Rob Auerbach

Rob Auerbach is the SVP of Purchasing at Island Hospitality Management, LLC. Rob has been with the company for 22 years and 9 months, and has held the titles of SVP Purchasing and VP Purchasing during their tenure. In their current role, they manage the purchasing functions for a company that does $978M in revenue annually. Rob has also automated the purchasing system for 180 hotels and works cross-functionally with 3 teams to support finance, accounting and operations with month end closing. In addition, they monitor monthly P&L performers and reports to the CFO on explanation of KPI trends & drivers.

Prior to joining Island Hospitality Management, Rob was the General Manager at Servico Hospitality where they were responsible for all aspects of a 250-room full service hotel with 11,000 sq/ft of meeting space and $20M in revenue. Rob oversaw a staff of 13 managers and 45 employees, and successfully increased market share and F&B revenue YoY.

Before that, Rob was the General Manager at Sheraton where they were responsible for all aspects of a 150-room full service hotel with $10M in revenue. Rob increased guest satisfaction scores from red to green within the first quarter and rolled out a new PMS system from hardware to software.

Rob Auerbach has a Masters from Richmond, The American International University in London, a Bachelor of Science from Florida International University, and an Associate's Degree from Johnson and Wales University.

The team that Rob Auerbach works with is the SVP team. This team is responsible for purchasing and operations for the company.