Assistant General Manager

Lauderdale Pet Lodge located in Fort Lauderdale, FL is looking for a talented Assistant General Manager to join the team!

Overview :

A Resort Manager (RM) is a leader and an integral member of the Resort Leadership team. The Resort Manager reports to the General Manager and together they provide a smooth and profitable operation by driving revenue and managing costs. The Resort Manager must maintain an exceptional level of customer service by developing strong Shift Leads and Team Members while leading and creating a resort culture based on the NVA Leadership Competencies, high quality guest / pet care, and exceptional customer service for our internal and external customers.

The General Manager and the Resort Manager should have a documented plan on how they’ll approach the responsibilities of the day-to-day operations in their site. This plan should be approved by their Market Leader. While many responsibilities are the same between the two roles, the goal is to be partners and achieve your site plan by executing in tandem.

Company Overview

Based in Austin, Texas, National Veterinary Associates (“NVA”) is the largest private owner of freestanding veterinary hospitals and pet resorts in North America, with 1300+ companion animal veterinary hospitals and pet resort locations.

NVA has grown rapidly over its history and continues to aggressively execute its growth plans via a combination of acquisition, new resort and same-store initiatives. NVA’s pet resorts business line competes in an $8+ billion industry that is predicted to grow over 6% through 2028. As of 2019 over 67% of US households have a pet; industry growth has benefitted from the trends towards humanization of pets and demand for premium / luxury offerings in the animal care and goods space.

Responsibilities

General

• Understands and communicates the companies' mission, values, and objectives.
• Assists the GM in providing the direction, leadership and communication for all aspects of the site including Financial Management, Customer Service, Pet Care and Team Management.
• Assists the GM in developing and implementing a comprehensive sales strategy, including proactive lead management and conversion tactics, aligned with resort and company objectives.
• Assists the GM in creating a plan to drive and achieve resort quantitative objectives including sales revenue, labor, cost of goods sold and expense management.
• Communicates concerns and needs first to the General Manager, but then to the Market Leader and / or the Regional Leader as needed.
• Responsible for maintaining operational excellence within their resort.
• Responds to directives accurately and promptly, ensuring the same level of compliance from the resort team.
• Recognizes and rewards outstanding performance of resort team members.
• Demonstrates exceptional leadership behaviors.
• Other duties as assigned.

Business / Financial Management

Team Management

Customer Service

Operations

Qualifications

As a Resort Manager with Pet Resorts, you must possess excellent written, verbal and hands-on team member management skills. Our ideal Resort Manager is an enthusiastic animal lover, a brand ambassador with a vested interest in the community. The Resort Manager should possess a commitment to personal development and an interest in learning about business operations, developing people, and driving revenue. You must be able to influence the direction of your resort, initiate community outreach through marketing and special events and drive superb customer satisfaction metrics.

Additional requirements for the Resort Manager include :

Work Environment

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of the company to afford equal opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability or status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran.

Compensation : The salary range for this position is $50,000 to $60,000 and based on applicable experience.