Contract Manager

Contract Manager – Leisure Management - Surrey/Southwest London

£60,000 + bonus+ benefits

Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.

We are looking for a Contract Manager in Surrey/Southwest London to oversee 3 diverse high-volume sports leisure and fitness centres generating more than £8.5M in revenue for one of the U.K.s most progressive leisure management operators renowned for their quality and innovative service provision and investment in their people.

The business has already undergone £6.5M of investment to upgrade the facilities and will receive a further £1.7M in 2027 so this is a hugely exciting and challenging time to be joining the company.

Key responsibilities:

• Take the lead as General Manager at the flagship centre turning over more than £6M.
• Lead, develop and inspire your General Managers and large HOD team, instilling a culture of service excellence and drive for results.
• Develop and deliver a commercial strategy and business plan to grow the business, with an emphasis on swimming lessons and gym membership.
• Ensure the centres are safe, operationally compliant and service levels are meeting your customers’ expectations.
• Work with your local authority client and other external stake holders to improve the health and wellbeing of the whole community with organised programmes and activities.
• Support with project managing CAPX projects to enhance the facilities.

The ideal candidate will have:

• At least 3-years senior leadership experience as a General Manager, Cluster Manager, Area Manager or Contract Manager within the health and fitness/leisure management market.
• Exposure to managing multi-million-pound revenue budgets across multiple revenue streams in a high footfall business.
• A history of delivering outstanding commercial results and exemplary customer experience.
• A working understanding of fulfilling community health and wellbeing objectives working for a Trust/Charitable Social Enterprise/Leisure Management organization.
• Ideally experience of managing CAPX projects. xwzovoh
• A full clean driving license and the mobility to travel to Surrey/Southwest London area each working day.

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