Vanessa Parrilla
Executive Housekeeper/Operations Manager-Rooms - Newport Marriott / Front Office Manager / Hotel Floor Supervisor
Norwich, CT 06360
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Work Experience
Executive Housekeeper-Fox Tower Hotel
Manage the Housekeeping department with a total of 823 room, 4-diamond luxury hotel.
Organized safety meetings. Meet department budget and Successfully reduced turnover in the department.
Follow and complete Self-Inspections to ensure we meet our guests and client expectations. Hired and managed housekeeping personal and reinforcing all company SOPs, maintaining highest scores of cleanliness and quality of rooms. Direct my team to fully conform to the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, sanitation, service and comfort for all guests. Other responsibility: schedule, inventory, payroll, manage laundry personal, Managing and Conducting Human Resources Activities, follow up on guest request and concerns to ensure we meet our guest’s expectations and 4 Dimond hotel service standards.
Operations Manager- Rooms
Newport Marriott / Fox Tower at Foxwoods
2003 to Present
06/10/2017 Newport Marriott Operations Manager - Rooms
Functions as the strategic business leader of property operations and acts as General Manager in his/
her absence. Develop and implement the operations strategy and ensuring implementation of the
brand service strategy and brand initiatives, ensuring operations meet the brand's target customer
needs, ensuring employee satisfaction, focuses on growing revenues and maximizes financial
performance. Developing and implementing property-wide strategies that deliver products and
services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand's target customer and property
employees and provides a return on investment. Work responsibilities and activities: Managing
Profitability and Departmental Budgets, Managing Property Operations, Leading Property Operations
Teams and Managing and Conducting Human Resources Activities.
Job History
Front Office Hotel Shift Manager - 12/01/2013 – Fox Tower Hotel
Providing a professional Front Office environment to ensure top quality customer service to hotel/
resort, strong interpersonal skills, managing the Fox Tower Hotel with a total of 825 rooms, I have
the ability to prepare and fulfill short-term developmental and operational goals and the financial
knowledge necessary to assist in the creation of and adherence to departmental budgets. Managing
our new team members training, schedule, billing, completing our numbers for the day during our
night audit report, email and ensuring all the resort sales group information is correct before any group
arrivals and many others to ensure we are providing a Five Start Service to our Fox Tower at Foxwoods
Guests.
Front Office Supervisor - 04/07/2013 – Fox Tower at Foxwoods
Working on Daily front office activities with a focus on service levels and providing guidance to ensure
courteous hotel and excellent service/ Working the front Line answering any questions or Concerns
that our front office team member has during their shifts, assisting them with any quest’s requests,
questions or concerns, working together with the management team to ensure we have the staff to
cover or front line, VIP and our Concierge desk to provide a Five-star service to our guests.
Hotel Rooms Controller - 12/11/2011- Front office/ Fox Tower at Foxwoods
Under the direction of the Front Office Manager, I blocked and coordinate guest room to maximize
room revenue and efficiencies based on guest arrival and departure, providing outstanding guest
service per Foxwoods standards, working with Resort Sales Department to proper handle groups'
arrivals and Departures. Worked together with our Front Office Management team to provide a five
start service and met our guests' needs.
Hotel Floor Supervisor - 05/18/2008
The Assistant Housekeeping Manager assists with daily responsibilities of the Housekeeping front line
personnel, Professional leadership, providing general guidance to all personnel and develop short term
developmental goals. Providing five start Customer service to ensure total guest satisfaction. (8) Years
of hotel housekeeping experience. I worked on starting the day for our housekeeping staff paperwork
and all the rest of the materials for a total of 12 or more guest room attendance and 2 floors for the
Fox Tower at Foxwoods Hotel with a total of 825 rooms and Grand Pequot at Foxwoods with a total of
802 rooms also worked in the Great Cedar's Hotel on the VIP floor.