The Manager, Brand Hotel Openings & Transition - Asia Pacific (APAC) is responsible for the efficient and effective onboarding of all new and converting hotels in the APAC region for all Brands. As an integral part of the APAC Brand Management team, this role works in partnership with respective regional and enterprise opening subject matter experts to ensure that hotels joining our portfolio deliver their Brand promise and are set for long-term success.

This role facilitates hotel set-up to connect with Hilton systems, introduces and orientates hotel teams with Hilton tools and resources, and ensures that pre-opening and new hotels are capable of maximising hotel revenues, guest loyalty, brand standard compliance and delivering key brand initiatives.

Working directly with hotel-level stakeholders, this role is responsible for guiding hotels through critical and mandatory Brand opening processes, whilst coordinating the timely completion of tasks and the execution of workflow to meet targeted opening dates and achieve system, guest, and commercial readiness.

This position also collaborates with various enterprise teams (Commercial Services, Distribution Services, and Content Management), as well as regional, above-property teams including Technical Services, Management Company opening counterparts, and Area Brand teams to ensure that resources and initiatives are aligned - adapting, developing, and ensuring specific regional needs are fulfilled.

Hotel assignments will predominantly be in APAC regions outside Greater China & Mongolia (GCM), whilst the right candidate will have cross-regional capabilities to support China hotels remotely, if needed. This is in addition to periodically providing additional support for wider APAC Opening pipeline initiatives, Brand growth, and some administrative support.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

• Provide proactive guidance, at all levels, for pre-opening hotels. Act as a liaison between the opening hotel team and Brand Support, managing opening checklists and online hotel opening toolkits, opening documents, and the action steps associated with the initial set-up phase of new hotels with Hilton Sales Worldwide, Global Distribution Management, Hilton Reservations, and Hilton Honors
• Responsible for collecting, verifying, entering, and submitting content from above-property and hotel-level team members for action in Hilton systems
• Conduct frequent hotel and regional conference calls, as well as coordinates and conducts the interactive remote pre-opening webinar programme
• Responsible for providing ongoing customer support for all onboarding and maintenance-related commercial / distribution requests; assists with escalations and other topics as necessary
• Assist with reviewing and auditing all processes and recommending improvements through innovation, such as automation
• Daily activities include, but are not limited to: monitoring workflows, managing and organising timelines, crafting communications, preparing shipping and receiving, and managing reporting
• Work with members of global and regional internal departments to coordinate additional support where needed
• Assist in communicating, implementation and compliance of Brand programmes, procedures, processes, policies, and initiatives
• Some travel may be required for preparing, organising and conducting any on-site hotel pre-opening Brand meeting / orientation for each hotel

WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT

You have these minimum qualifications:

• College degree with 3+ years of hotel industry (or similar) experience in a management or supervisory-level position
• Strong knowledge of brand standards, brand plan, training guidelines, pre-opening specifications, etc.
• Ability to provide creative and innovative solutions for commercial and opportunities in a diverse business environment, while maintaining brand standards
• Ability to develop presentations for targeted audiences; comfortable delivering presentations to groups
• Demonstrated experience in handling multiple projects at one time
• Responsiveness and prompt follow-up to phone calls and emails to ensure that we meet the needs of the customer in a timely manner
• Ability to execute strategic direction for the brand and influence others in support of that strategy
• Ability to listen, draw inferences, and communicate goals and expectations
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely express ideas both verbally and in written form
• Excellent interpersonal skills that build trust and instil confidence in order to motivate and influence others
• Proactive approach to identifying and solving problems
• Highly organized and structured approach to prioritising activities efficiently
• Time management - effective productivity and ability to meet deadlines in fast-paced environment
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite of tools
• Proficiency in the Chinese language, both written and verbal, is preferred to support GCM region in delivering hotel opening tools and resources

It would be useful if you have:

• Project or opening hotel management experience
• 2+ years of hotel industry (or similar) experience in a commercial hotel position at management or supervisory level

WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON

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