Gallery Host - Front Desk, Bartender

Hyatt Place Buffalo/Amherst

Buffalo New York

Salary: Neg Per Hour

Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Greets and assists all guests during arrival and departure.*
• Provides courteous guest service by responding promptly and efficiently to inquiries, requests and complaints.*
• Coordinates the delivery of guest services by other hotel departments and outside vendors.*
• Processes all reservations and cancellation requests in a timely manner by mail, telephone, fax or in person.*
• Maximizes room revenue and occupancy levels through suggestive selling techniques.*
• Handles the departments accounting system of money, receipts, guest accounts, and other forms of credit. Balances shift cash and accounts.*
• Assist in driving guests in the shuttle to surrounding areas and to the airport.*
• Prepare, set up, stock, take down, clean and provide quality food and beverage products consistently for al guests by adhering to all recipe and presentation standards. Be familiar and knowledgeable with the operation of the POS system.
• Assist guests with food orders and serves food and beverage items to guests in a friendly, professional and timely manner. Maintains a clean, organized environment for guests.
• Maintains order and cleanliness of front desk and back office to present a pleasant and professional image to guests.*
• Perform clerical duties to include handling incoming and outgoing mail, faxing, photocopying, and bookkeeping as needed.*
• Maintains information and communication sources such as room inventory, lost and found log, telephone information, log book, and hotel directories; operates switchboard to handle customer inquiries, wakeup calls and the paging of guests.*
• Attends meetings as required.
• Follows established safety procedures.
• Provides assistance to other departments of the hotel to contribute to its smooth operation. Assists at the dining room/complimentary coffee station as needed.
• Maintain a clean, pleasant, and professional image to guests and associates.
• Complies with all hotel policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Ability:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of guests or employees of organization as well as guests one on one to resolve problems.

Math Ability:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to perform cash handling skills.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to multitask and change priorities as situations occur. Ability to adapt to unforeseen situations.

Computer Skills:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have basic knowledge of computer software and hardware.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals; blood borne pathogens; outdoor weather conditions; risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Job Overview

Posted Date: 18 Feb 2025

Location: Buffalo New York

Salary: Neg Per Hour

Company Information

Hyatt was founded by Jay Pritzker in 1957 when he purchased the Hyatt House motel adjacent to the Los Angeles International Airport. Over the following decade, Jay Pritzker and his brother, Donald Pritzker, working together with other Pritzker family business interests, grew the company into a North American management and hotel ownership company, which became a public company in 1962. In 1968, Hyatt International was formed and subsequently became a separate public company.

Name: Hyatt Place Buffalo/Amherst

Web: www.hyatt.com

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