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Group Regional Hotel General Manager - National Hotel Group Eastern Cape / Bloemfontein

Position Overview

A highly prominent and expanding national hospitality group is seeking a world class senior Hotel Management executive to assume comprehensive strategic, operational, and financial command of a prominent 6-property hospitality portfolio. The geographic footprint spans two vital commercial hubs:

• 4 Properties based in East London
• 2 Properties based in Bloemfontein

This critical executive leadership role requires driving performance through indirect management. Instead of day-to-day micro-management, you will empower, guide, and hold on-site General Managers accountable. Your primary mandate is to maximize regional market share, optimize profitability, and ensure each property meets corporate benchmarks and strict financial objectives.

Primary Areas of Responsibility:

Strategic Leadership & Performance Culture

• Multi-Site Accountability: Lead, mentor, and challenge property-level General Managers and department heads to foster an ownership mindset and sharp corporate accountability.
• Goal Cascading: Translate high-level group strategies into localized, actionable business plans, measurable KPIs, and robust site scorecards.
• Performance Remediation: Conduct rigorous operational reviews to identify performance gaps early, implementing documented corrective actions immediately.
• Talent Pipelines: Design proactive succession maps across the region to identify internal high-potentials and safeguard leadership continuity.
• Executive Recruitment: Oversee the selection, hiring, and thorough onboarding of property-level management teams aligned with corporate culture.
• Operational Excellence: Enforce the seamless rollout and strict maintenance of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and corporate policies across all locations.

Financial Command & Portfolio Profitability

• P&L Ownership: Drive regional profitability targets, managing consolidated revenue streams, GOP/EBITDAR margins, and labor cost caps.
• Fiscal Planning: Direct the annual budgeting and forecasting cycles, auditing all local operational and commercial assumptions for accuracy.
• Variance Intervention: Analyze financial deviations alongside site managers, deploying rapid recovery frameworks to correct margin slippage.
• Cost Optimisation: Enforce disciplined expenditure control and operational efficiencies without compromising guest satisfaction or asset integrity.
• Working Capital Control: Partner with corporate finance to govern regional cash flow, inventory levels, procurement, and debtor/creditor balances.

Commercial Strategy & Revenue Growth

• Market Optimization: Collaborate closely with corporate commercial, sales, and revenue management teams to maximize regional RevPAR, occupancy, and distribution channels.
• Local Market Activation: Ensure property managers aggressively convert local corporate pipelines, secure key accounts, and monitor local competitive sets.
• Demand Analysis: Evaluate forward-booking pace and demand indicators to implement agile commercial and pricing adjustments.

Operational Quality & Asset Preservation

• Portfolio Inspections: Conduct regular, unannounced physical site walk-throughs to verify immaculate cleanliness, high-tier F&B standards, and strict health and safety compliance.
• Metric Evaluation: Monitor daily operational indicators including food margins, labor cost ratios, QA scores, and guest sentiment metrics.
• Resource Synergy: Capitalize on the regional network by sharing operational learnings and cross-utilizing resources to drive cost-efficiencies.
• CapEx Management: Oversee planned preventative maintenance schedules and track approved capital expenditure projects to guarantee on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Crisis Management: Provide definitive leadership and reporting during critical on-site disruptions, emergencies, or operational escalations.

Guest Experience & Brand Standards

• Service Culture: Instill a guest-centric philosophy across all hospitality tiers to consistently surpass online reputation and internal quality targets.
• Root-Cause Resolution: Dissect guest feedback and complaints systematically to eliminate structural service failures and audit the success of fixes.
• Process Innovation: Introduce practical operational enhancements to improve both the guest journey and on-site staff morale.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Statutory Adherence: Ensure flawless compliance with all local labor laws, liquor licensing, food safety regulations, fire codes, and data protection protocols.
• Audit Rectification: Resolve internal risk and audit findings swiftly, ensuring zero recurrence of control failures.

Stakeholder Management

• Investor Relations: Cultivate transparent, high-integrity partnerships with asset owners, board shareholders, corporate divisions, and strategic vendors.
• Corporate Integration: Navigate centralized corporate support functions effectively while maintaining total field accountability for localized regional results.

Delegated Authority & Framework

• Hiring Power: Authorized to recruit and select all regional talent below the senior executive planning committee level.
• Financial Proposal: Responsible for formatting and recommending annual operational budgets, financial reforecasts, and CapEx priorities for executive board approval.
• Expense Control: Empowered to allocate labor, distribute resources, and manage operational expenses within baseline approved budgets.
• Strategic Deployment: Clear authority to launch approved operational and commercial initiatives within the scope of the broader business plan.
• Risk Reporting: Mandated to instantly escalate material legal, financial, safety, or brand-reputational risks to senior corporate executives.

Candidate Profile: Skills & Competencies

Leadership & Behavioral Competencies

• Indirect Leadership: Proven track record of managing multi-property portfolios through site leaders rather than relying on direct micro-management.
• Execution Focus: A history of turning operational audits into clear deliverables with strict deadlines and assigned ownership.
• Corporate Diplomacy: Outstanding communication, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills tailored for both property staff and executive boardrooms.
• Analytical Reasoning: Strong financial acumen with the ability to interpret data rapidly and make definitive, evidence-based decisions.
• Talent Development: A natural ability to identify, attract, develop, and retain elite hospitality management talent.
• Composure: High emotional intelligence, maintaining complete objectivity and strategic focus during high-pressure situations.
• Mobility: Full flexibility and willingness to travel extensively between East London and Bloemfontein assets to remain visible and impactful.

Technical Expertise

• Full-Service Operations: Comprehensive knowledge of rooms division management, high-volume food and beverage, conferencing, events, and engineering.
• Revenue Architecture: Strong familiarity with hotel sales, channel distribution, digital marketing, and market segmentation strategies.
• Financial Management: Advanced competence in hotel P&L structures, cost-control methodologies, and working capital optimization.
• Labor Relations: Sound foundational knowledge of performance management frameworks and regional labor legislation.
• Risk & Governance: Deep understanding of health, safety, food hygiene, licensing laws, and corporate compliance frameworks.
• Asset Maintenance: Practical familiarity with facility maintenance scheduling and long-term capital asset preservation planning.
• Systems Literacy: High proficiency in Google Workspace, Property Management Systems (PMS), revenue tools, and central business intelligence applications.

Qualifications & Experience Criteria

Academic Credentials & Core Requirements

• Education: A recognized tertiary qualification, Advanced Diploma, or Degree in Hospitality Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field. Diploma is required as a baseline standard (Equivalent executive-level industry tenure and a proven track record will be fully evaluated).
• Mobility: Possession of a valid, unencumbered SA Driver’s License is required, along with an uncompromising capacity to undertake frequent, regular regional travel between portfolio locations.

Professional Experience Track Record

• Industry Tenure: A minimum of 8 to 10 years of progressive, professional hospitality experience within premium environments.
• Leadership Benchmark: At least 5 years of successful tenure as a full-time Hotel General Manager overseeing a reputable 4-star or 5-star full-service hotel, premium resort, or multi-unit hospitality setup.
• Operational Scope: A documented history of directing complex operations and leading senior management teams. Prior regional, area, or multi-property management responsibilities will be highly advantageous.
• Asset Exposure: Deep operational experience managing complex properties driven by high-volume food and beverage operations, extensive conferencing/banqueting infrastructure, or premium resort components.

Regional-Specific Advantages (East London & Bloemfontein Focus)

• Alternative Environments: Direct operational exposure to alternative high-compliance sectors—such as large-scale warehouse/logistics setups, high-end game lodges, or private safari reserve environments—will give candidates a strong competitive edge.
• Convention Scale: Prior experience directing, managing, or collaborating closely with dedicated convention centres, large-scale exhibition hubs, or intricate banqueting facilities is highly preferred.

Logistics & Location Parameters

• Work Location: This is a fully in-person executive position.
• Commute/Relocation: Candidates must be able to reliably commute within the Eastern Cape or have concrete plans to relocate to the region prior to their official commencement date (Required).

Pay: R90 000,00 - R100 000,00 per month

Education:

• Diploma (Required)

Experience:

• Hotel GM within a large hotel: 5 years (Required)
• Hospitality : 10 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Hospitality Management Diploma (Required)
• SA Drivers License (Required)

Work Location: In person