General Manager - Ontario Sports Empire
19 days ago
Ontario
Job Description GENERAL MANAGER - Ontario Sports Empire Sports Facilities Management, LLC LOCATION: Ontario, California DEPARTMENT: OPERATIONS REPORTS TO: VP OF VENUE MANAGEMENT STATUS: FULL-TIME (EXEMPT) ABOUT THE COMPANY: Ontario Sports Empire is a premier sport, recreation and entertainment destination focused on improving the health and economic vitality of Ontario, California. You will be joining a championship level team focused on fun, fulfillment and service built to enrich the community as well as your career and personal growth. Ontario Sports Empire is a managed facility by Sports Facilities Management, LLC, a Sports Facilities Companies (SFC) company. SFC is the nation's leading resource for managing and developing sports, recreation, wellness, and events facilities. We provide a highly collaborative and supportive culture that raises our team members to new levels of career growth. Together, we will carve a path in a hyper-growing industry where you will enjoy the journey and learn from the industry's best while having some fun. SFC has been awarded national recognition as a Top Workplace and is considered a workplace of choice. Our mission-focused company is highly entrepreneurial, team-oriented with a culture centered on collaboration, accountability, excellence, and service. We are growing rapidly and looking for high performers at every level to grow with us. POSITION SUMMARY: The General Manager is responsible for the financial and operating performance of the facility. The objectives for this position include: • Optimizing overall profitability, • Creating a positive relationship with client and stakeholders, • Creating a culture of accountability which supports the organizational values, • Meeting or exceeding annual growth objectives, • Facilitating interdepartmental collaboration, • Employee retention and staff development, • Development of employee and operating policies, • Implementation of major business initiatives, • Implementation of solutions and systems that support the seven areas above, • Manage overall event operations PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: • Analyze operations to evaluate the performance of the company and its staff to meet objectives, and to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change, • Appoint department heads or managers and assign or delegate responsibilities to them, • Confer with ownership, Sports Facilities Management advisors & support team, and staff members to discuss issues, coordinate activities, and resolve problems, • Coordinate the development and implementation of budgetary control systems, record keeping systems, and other administrative control processes, • Direct and coordinate an organization's financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency, • Direct human resources activities, including the approval of human resource plans and activities, the selection of directors and other high-level staff, and establishment and organization of major departments, • Direct, plan and implement policies, objectives, and activities of organizations or businesses to ensure continuing operations, maximize returns on investments, and increase productivity, • Implement corrective action plans to solve organizational or departmental problems, • Prepare and present reports concerning activities, expenses, budgets, government statutes and rulings, and other items affecting businesses or program services, • Represent the organization and promote its objectives at official functions, or delegate representatives to do so, • Serve as liaisons between organizations, shareholders, and outside organizations, • Administer programs for selection of any site location, potential construction needs, and provision of equipment and supplies, • Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with production, pricing, sales, and/or distribution of products, • Negotiate or approve contracts and agreements with suppliers, distributors, federal and state agencies, and other organizational entities, • Prepare budgets for approval, including those for funding and implementation of programs, • Review reports submitted by staff members to recommend approval or to suggest changes, • Schedule and monitor continued training seminar for staff on various operational, safety, and legal responsibilities, • Collaborate with the City of Ontario Community Life & Culture Agency to ensure alignment with the City's goals, initiatives, and community standards, • Establish and maintain strong relationships with local sports user groups to support field usage and community engagement, • A minimum of 7 years of management experience, • Bachelor's degree in business management, sports management, marketing, hospitality, food and beverage, related field, or equivalent experience, • Prior responsibility in daily P&L management and budget oversight responsibility of $1MM or greater, • Proven experience in organizing, booking, and operating sports tournament and events; including but not limited to basketball tournaments, volleyball tournaments, cheerleading events, wrestling meets, and similar activities, • Operational knowledge of F&B, entertainment, and sport clubs as well as parties, corporate events, and team building preferred, • Experience working with convention & visitor bureaus, regional sports commissions, and/or regional event management booking in a regional sports and/or convention center, • Operational knowledge of risk management, kitchen, entertainment, and sports clubs, • Will be required to sit for extended periods of time operating a computer, • Office and facility have intermittent noise, • Must be able to lift 50 pounds waist high Job Posted by ApplicantPro