Residence Manager
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About the Role
LEFTFIELD SOLUTIONS seeks a polished and discreet Residence Manager to oversee daily operations of a private villa for a leading conglomerate owner. The role requires strong hospitality experience, staff coordination, and Malayalam language capability preferred.
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Responsibilities
- Oversee the daily operations of the villa, ensuring high standards of cleanliness, presentation, service, and readiness at all times
- Supervise and coordinate household staff, including housekeeping, kitchen, service, maintenance, gardening, drivers, and external support teams
- Manage staff schedules, duties, leave planning, grooming standards, service discipline, and day to day performance
- Ensure all maintenance, repairs, preventive checks, and vendor visits are coordinated efficiently
- Liaise with suppliers, contractors, service providers, and household vendors to ensure quality and timely delivery
- Manage household inventory, groceries, supplies, uniforms, linen, equipment, and other villa requirements
- Support family requirements, guest visits, VIP hospitality, private gatherings, and day to day service requests
- Maintain confidentiality and discretion in all matters relating to the Principal, family, guests, and household operations
- Keep basic records of expenses, inventory, vendor visits, maintenance schedules, staff attendance, and household requirements
- Anticipate household needs and ensure the villa runs smoothly without disruption
Requirements
- Prior experience in hospitality, luxury service, private residences, serviced apartments, or VIP guest facing environments
- Malayalam speaking ability preferred
- Prior experience as a Villa Manager, House Manager, Guest Relations Manager, Butler Supervisor, Housekeeping Supervisor, Front Office Supervisor, or similar hospitality/private household role
- Strong understanding of luxury service standards, cleanliness, presentation, and guest experience
- Ability to manage household staff and coordinate multiple daily operational requirements
- Excellent communication, grooming, organisational, and problem solving skills
- High level of discretion, reliability, maturity, and confidentiality
- Flexible approach to working hours based on the needs of the household
- Fluency in English required; Hindi and/or Malayalam would be an advantage
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Role Overview
- We are seeking a polished, discreet, and service driven Villa Manager / Private Residence Manager to oversee the day to day operations of a private residence for the owner of a leading conglomerate.
- The ideal candidate will be a professional with strong hospitality experience, preferably from luxury hotels, serviced residences, private households, or VIP guest services environments.
- Malayalam language capability would be preferred, given the household communication requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the daily operations of the villa, ensuring high standards of cleanliness, presentation, service, and readiness at all times.
- Supervise and coordinate household staff, including housekeeping, kitchen, service, maintenance, gardening, drivers, and external support teams.
- Manage staff schedules, duties, leave planning, grooming standards, service discipline, and day to day performance.
- Ensure all maintenance, repairs, preventive checks, and vendor visits are coordinated efficiently.
- Liaise with suppliers, contractors, service providers, and household vendors to ensure quality and timely delivery.
- Manage household inventory, groceries, supplies, uniforms, linen, equipment, and other villa requirements.
- Support family requirements, guest visits, VIP hospitality, private gatherings, and day to day service requests.
- Maintain confidentiality and discretion in all matters relating to the Principal, family, guests, and household operations.
- Keep basic records of expenses, inventory, vendor visits, maintenance schedules, staff attendance, and household requirements.
- Anticipate household needs and ensure the villa runs smoothly without disruption.
Requirements
- Prior experience in hospitality, luxury service, private residences, serviced apartments, or VIP guest facing environments.
- Malayalam speaking ability preferred.
- Prior experience as a Villa Manager, House Manager, Guest Relations Manager, Butler Supervisor, Housekeeping Supervisor, Front Office Supervisor, or similar hospitality/private household role.
- Strong understanding of luxury service standards, cleanliness, presentation, and guest experience.
- Ability to manage household staff and coordinate multiple daily operational requirements.
- Excellent communication, grooming, organisational, and problem solving skills.
- High level of discretion, reliability, maturity, and confidentiality.
- Flexible approach to working hours based on the needs of the household.
- Fluency in English required; Hindi and/or Malayalam would be an advantage.
Ideal Profile
- A mature, well presented, and hands on hospitality professional who understands high standard service environments and can manage a private residence with discretion, discipline, and attention to detail.
- The candidate should be comfortable working closely with household staff, family representatives, vendors, and service providers while maintaining absolute confidentiality.
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