RECRUITMENT OF PROFESSIONALS IN HOTEL INDUSTRY, CATERING AND GASTRONOMY

Chief Operating Officer

Company

This hospitality company creatively combines an unforgettable stay (short or long), events, and food with art and culture. A place where inspiration, connection, and discovery are central. The contemporary, culturally engaged, and environmentally conscious guest immediately finds themselves in the right flow here!

Duties

Hospitality here is not a department, but a mindset - and as COO you bring everything together, making the difference between a good concept and an exceptional hospitality group.

  • You hold end-to-end responsibility for the operational performance of a growing multi-site hospitality group with hotels, restaurants, events, and meeting spaces
  • You translate the strategic vision into a scalable and future-proof operating model that supports growth without losing the soul of the concept
  • You lead and develop a team of General Managers, ensuring clear structure, accountability, and a shared rhythm across all locations
  • You design and implement unified SOPs and operational standards that guarantee consistency across all sites, while allowing room for local identity
  • You play a key role in the opening and integration of new hotels, ensuring every new location is operationally strong from day one
  • You are responsible for driving financial performance, continuously monitoring and optimising revenue, margins, cost structure, and efficiency
  • You work closely with Finance, Marketing, Sales, and HR to ensure seamless alignment between operations, brand, and commercial performance
  • You make decisions on systems, tools, and partners (PMS, POS, revenue management, and external suppliers) with a focus on scalability and efficiency
  • You foster collaboration across all teams and locations, actively building knowledge sharing, talent development, and a strong group culture
  • You combine strategic leadership with an entrepreneurial, hands-on mindset while safeguarding the energy, creativity, and identity of the concept during growth

Profile

We are looking for an experienced and versatile hospitality professional with a strong holistic understanding of how a modern hospitality concept operates and scales. Someone who does not think in silos, but understands and connects the full picture: operations, guest experience, F&B, events, systems, and brand storytelling.

  • You combine strategic thinking with a strong hands-on mindset
  • You feel equally comfortable on the hotel floor as in the boardroom, and you switch effortlessly between detail and helicopter view
  • You have experience in multi-site hospitality or in a complex hospitality environment where different products and services come together
  • You understand how to safeguard quality across multiple locations, without losing local dynamism and entrepreneurial spirit
  • You bring clarity, rhythm, and accountability, and you know how to bring people along in that
  • You have a natural affinity with systems and operational tools (such as PMS, POS, and revenue management) and understand how technology and processes enable scalability and efficiency
  • You are entrepreneurial, present, approachable, and energetic, with a clear drive to further shape and scale a growing hospitality concept
  • You are a connector: between teams, locations, and disciplines. You foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and a shared way of working across the group
  • You are fluent in English; knowledge of Dutch, French, and German is a strong plus

Offer

  • A key role with direct impact on the operations and future of a fast-growing hospitality group with multiple hotels, restaurants, events, and long-stay concepts
  • The opportunity to help shape the further development of the concept, including several new hotel openings in the near future
  • An environment where entrepreneurship, autonomy, and responsibility are central, with short decision lines and plenty of room for initiative
  • A competitive compensation package, complemented by additional benefits and flexibility in working arrangements (freelance collaboration is also possible)
  • An organisation where hospitality, community, and experience are at the core, with attention to quality and energy in everything we do

Location

Antwerpen

Contact person

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