Assistant General Manager

Pet Resorts is looking for a talented Assistant General Manager to join our team in Spring, Texas!

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.

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 U.S. households have a pet; industry growth has benefited from the trends towards humanization of pets and demand for premium/luxury offerings in the animal care and goods space.

• Understands and communicates the company's 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.
• Implements the data-driven resort plan that supports the execution of regional and company initiatives to achieve both operational excellence and strong business results. Follows up consistently to ensure accountability to plans and KPI targets. Plans focus on meeting budget and PY growth expectations for revenue, labor, expense control and EBITDA.
• Drives financial success by analyzing financial data and KPIs to optimize performance, address challenges, and identify growth opportunities. Utilizes financial tools and meticulously analyzes financial reports and key performance indicators (KPIs) – including sales leads, conversion rates, average transaction value, and customer satisfaction scores – to identify trends, issues, and opportunities for strategic action and sales growth.
• Develops Shift Leads understanding of financial reports, enabling them to make informed decisions and implement actions that consistently achieve sales goals, productivity metrics, and budget adherence.
• Executes any corporate marketing plans and creates and implements local market plans for marketing and sales lead generation.
• Possesses expert knowledge of the resort market area and the community. Actively engages and educates the community and the market area on the company's customer value proposition and sales offerings.
• Identifies and cultivates…