Head of Business Performance Clarion Hotel

IN SHORT

 

Nordic Choice Hotels are now looking for a new Head of Business Performance at Clarion Hotel.  The role reports to Director of Business Performance at Nordic Choice Hotels and will be a part of both Nordic Choice Hotel’s Business Performance team and Clarion Hotel‘s Operational Management Team.  The Head of Business Performance works close in matrix with the Vice President of Clarion Hotel to enhance business performance, and is a key player in both Clarion Hotel’s management team and the finance department.

And we now hope you will join us!

Clarion Hotel is part of Nordic Choice Hotels: The industry rebel. A different hotel company, with a warm, beating heart. We have “Energy, Guts and Enthusiasm as core values. We will always do more than what is expected – for the guest, our employees, our community and the environment.

We offer three different hotel chains. Stylish Clarion Hotel, warm Quality Hotel, urban Comfort Hotel and more than 20 independent hotels. All 16,000 employees engage in the planet, healthy and sustainable food, diversity and equality, ethical trade and children`s opportunities in and outside the Nordic countries.

Nordic Choice Hotels is one of the largest and most expansive hotel company in the Nordic countries. At the moment we have close to 200 hotels in more than 100 different destinations in Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltics.

The role is part of the Business Performance Team. The team is organized within the Finance Department at Nordic Choice Hotels. The role will report to Director of Business Performance at Nordic Choice Hotels, but will also work closely with the Senior Vice President for Clarion Hotels and the chains management group to drive their strategy and enhance business performance. The role is based Stockholm, but will require travel.

DEPARTMENT

Business Performance

ORGANIZATIONAL PLACEMENT

Member of Nordic Choice's central Business Performance Team

Member of Clarion Hotels Leadership Group.

THE JOB

The Business Performance Manager’s key tasks include driving Nordic Choice Hotel’s company values through performance measurement by leading and developing operations KPIs across Clarion. You will enhance the business performance of the hotels by identifying areas of improvement, propose solutions and hands on follow-up of implementation at the hotels. 

• Drive target-, strategy- and forecasting processes for Clarion Collection Hotels within Group guidelines in tight collaboration with operational management team
• Perform Monthly reporting and performance analysis
• Follow up each hotel locally and provide hands on assistance to the General Managers and/or Business Controllers
• Support target-, strategy- and forecasting processes within Group guidelines in tight collaboration with operational management team for Clarion hotels in assigned portfolio
• Ensure that business performance knowledge is shared by facilitating benchmarking workshops with hotels, spreading competence and motivating stakeholders to improve results
• Support with ad hoc analysis and assignments for Director of Operation, Business Performance Team and/or Group Finance
• Acquire super user skills and ensure correct setup of hotel systems in order to ensure good quality of data
• Build standard reports to hotels and chain operations in relevant tools (e.g. Excel and Power BI)
• Be responsible for driving prioritized improvement projects on chain and/or Group level 


THE TALENT 

You have:

• Energy, courage and enthusiasm
• A passion for HORECA (Hotel, Restaurants and Catering) 
• Customer oriented; striving to respond to customer needs
• A team player and networker who enjoys working in a fast- paced environment
• A business mindset and can both look at things on high level and work with details
• Able to navigate in a cross-functional organization and matrix environment
• Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration or equivalent
• Track record from controlling / business operation or another position that has given you great analytical skills and stakeholder management experience
• A business mindset and can both look at things on high level and work with details
• Good knowledge in finance and BI systems, and cannot imagine a life without Excel
• Strong communication skills
• Fluent in Scandinavian languages and English (spoken and written) 


We don’t hire disabled people, immigrants, persons with a criminal record, gays or lesbians, Norwegians or divorcees.
We hire individuals.

 

Pushing for change, because WeCare.

Application deadline 24. May 2019.