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Senior Vice President - Comfort Hotel

Location

Norway, Oslo

Location

Norway, Oslo

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2023-03-21

We have great adventures ahead of us! Nordic Choice Hotels faces a journey of change - we are going to become Strawberry.

Comfort Hotel™, on the other hand, will remain Comfort Hotel™, but Comfort also faces a very exciting future. Change, growth and development are our normal. Comfort Hotel™ will take the undisputed position as the Nordic region's leading budget hotel chain, and for that we need you.

As Senior Vice President, you have the overall responsibility for further developing the brand and securing Comfort Hotel™'s position in the market.  You also have the bottom line responsibility for the group.

We are looking for someone who has solid experience in leading managers. You are able to manage towards strategic goals, while at the same time being able to spar with your operations directors and hotel directors on an operational level.

You are a commercial, charismatic and confident leader who can demonstrate success at a portfolio level. You experience success when your employees flourish. Sustainability, diversity and inclusion go hand in hand with market share, profitability and growth.

We therefore believe that you have experience from portfolio hotel management - and preferably from the budget segment specifically. 

You are relaxed and informal, with a strong commercial and market focus. You have a very good financial understanding and you are pragmatic, flexible and solution-oriented. Also in meetings with relevant stakeholders. 

You should also enjoy developing people and the ability to facilitate investments in new talent. We take diversity seriously, and know that people with different experiences, backgrounds and skills will add value to us.

 The responsibility is great. We are absolutely sure that the right person will get the challenge of a lifetime, and we can guarantee that you will be part of a very exciting journey.

You may be resident in Norway or Sweden, and you must expect to move between the Nordic countries. Our corporate language is English. You should be relatively fluent both orally and in writing, together with a Scandinavian language.

If you feel that this could be you, we are very interested in talking to you.

We promise you a challenging and exciting role in a future-oriented company with a clear culture and strong values. We have uncomplicated decision-making structures and you can leave a clear mark if you have the will and ability to implement.

Please contact Irene Ivin for questions.

Last application deadline: 21 March 2023

We’re Comfort Hotel® – a hotel chain that promise to give our guests what they need, and skip the unnecessary. We have great locations, urban design and we’re offering selected service,  but the service we give is great. We aim to be easy & likeable. As in easy on the wallet, with easy access and last but definitely not least – easy on the planet. 

We are Strawberry. With over 225 hotels, 120 restaurants, 20 spas and more, we create thousands of experiences every day. With urban Comfort Hotel®, warm Quality Hotel™, stylish Clarion Hotel® and cosy Clarion Collection® Hotel and more than 40 unique independent hotels, our guests can pick and choose. Our team of 17 000 passionate individuals from more than 120 countries is what makes up our company – diversity is what makes us grow! Strawberry is built on our core values: energy, courage and enthusiasm.

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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