Location: Panama City Beach FL
Company: By the Sea Resorts
By the Sea Resorts is hiring a Vice President of Operations & Asset Performance to drive disciplined execution across a Panama City Beach hospitality portfolio. This is an execution seatmeasured by outcomes in asset condition margin expansion labor discipline maintenance performance and operational control.
For this role we are searching for the right person to institutionalize systems enforce standards tighten labor models protect capital and deliver measurable performance improvementsproperty by property.
Produce a property-by-property capital plan within 90 days including:
Lifecycle prioritization and sequencing
Budget estimates by project/category
Annual funding schedule aligned to ownership return expectations
Deferred maintenance visibility and risk scoring
Implement a repeatable annual CapEx planning process and governance cadence.
Implement a standardized portfolio-wide preventative maintenance program with:
Defined PM standards frequencies and documentation requirements
Compliance tracking and audit rhythm
Measurable reduction in reactive maintenance and guest-impact incidents
Set and manage clear KPIs for engineering performance including:
Work order response time and closure rate
Productivity and labor utilization
Inventory controls and purchasing discipline
Deferred maintenance tracking and remediation plans
Professionalize property engineering leadership and expectations.
Build data-driven housekeeping labor models tied to:
Occupancy room type and service expectations
Cost per occupied room (CPOR) targets
Quality and guest satisfaction thresholds
Reduce labor inefficiency while protecting guest experience.
Identify and execute operational efficiencies that create measurable portfolio-wide GOP improvement including:
Labor productivity (front office housekeeping engineering F&B)
Purchasing and vendor cost controls
Scheduling discipline overtime reduction and staffing optimization
Stronger forecasting variance management and property-level controls
Audit renegotiate and govern major service contracts:
Ensure pricing competitiveness and scope clarity
Track SLA compliance and service quality
Implement contract calendar renewals discipline and portfolio leverage
Reduce contract creep and prevent unmanaged spend.
Lead structured monthly GM performance reviews focused on:
Labor ratios and productivity
Asset condition and PM compliance
Departmental execution and standards
Action plans with deadlines and follow-through
Set expectations clearly; resolve underperformance decisively.
Transition the organization from reactive management to disciplined operating control:
Operating cadence scorecards KPI dashboards
SOP adoption audits and compliance routines
Meeting rhythms that drive actions not reporting theater
Build consistency across properties and eliminate special rules by hotel.
Partner with ownership to protect asset value during renovation/repositioning by supporting:
Scope control and change-order discipline
Budget tracking and contractor accountability
Timeline adherence and milestone reporting
Operational transition planning (phasing guest impact mitigation ramp-up)
Implement F&B discipline to improve profitability and consistency:
Food cost controls waste reduction recipe/spec compliance
Labor deployment and scheduling discipline
Service standards and throughput improvements
Weekly P&L rhythm and corrective actions
CapEx Roadmap delivered within 90 days; annual plan governance operating thereafter
PM compliance rate; reduction in emergency repairs and guest-impact incidents
Engineering response/close times; inventory variance; deferred maintenance reduction
Housekeeping CPOR improvement with stable/improved guest scores
Portfolio GOP margin improvement and departmental flow-through
Vendor savings realized SLA compliance tracking
GM review cadence maintained; action-item closure rate
Renovation projects: on-time/on-budget performance and clean operational transitions
Restaurant: food cost and labor contribution margin improvement
We are seeking a portfolio operator who thrives on structure and follow-through. You bring:
High standards low drama and a bias for measurable execution
Strong command of hotel department operations and P&L mechanics
Confidence installing systems enforcing compliance and coaching leaders
An asset-protection mindsetcapex discipline maintenance rigor and risk management
Comfort being held accountable to a clear scorecard
Required
10 years in hotel operations with increasing leadership scope
Multi-property leadership experience (regional/area operations; multi-unit oversight)
Demonstrated ability to improve margins through labor maintenance and operational controls
Proven experience implementing maintenance discipline and operational standardization
Strong financial acumen: budgeting forecasting labor management variance control
Willingness to travel regularly across multiple properties
Preferred
Turnaround experience stabilizing underperforming hotels
Renovation/transition oversight experience (phased work re-openings repositioning)
Strong F&B operational discipline background (where restaurants are material)
This is a field-forward role: present in assets visible to teams and accountable for outcomes
Clear operating cadence: weekly KPI rhythm monthly GM reviews quarterly asset performance reviews
Partnership-driven but firm: collaborate where appropriate enforce standards when necessary
Required Experience:
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