Types of job profiles in Hotel Management

Types of job profiles in Hotel Management

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Porishmita Paul
Associate Senior Executive
Updated on Sep 16, 2025 13:53 IST
Did you feel that Front Office Manager, Chef or Housekeeping are the only profiles you can join in the hotel industry? Know the different job profiles available to hospitality professionals for employment. In this article, we bring forward to you the vast opportunities that the hotel industry can provide you. Read further to know more.

Here is a list of Hotel Management Job Profiles in demand for fresh graduates. Read here to know more.

Top Types of Job Profiles in Hotel Management: As the Indian tourism industry continues to thrive, the Government is enthusiastically investing in developing the hospitality and hotel management sector. This in turn has led to more hotels being built and in order to cater to this impressive increase in tourists, more and more jobs are available in the hospitality sector.

Thus, in this era of globalisation, hospitality industry is the place one should definitely be in. There are a variety of portfolios wherein aspirants can make a career for themselves in the hospitality industry. Some of these are as mentioned below.

Note: Candidates are informed that if they want to join the hospitality industry right after their graduation then they will most likely be hired at the position of a Trainee or Executive.

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Table of contents
  • Best Types of Job Profiles in Hotel Management
  • Hotel Manager
  • Front Office Manager
  • Food and Beverage Manager
  • Restaurant and Food Service Manager
  • Chef
  • Banquet Manager
  • Steward
  • Housekeeping Manager
  • Floor Supervisors
  • Hotel Management Jobs: Top Recruiters
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Best Types of Job Profiles in Hotel Management

Hotel management sector offers a wide range of job opportunities with high-salary packages. Starting from entry-level jobs to more experienced ones, hotel management jobs are among the high-paying jobs in hospitality industry. Here's the list of the best types of job profiles in hotel management with their average salaries for freshers:

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Job Profiles

Average Hotel Management Salary (in INR)

Hotel Manager

4 LPA

Front Office Manager

2.5 LPA

Food and Beverage Manager

8.5 LPA

Restaurant and Food Service Manager

6 LPA

Chef

2.1 LPA

Banquet Manager

4.9 LPA

Steward

2 LPA

Floor Supervisors

2 LPA

Housekeeping Manager

4.8 LPA

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Hotel Manager

He/she is the overall in-charge of a hotel. A hotel manager is the one responsible to maintain the standards of service and providing facilities to guests. A hotel manager supervises the working of the housekeeping department, ensures that good quality food is offered to guests and is also involved with the working of the banquet department.

A hotel manager is responsible to establish the standard of the hotel and is also the person in-charge to devise plans to increase the finances as well as popularity of the establishment.

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Front Office Manager

People with such a profile oversee the work of receptionists, reservation clerks, information clerk as well as other personnel such as the doorman and the bell boy. Apart from this, front office managers are also responsible for ensuring that rooms which are offered to guests meet their requirements. They also coordinate between the housekeeping department as well as the food and beverage department to ensure that requests made by guests are catered to on time.

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Food and Beverage Manager

Professionals in this career choice particularly need to plan, organise and supervise the work of the catering department. People in this profile usually have the task of interacting with guests and ensuring that the needs/demands of customers are fulfilled.

The food and beverage manager has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders when parties or events are being conducted at the hotel’s banquet hall.

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Restaurant and Food Service Manager

People working in this profile are responsible for taking stock of cutlery, linens, paper, cleaning supplies, cooking utensils as well as furniture and fixtures of the hotel. They are also the people in-charge for arranging equipment maintenance and repairs.

Chef

They are responsible for preparing meals, training kitchen staff, ordering supplies, planning menus, managing the kitchen budget, enforcing health and safety regulations and preserving food quality.

Chefs are usually the first people to reach for work and the last ones to leave. Check Chef Salary in India 2025.

Also Read:  5 celebrity chefs and how they made it big.

Banquet Manager

People who choose this profile are responsible for every event that is conducted at the hotel’s banquet. The banquet manager is responsible to rent out the banquet to companies for corporate events as well as private parties.

A banquet manager needs to work very closely with the catering department as well as the food and beverage manager to ensure that timely snacks, food and drinks are offered to the guests.

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Steward

Hotel stewards are responsible for ensuring that the necessary cutlery is laid out at the hotel’s restaurants along with ensuring that the banquet rooms have adequate and proper furnishings. However, the responsibility of a steward does not end there. They also need to ensure that the food for room service is prepared quickly and orders are filled quickly, properly and accurately.

Stewards also need to have a good memory and remember all the order specifications accurately.

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Housekeeping Manager

They are responsible for ensuring that the entire hotel premises (which includes the guest rooms, meeting rooms, banquet rooms and reception area) is clean and well maintained.

A housekeeping manager is also responsible for training, making rosters and supervising the work of housekeepers along with timely ordering for cleaning supplies.

The housekeeping manager supervises the working of housekeepers, cleaners and seamstresses.

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Floor Supervisors

They are in-charge of the upkeep of all the rooms on a hotel’s floor. They work closely with maids and bellboys.  

Hotel Management Jobs: Top Recruiters 

Some of the Top Employers for Hotel Management Graduates are listed below:

Hotel Management Top Recruiters 

Ambassador Group of Hotels

Mansingh Group of Hotels

Oberoi Group of Hotels

Sarovar Park Group of Hotels

Sinclairs Group of Hotels

Best Western Group of Hotels

Casino Group of Hotels

Clarks Group of Hotels

Fortune Park Group of Hotels

ITDC Group of Hotels

Jaypee Group of Hotels

K Raheja Group of Hotels

Le Meridien Group of Hotels

Taj Group of Hotels

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