talent**

Explore an exciting new career path at W Hotels where your natural talent is celebrated. W Hotel's work culture is uniquely designed to spark your imagination and curiosity while bringing the W experience to life for guests.

W Sydney in Darling Harbour is now hiring a Quality Manager. This instrumental and dynamic role is responsible for the strategic business leadership of the hotel's beverage and food operation including the restaurant, W's signature Living Room (bar), 1300sqm of event space, in-room dining and a two-storey rooftop bar.

Marriott International is consistently recognised as an employer of choice globally by FORTUNE magazine, DiversityInc and Great Places to Work Institute, among others.

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The position is responsible for implementing quality assurance processes and ensures all training and development activities are strategically linked to the company's mission and vision, brand standards, target customer needs, talent satisfaction, and focus on continuous improvement at the property level. This position champions the Quality function and builds support for change.

**CANDIDATE PROFILE**

**Essential Experience**
- Experience and/or knowledge of hotel business.
- Ability to understand quality management practices and teaches to others.
- Ability to understand data collection methods.
- Knowledge of budget preparation and the control of costs.
- Working knowledge of statistical measurement tools.
- Effective presentation skills.
- Detail orientation and analytical

**Desirable Experience**
- Operations background - depending on hotel facilities, a rooms or b&f background may be preferred
- Previous training in guest relations.
- Experience/trained in Six Sigma or TQM

**CORE WORK ACTIVITIES**

**Managing Quality Assurance Goals**
- Attends daily senior leadership meetings to give real time updates on hotel performance, address guest incidences and attends monthly department meetings to enhance quality training.
- Presents and shares weekly analysis on defect trends, guest feedback and provides recommendations on focus areas.
- Coordinates a weekly quality meeting focusing on guestVoice, top incidents, and business standard audits.
- Records, tracks, and communicates the progress of quality related activities in the hotel to SLT, managers, talent, and the corporate office.
- Facilitates problem solving meetings to verify the systematic process is adhered to and quality tools are used, with the intent to achieve resolution.
- Facilitates process improvement teams, verifying use of the systematic processes, and improvement is achievable and measurable.
- Immerses in operations to better understand issues/defects faced on the ground.
- Drives several initiatives for business standard audits and guestvoice.
- Conducts monthly audit to verify compliance with company and brand standards.
- Makes and executes the necessary decisions to keep property moving forward toward achievement of goals.
- Directs property quality efforts to address critical customer requirements.
- Completes other reasonable duties as requested by leadership.

**Executing Quality Training Programs**
- Partners with Learning & Development (L&D) to train SLT and managers on problem solving, process improvement, and strategic planning techniques.
- Develops specific training designed to improve service performance.
- Drives brand values and philosophy in all training and development activities.
- Partners with L&D team to verify transfer of learning in the hotel/classroom takes place.
- Identifies performance gaps and works with managers to develop and implement appropriate training to improve performance.
- Partners with HR on hotel recognition program for talent to recognize their for involvement in the quality process.

**Managing Quality Tools**
- Verifies that management practices at all levels are aligned with quality tools.
- Verifies the tools for continuous improvements are in place and being utilized.
- Uses data collection methods to identify, compile, display, track, and analyze defect trends.

**Managing the Guest Experience**
- Reviews guest feedback with leadership team and verifies appropriate corrective action is taken.
- Incorporates guest satisfaction as a component of departmental meetings with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Stays visible and interfaces with customers on a regular basis to obtain feedback on quality of product, service levels, and overall satisfaction.
- Supports operational leaders in the response and handling of guest feedback, problems, and complaints on various platforms (social media, TripAdvisor, etc.).
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