The posting
Tallahassee (West), FL
2020 West Pensacola St Suite 250, Tallahassee, FL 32304, United States of America
The Area Director is responsible for ensuring that each club within a designated area exemplifies the PF brand, culture and values, achieves the desired financial results, and successfully executes operations, procedures and programs. This position will lead, support and develop a team of Club Managers resulting in outstanding member experience across the designated portfolio of clubs. The Area Director must have a holistic view of the business and be able to quickly assess and prioritize key actions to achieve and exceed each club's primary service and financial metrics.
Please note that this position is overseeing clubs in Coastal Georgia and Jacksonville Area.
Pay :
It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Essential Functions/Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain daily contact with Club Managers and conduct routine club visits to support the club team by identifying business opportunities, removing barriers and developing strategies for success basing the visits on the following:
- Interact with members and employees exemplifying professionalism, our Core Values and Company Mission Statement
- Ensure training on all Planet Fitness and Taymax company policies, procedures and standards has been completed within a timely manner for all team members
- Conduct club walkthroughs to identify critical issues that could impact member experience working with the Club Manager and the appropriate corporate team to address
- Implement action plans to address all outstanding issues and areas of opportunity
- Evaluate cleanliness, safety and member satisfaction along with the overall club environment to ensure each club is consistently reflective of the PF brand, culture and company values
- Ensure the club environment promotes compliance with company policies and procedures for all team members
- Oversee 7-15 club managers at assigned locations, providing training, coaching, guidance and development on a consistent, regular basis
- Assist Club Managers in hiring, training and evaluating club staff, assisting in performance management and progressive discipline
- Handle all elevated member problems, point of sales issues and questions
- Facilitate monthly management meetings
- Track and analyze club scores, monthly sales and marketing statistics, collaborating with Club Managers to ensure balance sheet accuracy
- Perform monthly inspections on facilities to address the issues of club appearance, cleanliness and club operations
- Oversee club and equipment maintenance and repair, monitor use of the tracking system making sure all issues are properly turned in
- Handle pre-sale of any new clubs (hire and train Club Manager and staff, set up operation)
- Other duties as needed based on business needs
Key Areas of Focus
- Member satisfaction through proper execution of Planet Fitness’s core values
- Team performance and effectiveness
- P&L and Key Performance Indicators: processes for best practices, management and results
- Brand Ambassador
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred and a minimum of five years of relevant experience
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, and act decisively
- Possess a results-driven attitude with the ability to work independently, make quick decisions and prioritize appropriately
- Proven track record of leading a team and maintaining a high performing, service-driven and dynamic work environment
- Strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize as needed
- Discretion when handling sensitive and confidential information
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience using an ATS and HCM a plus
Supervisory Responsibility: Manage 7-15 Club Managers
Travel: Approximately 75% to local clubs, Taymax corporate office and other locations as needed.
Physical Demands: Ability to continuously stand or walk, bend, squat and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Will occasionally encounter toxic chemicals.
Work Environment: This job is subject to a variety of physical conditions when in the club environment. This job also operates in a professional office environment and uses standard office equipment, such as computers, phones, copiers, filing cabinets, fax machines.
About Us
Taymax Group, LP is a multi-unit franchisee of Planet Fitness, which is one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness clubs in North America. Taymax owns and operates over 175 clubs in California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Ontario and the Atlantic Provinces in Canada, and has plans to double its club count over the next 5 years. Taymax is one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisees in the Planet Fitness system, consistently experiencing double digit growth per year. Taymax is backed by Trilantic North America, a New York-based private equity firm managing $9.9 billion of aggregate capital commitments. Taymax has been the recipient of several prestigious awards from the franchisor including Developer of the Year in 2016, 2018, and 2019 and Franchisee of the Year in 2018. Taymax’s corporate office is located in Salem, New Hampshire.
With more than 2,000 locations, Planet Fitness (NYSE: PLNT) is one of the largest and most popular fitness chains in the world. Planet Fitness possesses a highly recognized brand in the high-value, low-price segment of the market. Its core mission is to enhance people’s lives by providing a high-quality fitness experience in a welcoming, non-intimidating environment, which it calls the Judgement Free Zone®. More than 90% of Planet Fitness stores are owned and operated by independent franchisees, like Taymax.
NOTE: Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest in a position with Taymax Group.
Taymax Group is an equal opportunity employer in the terms and conditions of employment. We believe in providing an inclusive and diverse workplace environment and welcome talent from all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is directly related to our people and as a company, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse environment where we all work toward our common goal; to enhance people’s lives by providing a high-quality fitness experience in a welcoming, non-intimidating environment, which we call the Judgement Free Zone. This commitment applies to all candidates and employees regardless of race, color, ethnicity, citizenship, place of origin, creed, religion, age, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, disability and any other protected characteristic.
Taymax Group welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you are a person with a disability and require accommodation in order to successfully submit an application, please contact Human Resources at [email protected] to make an accommodation request.
Note to Applicants: We have been made aware of an increasing number of hiring fraud schemes across numerous platforms. Taymax Group never requires advance payments of any kind for computer equipment or any other purpose at the start of employment. Any request for you to provide payment information during the application process is part of a fraud scheme. Further, we recommend that you do not provide sensitive personal information (SSN, DOB, driver’s license number) as part of the initial application process.
