General Manager - Premium Fitness - Leisure People Recruitment : Job Details

General Manager - Premium Fitness 48k OTE 55K

Watford

This is a great opportunity for a general manager to run a premium and well-established health and fitness club in Watford The club has over 4500 members and generates a turnover more than £3.5m and is one of the premium leisure clubs in the region. The club offers members an extensive and very well-equipped gym, indoor swimming pool and a comprehensive group exercise timetable with 150 classes across 4 studios and has a high footfall throughout the day. . As general manager you will be supported by three heads of departments responsible for sales, fitness, and operations and a team of 30 including 12 personal trainers, 4 sales consultants and a large team of front of house and recreation assistants. We are ideally looking for candidates who have a proven track record as a GM from either a premium health club or large leisure centre of potentially an AM at a similar sized club who is looking to step up into their first General Management role. As General Manager you will be front of house and highly visible across the club, coaching and developing your team and ensuring that the members receive great service and interactions on each visit.

• Confident in leading sales team to meet and exceed challenging sales and activity targets.
• Drive and ensure the club delivers the company brand standards and ways of working.
• Delivering outstanding member retention levels and the highest levels of member referrals.
• Experience managing health and safety including across the pool and spa.
• Creating and developing a highly engaged team across the club.
• Working closely with the regional team to achieve all commercial targets.

You will typically not be on the duty management rota so your core hours are likely to be between the hours of 8am and 8pm during the week with a minimum requirement to be working 1 weekend in 4.

In addition to a basic salary of up to 48K ,there is the opportunity to earn £1500 per quarter in bonuses, benefits include 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays, enhanced pension, deep discount on products and services and access to a leading benefits platform alongside free family membership.

Due to the anticipated high level of interest in this role only candidates meeting the above criteria will be contacted.