VP of Venue Management - Sports Facilities Management

Overview

VP OF VENUE MANAGEMENT — Sports Facilities Management, LLC

LOCATION: Clearwater, FL

DEPARTMENT: OPERATIONS

REPORTS TO: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SFM

STATUS: FULL-TIME (EXEMPT)

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 year over year 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.

The VP of Venue Management will oversee various independent business units within their portfolio of accounts. They will be responsible for leading and managing daily operations to achieve business goals, maximize service levels, and enhance profitability. As a VP of Venue Management
, the leadership of Team Members within the portfolio may be accomplished by setting performance objectives, evaluating, and optimizing operational performance, ensuring regulatory and company standards are upheld, and preparing operations and financial reports among other means. This role serves as SFC s liaison with current and potential clients.

Leading, coaching and managing Team Members, ensuring venues operate smoothly, and achieving revenue targets relies on a VP of Venue Management that can perform efficiently in a high-pressure environment, project managing several fluid situations simultaneously while demonstrating excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Candidates may come from privately owned venues, municipally owned sports convention or sports complexes, or park and recreation responsibilities.

• Develops and maintains active contact with the Client/Contract Administrator in support of ideal relationships, and account retention
• Develops and implements facility goals in accordance with the management contract, the Client s objectives, corporate policy, and good business practice
• Prepares and maintains required and necessary reports/records for the Client/Contract Administrator and for the Home Office
• Conducts sales, marketing, budgeting, and weekly staff meetings
• Directs the development and administers the execution of operating and marketing financial plans and documents; to include operating revenue and expense budgets; capital expense plans and budgets
• Understanding and ensuring compliance with all contractual obligations to clients
• Accountable for the performance of the venues within their account portfolio
• Provide leadership to the venue s operational teams, in support of company objectives, culture, vision, and standards of excellence
• Support the personal and professional development of team members
• Act as the liaison between the venues and all the resources provided to them by the Home Office including personnel departments, tools and software, vendors, and the document library
• Develop sales and marketing strategies
• Ensure all safety and compliance standards are met at the highest level
• Perform various administrative tasks

• Candidates must have a minimum of bachelor s degree in business, advertising, marketing, or related field, or an equivalent combination of experience and education
• Minimum of 10+ years  experience in business, business sales, marketing, or related field
• Must have expert level command of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and have demonstrated the ability to learn multiple new software platforms quickly
• Creativity and organization
• Excellent interpersonal skill and leadership abilities
• Ability to develop lasting professional relationships with clients
• Appropriate business acumen while participating/interacting in office meetings
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Professional writing skills when representing the company whether in documents, email, or any other written method

• Willing to travel up to 60% of the time

• Must be able to lift 20 pounds waist high
• Will be required to sit for extended periods of time operating a computer
• Office environment has intermittent noise, normal in nature
• Must be able to travel