Quality Inn – Yemassee / Point South, SC
Full-Time | On-Site Position
Total Compensation: $4,500–$10,000+ per month
About the Opportunity
We are seeking a hands-on, entrepreneurial General Manager to lead the day-to-day operations and continued growth of our hotel property in Point South/Yemassee, South Carolina.
This is not a traditional corporate hotel management position. We are looking for someone who wants the opportunity to operate the property like an owner, take responsibility for results, improve profitability, build a strong team, and participate financially in the success they help create.
The right candidate will have significant autonomy to improve operations, increase revenue, control expenses, improve the guest experience, and develop additional revenue opportunities throughout the property.
For an exceptional long-term candidate, there is also the potential to participate in the equity and future value of the business.
Compensation
Total Compensation Opportunity: $4,500–$10,000+ per month
Compensation is structured to provide a stable base with significant upside for strong property performance:
- $3,000/month salary
- Employer-provided on-property housing — estimated value of $1,500+ per month
- Profit Share – Negotiable
- Equity Opportunity – Negotiable for the right candidate
The profit-sharing structure will be negotiated based on the candidate's experience, responsibilities, and ability to impact the financial performance of the property.
Our goal is to create a compensation structure where an exceptional General Manager can earn substantially more by increasing the profitability and value of the business.
The better the property performs, the greater the GM's earning potential.
Primary ResponsibilitiesProperty Operations
- Oversee all daily hotel operations
- Ensure a consistently strong guest experience
- Maintain high standards for cleanliness, property condition, safety, and customer service
- Ensure rooms are properly inspected and available for sale
- Address guest concerns and operational problems quickly
- Maintain compliance with franchise standards and property procedures
- Develop systems that allow the property to operate efficiently without constant ownership involvement
Team Leadership
- Recruit, train, schedule, supervise, and develop hotel employees
- Build a reliable and accountable management structure
- Hold employees accountable for performance, attendance, productivity, and guest service
- Coordinate front desk, housekeeping, and maintenance operations
- Improve employee productivity while maintaining strong service standards
- Create a positive, professional, results-oriented work environment
Financial Performance
The General Manager will be expected to take ownership of the financial performance of the property.
Responsibilities include:
- Increasing hotel profitability
- Managing labor costs
- Controlling operating expenses
- Reducing unnecessary spending
- Improving operational efficiency
- Monitoring purchasing and inventory
- Identifying opportunities to increase margins
- Working directly with ownership to establish and achieve monthly financial goals
Because this position includes the opportunity for profit sharing, the General Manager will directly benefit from improvements they help create.
Revenue Growth
This position goes beyond maintaining existing hotel operations.
We are looking for someone who will actively help grow the business through opportunities including:
- Increasing hotel occupancy
- Improving ADR and revenue management
- Developing corporate accounts
- Construction and crew lodging
- Extended-stay business
- Group business
- Guest retention and repeat customers
- Banquet and meeting space
- Food and beverage opportunities
- Local business partnerships
- Ancillary revenue opportunities
- Creative utilization of underused areas of the property
The General Manager will be encouraged to identify and pursue new ideas that can increase the overall revenue and profitability of the property.
Property & Maintenance Oversight
- Maintain a strong preventative-maintenance program
- Coordinate maintenance personnel and outside contractors
- Identify property issues before they become major expenses
- Ensure guest rooms, common areas, grounds, and building systems remain operational and presentable
- Prioritize repairs based on guest impact, operational importance, and return on investment
- Work with ownership on larger capital improvement projects
Ideal Candidate
We are particularly interested in candidates who are:
- Highly self-motivated
- Entrepreneurial
- Hands-on
- Financially and operationally minded
- Comfortable making decisions independently
- Strong leaders who can hold employees accountable
- Able to identify problems and implement solutions
- Focused on both guest satisfaction and profitability
- Comfortable working directly with ownership
- Interested in improving and growing a business rather than simply maintaining the status quo
Hotel General Manager experience is preferred, but exceptional candidates with strong management, operations, property management, or business experience will also be considered.
Experience in any combination of the following is particularly valuable:
- Hotel operations
- Hospitality management
- Revenue management
- Sales
- Property management
- Maintenance
- Construction
- Budgeting / financial management
- Team leadership
What Makes This Opportunity Different
This position is designed for someone who wants more upside than a traditional salaried General Manager position.
Rather than limiting compensation to a fixed salary, we want the General Manager to participate financially in the improvements they help create.
The successful candidate will have:
- $4,500/month in base salary and Employer-provided on-property housing
- Profit-sharing opportunity
- Potential to earn $10,000+ per month based on performance
- Potential equity participation for the right candidate
- On-property housing
- Considerable operational autonomy
- Direct access to ownership
- Ability to directly influence their own compensation
- Opportunity to help significantly increase the value of the business
We are ultimately looking for someone who can develop into a true operating partner, not simply an employee completing a list of daily tasks.
Schedule
This is a full-time, on-site leadership position.
Hotels operate 24/7, so the General Manager must be available when significant operational issues arise. However, we believe in results rather than simply hours worked.
As the GM develops a reliable team and strong operating systems, they will have considerable flexibility in managing their own schedule.
To Apply
Please submit your resume along with a brief description of your management experience and why you are interested in an entrepreneurial, performance-based General Manager opportunity.
Candidates with a track record of improving operations, increasing revenue, managing expenses, developing teams, or growing business profitability are strongly encouraged to apply.
Pay: $4,500.00 - $10,000.00 per month
Application Question(s):
- Are you comfortable with a compensation structure consisting of approximately $3,000/month salary, approximately $1,500/month in on-property housing accommodations, plus negotiated profit sharing and potential equity participation?
- Have you directly supervised employees, including hiring, scheduling, performance management, and accountability?
- Are you comfortable being a hands-on General Manager, including assisting with operational or property issues personally when necessary rather than only managing from an office?
- Tell us about a business, property, hotel, restaurant, or operation you managed. What were you responsible for, and what measurable improvements did you make?
- This position includes profit sharing and potential equity for the right candidate. What would you focus on during your first 90 days to increase the profitability of the property?
Education:
Experience:
- Management: 3 years (Required)
- Hotel: 3 years (Preferred)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Required)
- Night Shift (Required)
- Overnight Shift (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Yemassee, SC 29945: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
