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MAKINDE MICHAEL OLAWALE

MAKINDE MICHAEL OLAWALE

HOTELIER
Lagos,LA

Summary

Accomplished in building high-performing teams and inspiring staff to achieve goals. Insightful Manager with experience directing and improving operations through effective employee motivational strategies and strong policy enforcement. Proficient in best practices, market trends and regulatory requirements of industry operations. Talented leader with analytical approach to business planning and day-to-day problem-solving. Efficiently versed in task delegation and workflow coordination, promoting efficient and high-quality operations. Diplomatic and engaging with skill in handling challenging requests with friendly and knowledgeable support.

Overview

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Language
7
7
years of post-secondary education
13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Manager

Seattle Residences and Spa
Victoria Island, Lagos
12.2020 - Current
  • Primarily responsible for general operations (Front office, Housekeeping, Spa, Food and Beverage, Facility and Security) of apartment.
  • Promotes and maintain good public relations.
  • Motivates and maintains good staff relations.
  • Answers guest inquiries, handles complain and attends to all Guest's needs.
  • Maintains and be guided of hotel policy on credit /lost and found hotel guests properties.
  • Assigns and approves duty roster for all front office staff.
  • Ensuring safety of Guests, Associates and Hotel property.
  • Welcome all VVIP guests.
  • Developed and launched loss-prevention program, reducing theft 85%
  • Monitored over 70 employees' day-to-day activities and made plans to rectify issues resulting in guest's dissatisfaction

Duty Manager

Sheraton Hotel Lagos
Ikeja, Lagos State
05.2013 - 11.2020
  • Ensuring that lobby and public areas, lights and as well as front office staff in proper and orderly appearance and behavior.
  • Assist in handling room lock problems.
  • Prepares and checks for VIP’s arrival and escorts guests to rooms.
  • Coordinate with all departments concerned in order to maintain front office functions properly.
  • Operates front office computer system in order to assist front office attendants.
  • Handles guests complains and other related problems and reports on assistant manager’s log book.
  • Approves and signs for allowances, rebates as required by front office cashier.
  • Promotes and maintain good public relations.
  • Motivates and maintains good staff relations.
  • Answers guest inquiries, handles complains and attends to need of guests.
  • Maintains and be guided of hotel policy on credit /lost and found hotel guests properties.
  • Responsible for front office operations during absence of front office manager.
  • Assigns and approves duty roster for all front office staff.
  • Ensuring safety of Guests, Associates and Hotel property.

GUEST SERVICE AGENT

Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Mobolaji
Ikeja, Lagos State
01.2012 - 05.2013
  • Greetings guests on arrival and making them feel welcomed.
  • Administering check-ins and check-outs.
  • Providing front desk services to guests.
  • Assigning rooms and taking care of administrative duties.
  • Processing guest’s payment.
  • Been source of information to guest on various matters such as transport, restaurant advice.
  • Investigated guest challenges and sources of dissatisfaction to offer timely resolution
  • Responded to incoming guests, telephone calls, and email inquiries with efficiency and professionalism
  • Collected room deposits, fees and payments

HOSPITALITY TRAINEE

Sheraton Hotel Lagos
Ikeja, Lagos State
11.2009 - 12.2011
  • RESERVATIONS DEPT.
  • Making new and amending reservations for guests.
  • Been source of information to guests on various matters such as type of resorts, restaurant advice, and hall capacity.
  • Handle customer complain on reservations.
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity
  • RECEPTION DEPT:.
  • Greetings guests on arrival and making them feel welcomed.
  • Administering check-ins and check-outs.
  • Providing front desk services to guests.
  • Assigning rooms and taking care of administrative duties.
  • Processing guest’s payment.
  • Been a source of information to guest on various matters such as transport, restaurant advice.
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity
  • GUEST SERVICE CENTER/SWITCHBOARD:.
  • Track and register Guests Complains & requests.
  • Receive and direct all internal calls that comes into hotel.
  • Update guest’s preference on their profile for future visits.
  • Used quick response and dynamic service skills to build relationships with patrons, improving customer retention rate
  • Reported facility and room maintenance problems to appropriate personnel for immediate remediation
  • Explained details regarding property to acclimate patrons to resort environment
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity

Assistant Manager (NYSC)

PARAGON HOTEL
SURULERE, LAGOS
11.2008 - 06.2009
  • Oversee the entire operations of the hotel and report to the General Manager.
  • Operates the front office computer system in order to assist front office attendants.
  • Handles guests complains and other related problems..
  • As required by the front office cashier.
  • Motivates and maintains good staff relations.
  • Answers guest inquiries, handles complains and attends to the need of guests.
  • Assigns and approves duty roster for all staff.
  • Ensuring the safety of the Guests, Associates and Hotel property.

Industrial Trainee

SHERATON HOTEL LAGOS
IKEJA, LAGOS
02.2007 - 05.2007

LAUNDRY

  • Folding of towels
  • Folding of bedsheets
  • Ironing and returning of Guest's laundry
  • Sorting of guests and staff's clothes
  • treating of soiled clothes and linens
  • Stain removal treatments.

Industrial Trainee

FEDERAL PALACE HOTEL
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
01.2003 - 03.2003

Room Service

  • Pick calls, take guest's orders and reconfirm orders to guest.
  • Serve guest in room
  • Check floors and collate all early morning breakfast request hung on door knobs.
  • Follow up of guest's orders ensuring it is served at given time.
  • Give guest feedbacks on their orders
  • Suggest meals to guest if needed.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Hotel Management

OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY
OGUN STATE
09.2003 - 04.2008

No Degree - CATERING AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT

YABA COLLEGE oF TECHNOLOGY
LAGOS
01.2001 - 08.2003

Skills

Strong analytical and problems solving skills

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Accomplishments

  • Carefully mentored newly hired and old employees on customer service techniques which helped improve focus on guests and visitors. As well as great improvement and importance of team work among employees.

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
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Interests

Team work, Goal achievement, Organisational growth

Timeline

Operations Manager

Seattle Residences and Spa
12.2020 - Current

Duty Manager

Sheraton Hotel Lagos
05.2013 - 11.2020

GUEST SERVICE AGENT

Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Mobolaji
01.2012 - 05.2013

HOSPITALITY TRAINEE

Sheraton Hotel Lagos
11.2009 - 12.2011

Assistant Manager (NYSC)

PARAGON HOTEL
11.2008 - 06.2009

Industrial Trainee

SHERATON HOTEL LAGOS
02.2007 - 05.2007

Bachelor of Science - Hotel Management

OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY
09.2003 - 04.2008

Industrial Trainee

FEDERAL PALACE HOTEL
01.2003 - 03.2003

No Degree - CATERING AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT

YABA COLLEGE oF TECHNOLOGY
01.2001 - 08.2003
MAKINDE MICHAEL OLAWALEHOTELIER