Spa Director

Hotel Californian; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Spa Director at Hotel Californian oversees daily spa operations, staff training, and budgeting to ensure exceptional guest experiences and revenue growth. Responsibilities include leadership of therapists and wellness staff, inventory control, scheduling, marketing collaboration, and maintaining high standards across spa services and retail offerings.

You will develop protocols, monitor guest satisfaction, partner with hotel departments, and implement cost controls while guiding a team in a

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of spa, fitness and wellness industry
• Strategic leadership and staff development
• Budgeting and financial oversight
• Strong communication and relationship-building
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Ability to manage multiple projects

Responsibilities

• Manage daily spa operations, guest issue resolution and follow-up
• Articulate and uphold the hotel spa image and consistent messaging
• Schedule and coordinate spa services; ensure policy alignment
• Oversee spa print and digital materials
• Hire, supervise and train wellness professionals and guest staff
• Direct spa retail product selection, marketing and pricing
• Collaborate with marketing/PR to implement wellness strategy
• Coordinate with internal departments to meet program requirements
• Establish third-party partnerships and maintain relationships
• Conduct market research on spa products and partnerships
• Develop annual operating, capital budgets and financial goals
• Ensure reporting on spa finances and performance
• Drive revenue growth while maintaining morale and efficiency
• Oversee payroll, commissions and tip payments per guidelines
• Manage inventories and cost-effective use of spa products

Job description

Description

The Spa Director is responsible for delivering each guest a high-quality spa service through effective staff training, developing and adhering to protocol standards, oversight of professional product inventory, and staff scheduling. The position also requires oversight of the spa retail products so that there may be continuity in service to retail processes as well as focus on increasing revenue and controlling expenses.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage daily operations of the spa including hosting guests and responding to all guest issues and concerns in a timely fashion; follow-up to ensure guest issues are resolved completely.
• Ensure articulation of the hotel’s desired spa and wellness image and position, ensure consistent communication throughout the hotel.
• Create, maintain and train staff on all spa, and be responsible for the coordination and scheduling of all spa related services in relation to consistency with policies, philosophy and objectives for the hotel.
• Coordinate the appearance of all spa and wellness related print and electronic materials.
• Effectively hire and supervise wellness professionals such as massage therapists, estheticians, nutritionists, herbalists, acupuncturists, yoga/Pilates and fitness instructors, exercise physiologists and other wellness contractors/staff as well as guest service staff (i.e. reception, reservations, attendants)
• Responsible for the spa’s retail product selection, marketing and sells strategies, menu of services, financial management, and training and development of new trends and techniques.
• In collaboration with the hotel’s marketing and PR team, create, implement and measure the success of a comprehensive marketing, communications and public relations plan that establishes a distinct wellness position for the hotel.
• Liaise with internal operating departments, to communicate and manage the program requirements from pre-planning through execution and follow-up.
• Establish partnerships with third-party wellness operators and facilitators. Maintain and develop excellent, long-term relationships with these, and all, business partners.
• Conduct relevant spa, and wellness market research and review research and trends for new and innovative products, service and partnership opportunities.
• Develop and adhere to an annual operating budget, capital investment budget, operating plan and financial goals for the spa, fitness and wellness programs.
• Ensure the accuracy and relevance of periodic reporting and competently report on the wellness department’s financial performance and potential.
• Generate growth through increasing revenue and daily operational efficiency while maintaining spa morale.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance with all payroll, commissions and payment of tips per internal guidelines.
• Responsible for the administration of goods, requisitions, inventories, storage and cost effective usage of all wellness related products, materials and assets to ensure effective operations.

Requirements

SKILLS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Enthusiastic, creative and strategic leader, able to perform multiple functions and has passion for and an extensive knowledge of the spa, fitness and wellness industry, spa administration and guest programming.
• Experience in spa administration within a luxury setting, minimum of 5 years preferred.
• Proven record in wellness program design and implementation within a luxury setting, minimum of 2 years preferred.
• Experience developing and managing budgets, and hiring, training, developing, supervising and appraising personnel and partner affiliates.
• Strong creative, strategic, analytical, organizational and personal skills.
• Ability to create strong relationships with vendors, suppliers and other partners.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at a time.
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Commitment to working with shared leadership and in cross-functional teams.
• Strong oral and written communications skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Self-motivated, confident and decisive

QUALIFICATION:

Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to the safety or health of employee or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Note: The responsibilities associated with this job could change from time to time in accordance with Hotel Californian’s business needs. As a team player, I may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above.