General Manager: LA fitness Woking

General Manager

£30,000 to £45,000 - OTE £52,000

South Region
General Manager: LA Fitness Woking

Pride and passion are the main drivers of our business, and you’ll need them in spades to work within our fast-paced, fitness focused brands. 

LA fitness is currently in a period of transition following recent investment so learning opportunities are more available than ever.

Strength, Passion, Achieve, Respect and Knowledge are the values that ignite our business. And if you think you have the Spark to support our business plans we’d love to hear from you. 

LA fitness  is one of the UK’s leading Health and Fitness chains with 43 clubs in the group, including 12 in Central London and of these 12, 3 are our premium LAX brand. At LA fitness you will find the latest fitness techniques and thinking, combined with state-of-the-art Technogym equipment. LA fitness centres its approach to fitness around a passion to inform and educate its members on the finer points of exercise and nutrition.

General Manager: The role
As the General Manager you play a pivotal role and will be accountable for the successful management of your club, your teams’ development and achieving financial and business compliance targets. To be successful in this role you will have exceptional leadership and mentoring qualities coupled with strong sales and operational skills. You will also have the ability to build strong relationships with self employed fitness professionals, Regional Management and Support Office functions to enable you to work closely with them to ensure you and your team operates within a well maintained, safe, friendly, successful and progressive environment that strives to support our members to achieve their goals.

Why am I here?
1.    To take overall accountability for the club financial and business compliance targets.
2.    To achieve all People, Service, Legal and Commercial objectives with guidance from your Regional Director.
3.    To proactively manage your teams’ succession, development and recruitment to ensure the club is fully staffed, engaged and focused at all times.
4.    To regularly train your team in one to one or group sessions, showing them a high performance culture by excelling yourself in all areas of the club. 
5.    To take responsibility of the research, planning and delivery of lead generation initiatives that drives the achievement of new member targets.
6.    To be the Duty Manager on average 1shift per week and lead the way with what good looks like ensuring you are visible and active at peak times and network with as many members and instructors as possible.
7.    To continually improve knowledge by keeping up to date with industry trends & seek further training and guidance from Regional Director, Regional Sales Manager & National Support Departments.
8.    To be a brand ambassador that uses the facilities and develops product knowledge to be able to answer member queries where possible.
9.    To work as part of the team to ensure all areas are routinely kept, clean, tidy, well maintained and company Health & Safety procedures are followed at all times.

What’s in it for me?
Bonus opportunity and Loyalty Pay enhancements. 
33 Days Annual Leave (Inclusive of Public Holidays) plus your birthday off.
Personal Club Membership plus one other for family member or partner.
Life Insurance (2 x salary), Private Medical Insurance and contributory Pension.
Retail shopping discounts.

What do I need?
A vibrant personality with a drive for fitness and sales.
Qualified in EFA, Defib, ER & Pool Ops or willing/able to become qualified immediately.
Experience in the industry or transferable skills and strong track record in supporting a commercially driven successful team.
The ability to build relationships with business partners & demonstrate good people skills.
Passion for brand standards, service and cleanliness.
Be willing and able to attend all company training as required.

Do something extraordinary today and start to change your future. Apply now.