General Manager- Northwest London

Leisure People Recruitment; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports and fitness club in Northwest London is seeking a General Manager to oversee operations and lead a large team. The role involves ensuring excellent customer experience, financial accountability, and developing strategies to maximize participation and retention. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity for career progression within a renowned company.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large teams in a multi-faceted sports or fitness facility.
• Strong track record in driving sales and improving financial performance.
• Outgoing personality with the ability to inspire and lead.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a large management team and front-line staff.
• Full financial accountability including profit and loss.
• Develop and execute sales and retention strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Business Acumen

Sales Improvement

Job description

General Manager- Sports & Fitness - Northwest London - Circa £60,000 basic, £78,000 O.T.E.

We are looking for a special General Manager to manage an incredible sports, health and fitness club in Northwest London with a range of sports activities, swimming pools, state-of-the-art gym, boutique studios, luxury spa and café.

This is a large high-footfall business catering for all the family, so we are looking for a special character who has the energy, maturity and leadership experience to take on this magnificent challenge.

The company is part of a larger group renowned for retaining, developing and progressing their team members and our client would like to think this would be the start of a very successful and enjoyable career with them.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading, coaching, developing and inspiring a large management team and front-line staff to deliver a fantastic customer experience with each visit.
• Support your leadership team to develop their sports, fitness and family offering to ensure the right products are delivered at the right time to maximise participation, aid retention and improve the bottom line.
• Work closely with the Membership department to develop and execute their sales and retention strategy to drive positive net member movement and member yield.
• Full financial accountability; profit and loss, income, expenditure, debtors; helping set the budgets and business plan.
• Ensure the facilities are always well maintained, clean and safe.

Person Specification:

• Outgoing personality with the gravitas to lead and inspire large teams.
• Strong business acumen with a track record in driving sales and improving the bottom line.
• Experience of managing multiple departments and revenue streams.
• General Manager experience within a multi-faceted multi-million sports leisure or fitness facility possibly as a Health Club Manager or Sports Centre Manager.
• Bags of ambition.

For more information, please click apply with your cv and we will be in touch if you have the right level of experience.