Area General Manager - Renaissance Columbus

The Area General Manager is responsible for the leadership and operational oversight of multiple hotel properties ensuring alignment with Crescent Hotels & Resorts standards/Brand standards and ownership objectives. This role requires strategic leadership, operational excellence, and financial acumen.

Strategic Leadership & Owner Relations

Serve as the primary liaison between the General Managers, Ownership, and Crescent Hotels & Resorts, maintaining open, transparent, and initiative-taking communication. Understand and align hotel operations with ownership’s investment goals, delivering timely updates on performance, strategic plans, and key initiatives. Prepare and present comprehensive reports to owners, including financial performance, operational efficiencies, and capital improvement needs. Build trust and credibility with ownership by demonstrating a deep understanding of market dynamics, risk management, and long-term asset value enhancement. Conduct regular site visits to each property to assess performance, mentor leaders, and implement improvements.

Financial Performance

Critically analyze reports and budgets for each property identifying opportunities for revenue growth and cost savings. Monitor and ensure consistent achievement of financial targets for each hotel. Formulate complex financial and operational reports for internal and external stakeholders. Support in the properties in the development and execution of budgets and forecasts.

Talent Management:

Evaluate management performance, deliver coaching and counseling, and ensure adherence to company standards and HR policies, including the appropriate handling of associate relations and disciplinary actions. Interview, Hire and ensure required associate training is conducted. Guide and mentor General Managers, fostering leadership development and succession planning.

Communication & Relationship Building:

Maintain open lines of communication with General Managers, Corporate support teams, and the ownership group. Foster a culture of service excellence, clear communication, and collaboration across all levels of the organization.

Corporate Engagement & Brand Standards:

Represent the hotel at corporate meetings, sales trips, and participate in company committees as needed. Ensure alignment with brand standards, Crescent’s operational policies, and company-wide initiatives.

Required Skills & Abilities:

• Minimum 8 years of progressive hotel leadership experience, including multi-property oversight.
• Ability to travel regularly to assigned properties.
• Possess strong relationship building skills with hotel ownership groups, demonstrating professionalism, transparency and responsiveness. Proven ability to communicate performance results, strategic initiatives and business plans effectively while balancing brand standards and ownership objectives.
• Strong financial acumen with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and P&L oversight.
• Knowledge of hotel operations, including marketing plans, security and safety programs, personnel and labor relations, preparation of business plans, repairs, maintenance, budget forecasting, quality assurance programs, hospitality law, and long-range planning.
• Ability to move throughout premises and visually inspect conditions including bending, stooping, and reaching arms overhead.
• Ability to work effectively under time constraints and deadlines.