General Manager

JD Gyms; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

JD Gyms is seeking a General Manager to lead club operations, drive performance and deliver outstanding member experiences. You will coach and develop a team, ensure safety standards, and manage day-to-day activities to achieve sales and membership targets.

The role focuses on delivering a welcoming, high-quality environment, while maximizing profitability and maintaining brand standards across the club. You will be an ambassador for JD Gyms and lead by example.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in a leisure, fitness, hospitality or customer-focused environment.
• Strong commitment to delivering excellent member service.
• Experience driving membership growth, commercial performance, local marketing initiatives and business objectives.
• Experience supporting operational delivery, people leadership and commercial performance in a leisure or customer-focused setting.
• Experience recruiting, supporting and developing colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety Employee Policy and Company Procedures Handbook.
• Maintain JD Gyms Brand Standard and safety checks across the club.
• Recruit and manage Fitness Coaches and General Assistants for daily coverage.
• Lead regular team meetings to support development and alignment with targets.
• Pursue sales and membership targets and maximise secondary spending revenue.
• Maintain high cleanliness standards across the facility and coordinating cleaners.

Skills

Team leadership

Operations management

Member service

Membership growth

People development

Job description

Want to work for JD Gyms? Of course you do! We are an exciting, award winning gym chain that is quickly expanding across the UK and taking the sector by storm. We invest in fitting out our clubs to create top quality, stylish environments for our members. Excellent class timetables and robust on the ground teams are a key part in delivering our outstanding fitness offering, so we are always on the lookout for fresh talent.

Role overview

As a General Manager, you will be responsible for the overall leadership and performance of the club. You will create a positive environment for colleagues and members while driving operational excellence, membership growth and commercial success. Through effective leadership, coaching and collaboration, you will support colleague development, maintain high standards and ensure the club delivers exceptional member experiences in a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all policies and procedures in both the Health and Safety Employee Policy and Company Procedures Handbook are adhered to.
• Responsible for adhering to and maintaining the JD Gyms Brand Standard.
• Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly safety checks. Report and chase all defects, to ensure the building and its equipment is safe to use.
• Recruit and manage a team of employed Fitness Coaches and General Assistants to ensure the club is operational cover to ensure daily expectations are delivered.
• Hold regular team meetings to aid development and keep everyone updated.
• To work towards and aim to achieve all sales and membership targets that are set.
• To drive and maximise secondary spending revenue.
• To ensure the whole of the gym facility is of the highest standard of cleanliness.
• Ensure the in-house cleaners (General Assistant) are cleaning to the highest standard. To manage the weekly banking process so that wastage and variance is minimal, maximising profit.
• To ensure uniform standards are being adhered to by all team members and yourself.
• Deliver outstanding member service through positive and professional interactions.
• Help create a positive, supportive and engaging working environment for colleagues.
• To always be an ambassador of JD Gyms.

Skills and Experience

• Experience leading teams and managing operations within a leisure, fitness, hospitality or customer-focused environment.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to delivering excellent member service.
• Experience contributing to membership growth, commercial performance, local marketing initiatives and business objectives.
• Experience supporting operational delivery, people leadership and commercial performance within a leisure or customer-focused environment.
• Experience recruiting, supporting and developing colleagues. We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Gyms the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work. Thank you for your time. #Gyms