MANAGING LAUNDRY FUNCTION BY
PROVIDING CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE LINEN AND GUEST LAUNDRY
- Provides productive operation
resulting in professionally cleaned and pressed linen and guest laundry by
managing the laundry function
- Assists in the production and
output of linen being processed through the laundry function during peak
times or during absence of laundry workers
- Anticipates changes in
occupancy and revises strategies to coincide with variances
- Maintains linens according to
hotel and corporate standards by monitoring condition of linens and
repairing and/or replacing linens as necessary
- Provides written and verbal
reports required to the Housekeeping Manager to keep him informed on the
statues of the clean laundry supply
- Supplies washers with chemicals
and has sufficient chemical in stock to meet
variances in demand
- Understands basics and
maintenance of laundry equipment
- Writes maintenance reports in
regards to replacement or repair of machine parts
- Notifies engineering if further
actions need to be taken
- Co-ordinates linen inventories
and recommends purchases
- Inventories, organizes and
monitors employee uniforms
- Prepares schedules as
requested, and in accordance with forecasted occupancy
- Purchases approved, cost
effective chemicals and other operating supplies as
required
- Handles the daily inventory
keeping of all hotel linen goes out to the outsourced laundry company and
receiving it back after wash/ dry clean. Is aware of departmental costs;
takes action to control labor, amenities and supply costs
LAWS, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES
- Follows and help employees to
follow all applicable laws with regards to health,
safety,
sanitation, and security of employees and guests
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Utilizes supervisory skills and
motivation to maximize employee productivity and
- satisfaction
- Works closely with employees to
keep service up to standards, gives feed-back,
- takes corrective action, and
supports positive team work
- Identifies training needs, and
informs Executive
Housekeeper
- Carries out skills training as
requested from the Executive
Housekeeper, to
- consistently provide quality
output
- Identifies high potential
employees, and informs Executive
Housekeeper of them
- EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
- A good example of open and straight
forward communication within department and with other departments.
- Motivates and challenges
employees