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General Manager, Clarion Hotel Oslo

Location

Norway, Oslo

Location

Norway, Oslo

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2024-10-31

Ready to create unforgettable guest experiences?

As General Manager at Clarion Hotel Oslo, you’ll be heading up a team of hospitality professionals, bringing our take on urban sophistication to life. You’ll inspire your team to embody Clarion’s promise—delivering high-quality experiences, blending style, hospitality, and energy in every guest interaction. With your strategic mindset and passion for innovation, you’ll craft and execute plans that elevate both guest satisfaction and profitability. You thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments, driving the hotel's pulse while staying in tune with the latest trends. Your leadership will ensure that every moment feels dynamic, every experience feels premium, and sustainability is woven into everything we do.

At Clarion, your role is more than managing a hotel; it's about creating a vibrant metropolitan hub where style, quality, and authenticity converge. This is your chance to make Clarion Hotel Oslo the place to be in Oslo.

Your to-do-list as a Clarion GM:

  • Maximize occupancy and revenue through effective yield management
  • Ensure consistent delivery of premium guest experiences in line with Clarion’s high standards
  • Oversee forecasting, and financial performance to drive profitability
  • Maintain operational excellence by optimizing day-to-day processes
  • Lead talent development and team performance, fostering a culture of feedback, growth and engagement
  • Implement sustainable practices across all areas of the hotel, letting future generations know we did our best 
  • Ensure brand alignment through every guest interaction and operational decision
  • Create magic 24-7

This is a full-time, permanent position with a start date to be agreed upon.

Key traits we value: 

  • Visionary Leadership: A strategic thinker who inspires and leads with passion, driving both team performance and guest satisfaction
  • Extensive Hospitality Experience: Proven experience in the hospitality industry, with a deep understanding of high-end service, operations, and guest relations
  • Guest-Centric Focus: A deep commitment to delivering premium, memorable experiences that consistently exceed guest expectations
  • Commercial Savvy: Strong financial acumen with a proven track record in revenue management, budgeting, and driving profitability
  • Innovative & Solutions-Oriented: A creative problem solver who brings fresh ideas and can adapt in fast-paced, dynamic environments
  • Sustainability Champion: Passionate about integrating sustainable practices into all hotel operations, aligning with Clarion’s core values
  • We value the power of diversity within Strawberry. Different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas create a unique and inspiring work environment

What we offer to all our employees at Strawberry:

  • An exciting and varied work environment with a fast pace
  • The right tools and support to flourish both professionally and personally
  • Staff discounts and friends & family rates at our 200+ hotels
  • Four free hotel nights each year 
  • 25% discount on food & beverages at all our restaurants & bars
  • Sweet deals on experiences, travels, retail and lots more!

About Clarion Hotel

At Clarion. we personify a cosmopolitan lifestyle, seamlessly blending supreme quality, hospitality and sophistication into our vibrant atmosphere. Our prime locations and aesthetic appeal make us the perfect spot for an urban adventure, whether it's for work or play. We deliver twenty-four-seven service and experiences in our +30 hotels spread across the Nordics.   

About Strawberry

Strawberry is not just any company in the hotel industry- we're a rebel, with a warm beating heart. Strawberrt is a portal to a world of more than 240 hotels, 120 restaurants and 20 spas, where we create thousands of experiences every day. Strawberry is built on our core values: energy, courage and enthusiasm. Our team of 20 000 skillful individuals from more than 166 countries is what makes us grow. 

Ready to shape unforgettable experiences with us?

Apply now and become a key part of our journey. We review applications on a rolling basis, so don't wait- positions may be filled before the deadline. Interviews are conducted continuously. Contact the Director of Operations for NO/DK, Jannica Landmark-Rosén, at jannica.landmark-rosen@strawberry.no if you have any questions.

 

About Clarion Hotel: Clarion Hotel® is not just a hotel chain; it's an immersive experience that combines Scandinavian hospitality with a touch of premium. Our team members are not merely employees; they are an integral part of the Clarion experience. We pride ourselves on delivering on personality, passion, and we always strive for perfection. Join us in shaping the future of hospitality!

Clarion Hotel® is part of Strawberry.

What’s in it for you?

As part of of Strawberry, you will get the best employee benefits of the industry.

A culture to cherish

A culture to cherish

Our people always make guests their top priority! Our warm and welcoming atmosphere creates the right setting for you to flourish and work your magic. You will get the freedom you need to perform your tasks and solve problems as they arise in the best way you see fit. A strong team spirit and family-feeling foster a culture of collaboration. And when there’s something to celebrate, we make sure to have some fun! In larger cities, we also regularly host after-work events to allow colleagues to mingle. How do we achieve all this you may wonder? We believe it’s down to the fact that we’re a diverse crowd full of energy, courage and enthusiasm. That’s how we create extraordinary experiences every single day!

A culture to cherish

Job security for peace of mind

Job security for peace of mind

When you work with us, we’ll take your whole life situation into consideration. We offer good job security through collective agreements and insurances, as well as paid parental leave, holiday leave, wellness allowance, attractive pension plans and competitive salaries. We’re there for you.

Job security for peace of mind

Room to grow

Room to grow

With more than 200 hotels across the Nordics, we offer you endless opportunities for career progression! Would you like to work full-time, part-time, a few hours here and there, or perhaps only a season? We have room for you, no matter where you’re at. We encourage creativity and curiosity, and we make every effort to foster a culture of learning for professional development. Ready to take your next career leap within the company? We applaud you and will help you achieve this! An academic degree isn't the most important thing for us. If you have the right mindset, we can certainly promise you a bright future!

Room to grow

Explore more

Explore more

We encourage you to get out and explore all that life has to offer! So, we always give numerous discounts to you and your friends and family at our hotels, bars and restaurants. As part of Strawberry, you get four FREE nights at our hotels each year* To remind you just how important you are, we’ll always do our best to offer you an upgrade! And on top of that, we’ve also partnered with other companies to give you sweet deals on air travel, charter holidays, car rental and lots more. 

*If you are employed on a contract for at least 20% of full-time working hours.

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Open mind, open hearts

Open mind, open hearts

Our heart beats for the world around us. To meet global challenges, we support the transition to clean energy, and we recently opened the first zero-energy hotel in the Nordics. We seek to use organic produce and have championed the elimination of unsustainable palm oil. We promote equal rights above all and are proud sponsors of Pride. Regardless of your ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs, disabilities or age - our doors are always open.

Open mind, open hearts

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