General Manager

**Job Number** 24033981

**Job Category** Property Leadership

**Location** The Red Sea Resort EDITION, Shurairah Island, Red Sea, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia VIEW ON MAP

**Schedule** Full-Time

**Located Remotely?** N

**Relocation?** N

**Position Type** Management
**About the Brand**:
**EDITION hotels** was created as a collaboration between the visionary genius of boutique hotelier Ian Schrager, the service delivery of a world-class luxury hotel, and the global reach of Marriott International to create an entirely new experience in the world of hospitality. The hotels are stunning microcosms of the world’s top cities, featuring the finest in dining, entertainment, nightlife, and service, to create a cultural destination that attracts in-the-know travelers, savvy locals, and the global community of the creative elite

**EDITION hotels** are enchanting and individually crafted by the world’s top designers, architects, and creative partners to craft an experience that makes your spirit soar

**About the Hotel**:
Located on the Red Sea Project's main island, Shaura. The Red Sea EDITION will have 240 guestrooms, including one, two and three bedroom suites. The property is set to reflect the best of its location's cultural and social milieu and of the time. The hotel will offer two signature restaurants, a destination bar, beach bar, fitness centre, a swimming pool, and spa.

**About the Profile**:
The EDITION General Manager is the center of the hotel operations experience, is in touch with the world around them and is passionate about creating an authentic sense of place at their property, allowing guests to immerse themselves and be enriched by genuine experiences. The General Manager will lead a team to choreograph authentic, inspiring and comfortable environments with warm, intuitive service that allow guests to leave more enriched than when they arrived. By creating relationships with associates and having an eye for detail and a deep understanding of luxury lifestyle the General Manager masterfully crafts authentic experience for guests.

Are you ready to step into the limelight and take the next big step in your career?

**JOB SPECIFIC TASKS**

**Business Strategy Development**

Stays current with industry trends and monitors strengths and weakness of competition; explores new business opportunities; develops business plans designed to maximize property customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share; ensures property business plans are aligned with Marriott brand business strategies; translates Marriott global strategic plan into one that can be executed on property.

**Business Strategy Execution**

Executes business plans designed to maximize property customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share; ensures that property business plans and employees are aligned with MHR/JW brand business strategies; holds property leadership team accountable for successful delivery of business plans; experiments with new ideas and takes calculated risks to improve guest satisfaction and profitability; evaluates the success of property business strategies to inform future business plan enhancements; continually ensures business plans and actions have a positive impact on property performance.

**Sales and Marketing**

Works closely with Sales and Marketing team to develop revenue generating strategies for property; identifies new business leads, develops tailored sales approach, and actively pursues leads with Sales and Marketing team; ensures sales and marketing strategy is aligned with brand strategy and is effectively executed against established goals; ensures property leaders understand and leverage Marriott demand engines to full potential; augments guest preference for property through booking ease and quality interactions with sales force.

**Talent Management and Organizational Capability**

Creates a cohesive and high-performance Executive Committee that continuously strives for positive results and improvement; coaches Executive Committee by providing specific feedback and holds them accountable for performance; creates learning and development opportunities for employees; creates and effectively executes development plans for both direct reports based on their individual strengths, development needs, and career aspirations; ensures all managers are doing the same for their direct reports; identifies resource needs to strengthen property team; creates succession plans for future job openings; actively supports the staffing process; ensures effective work processes, systems and teamwork are in place to maximize individual and overall property performance.

**Brand Champion**

Serves as a passionate brand advocate and ensures that the intent of the brand is pulled through in the guest experience; communicates a clear and consistent message regarding property and MHR/JW brand goals to employees, property leadership team, and owners; serves as a role model by demonstrating exception