Manager – Seminar Houses Essentis & Pommritz
WBS
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Berlin • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Overall responsibility for operations, personnel and development of the seminar houses Essentis and Lebensgut Pommritz
- Lead and coach the on-site teams (Essentis approx. 10 employees, Pommritz approx. 4–5 employees) and ensure service and quality standards (reception, housekeeping, kitchen, service and technical)
- Organize smooth seminar operations including room planning, catering, guest management and technical support
- Quality management including analysis of guest feedback and the continuous optimization of processes
- Purchasing and cost management including contract negotiations and budget control
- Process optimization with a focus on digitalization, efficiency and sustainability
- Coordinate maintenance, repairs and modernizations and ensure compliance with legal requirements (safety, hygiene, occupational health and safety) within facility management
- Responsibility for sustainability management in terms of energy efficiency, waste separation, ecological procurement and transparent communication of sustainable measures to guests
- Prepare and maintain evacuation plans and organize team training for first aid and emergency procedures
- Design and maintain all areas (guest rooms, seminar rooms, outdoor areas) to provide an inviting and functional environment
Requirements
- Completed training or degree in hotel management, hospitality, event management or a related field
- Several years of leadership experience in operational teams including recruiting, coaching and change management
- Strong host mentality and high service orientation to ensure operational excellence
- Strong communication skills when working with employees, the board and owners, plus good German (C1/C2) and English (minimum B2) for daily coordination
- Willingness to travel between sites and flexible availability during peak times (otherwise regular working hours Mon–Fri)
- Hands-on mentality, decisiveness and solution-oriented thinking
Benefits
- Enjoy 30 days of vacation
- Sabbatical
- Vacation and workation opportunities in our seminar houses in Berlin and Pommritz
- Numerous offers and discounts via Corporate Benefits
- Participate in company runs
- Sport and relaxation offers with Voiio
- JobRad (company bike program)
- Corporate fitness with EGYM Wellpass
- Yoga retreats
- Nutritional supplements
- Ergonomic workstation equipment
- Coaching and consulting offers
- Further your education with various training opportunities
- Three dedicated training days
- Individual professional and personal development
- LinkedIn Learning
- Team development activities
- Leadership Management Program
- Microsoft 365 with Copilot
- Benefit from excellent compatibility between career and family
- Paid child sick days
- Family holidays in our seminar houses
- Paid special leave for the care of relatives
- Digital childcare and tutoring with Voiio
- Experience a warm, company-wide sense of community with your colleagues
- Annual company events
- Mindful meeting culture
- Onboarding seminars and start buddies
- Open error and feedback culture
- Solutions-focused approach — NiPsiLd is our motto
- Help shape the future of education with AI
- Autonomous working
- Meaningful work with social impact
- Commitment to the common good with a focus on sustainability
- Charity campaign “Herzensprojekte” by WBS GRUPPE
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
hotel managementhospitalityevent managementquality managementbudget controlcontract negotiationsprocess optimizationfacility managementsustainability managementemergency procedures
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingservice orientationcommunicationdecisivenesssolution-oriented thinkinghands-on mentalityflexibilityteam trainingchange management