Whether you visit Castle de Haar for the park, the wonderful history, the catering, the exhibitions or to get married, you imagine yourself in another world for a moment. Behind every door, every detail, every person is a story. About other times, other cultures and other tastes. Kasteel de Haar is the largest castle in the Netherlands and until 2000 was privately owned by the van Zuylen family, whose descendants still stay at De Haar every year. Every year, Kasteel de Haar receives over 400,000 domestic and foreign guests.

Baron Etienne had a dream in 1898: the rebuilding of an imposing castle where he could receive his friends and family with warmth and opulence. In 2023, Stichting Kasteel de Haar has realized one of its dreams, which is to open an atmospheric catering location on its own! As of December 2023, we will have a beautiful location on the Stalplein where we can receive and tastefully entertain all our guests with the grandeur of the past.

Due to expansion in our team, we are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic

Floor Manager Hospitality

For Mondays, Fridays and Sundays
27 hours per week

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a hospitable and radiant Floormanager who thinks it would be a great challenge (and is very good at it) to coordinate the daily hospitality at Castle de Haar. The hospitality industry is the place where our museum visitors can go for a delicious lunch or high tea, where our neighbors can join us for a good cup of coffee and our wedding couples and business clients can find a great location with culinary possibilities for their dinner, meeting or party. All with the allure and grandeur in which the baron received his guests.

Of course, you don't do this alone. Together with your fellow floor managers and the hospitality manager, you will ensure a great workplace for your team and a service-oriented hospitality experience for every visitor to the estate!

What will be your duties and responsibilities:

- Service and service: together with your team you provide a fantastic guest experience. Not only in terms of good food and drink, but also in terms of a clean, tidy location and seeing and being seen. Every guest is warmly welcomed with a greeting and wished a good home.
- Opening and closing the business: you ensure a perfect mise en place for the next day and when necessary a thorough handover to your direct colleague.
- The team: without the team you are nowhere, you build a close team, motivate them and ensure a nice workplace for everyone. Thanks to you, the team knows exactly what to expect. You always lead by example. You oversee the progress and quality of the work performed. With great pleasure you work and communicate with the kitchen team.
- Purchasing & stock management: you ensure that there is always sufficient dry goods and beverage stock, minimize losses and do the daily ordering .

In a nutshell, you will be responsible for the daily operations of the hospitality business. Whether it's the daytime hospitality, a wedding or business party; you make sure that every guest leaves the estate with an exceeded expectation and make no concessions. You will of course be assisted by the hospitality manager.

What we ask of you:

- You have at least MBO working and thinking level;
- You have experience working in the hospitality industry and at least 1 year of work experience in a similar position;
- Like us, you make no concessions when it comes to quality and hospitality;
- You have a good command of the Dutch language, both verbally and in writing;
- A good command of the English language is a plus, as are other languages;
- The diploma Sociale Hygiëne is a plus;
- You are a team player, guest-oriented, proactive, communicative, solution-oriented, show leadership and can plan and organize well;
- You have heart for our hospitality industry and feel connected to our dream and castle;
- A radiant smile and a listening ear for our guests and your colleagues.

Castle de Haar offers:

A challenging and managerial position in an informal team at a very special location and with convenient working hours! We are open year round from 09.30 to 17.30 with daytime catering and at parties also in the evening. We would like to talk to you about other working conditions and your availability requirements. If you are the ideal candidate for us, we are sure to find out!

Upon your employment, we will ask you to provide a Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG).

We would love to get in touch with you! Do not hesitate and mail your cover letter with CV to Petran Guelen; HRM@kasteeldehaar.nl.

For more information about our organization, please visit www.kasteeldehaar.nl. For more information about the vacancy, please contact Carolien Verburg, Head of Hospitality, at c.verburg@kasteeldehaar.nl or at 030-6778518

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.