General Manager - Ancoats
Huckletree, United Kingdom
Job Description
Founded in 2014, Huckletree’s mission is to become the destination workplace for the most daring and innovative companies in the UK and Ireland, and to be the sounding board that accelerates these companies to achieve their goals. Through our curated communities of high-potential teams, we’re building a new kind of workspace that magnifies the impact you’re able to have on the world.
Having now grown to over 3,000 members and 300 companies across London, Manchester and Dublin, Huckletree is now entering an exciting new phase in challenging the workspace model, and we’re now looking for an ambitious and experienced general manager to join our team in Ancoats.
The role
As a General Manager, you’ll balance ownership over your hub’s Pamp;L and being responsible for hitting growth forecasts whilst managing and developing a high-performing team and assuring high levels of customer satisfaction at all times.
In this role, you'll be joining a committed team of successful entrepreneurs with a strong ethos, great dynamic and high levels of ambition and motivation. We love entrepreneurial minds who understand startups and take initiative to grow the business to the next level.
You will have the opportunity to work alongside our Central Sales, Marketing, Product and Expansion teams, all against the backdrop of Manchester's thriving tech ecosystem and fast-paced startup landscape.
Responsibilities:
Sales and Commercial
- In conjunction with sales central, you will own and manage the strategic sales pipeline to drive revenue for your space
- Cultivate and maintain deep relationships with both current clients and new prospects, focusing on strategic upselling opportunities
- Identify and engage with potential partnerships, setting them up for success with the Huckletree platform
- Drive the efforts to hit your hub’s revenue targets by structuring and closing strong deals for new membership and existing member growth
- Work with the central finance and operations team on forecasting, budgeting, Pamp;L management, debt control, business development amp; strategic planning
- Control variable spend to maintain our quality of service whilst keeping within your location budget
- Conduct weekly, monthly amp; quarterly analysis reports for your hubs commercial and operational performance, ensuring presented data is clean amp; accurate at all times
People Management
- Managing your team to produce exceptional results, the smooth day to day running of your hub
- Professionally coach, develop and up-skill your team members to ensure continued professional growth and development and to ensure that their engagement at Huckletree remains high at all times
- Drive all recruitment efforts and see to the effective onboarding and training of new team members
- Deliver your people-related OKR’s in order to achieve (or exceed) tangible results for your hub and the wider business.
Member Engagement and Retention
- Cultivate an amazing working relationship with all of your members.
- Have a genuine passion for your member businesses and their growth story, from start-up to scale up (and beyond - we’re hoping for unicorns)
- Ensure the highest possible level of member satisfaction to mitigate churn - have the ability to identify what your community wants and needs before they know it themselves.
- Ensure that your member companies receive a high-quality experience throughout their membership journey with us
- Continuously immerse amp; educate yourself on Manchester's exciting tech ecosystem.
Operations
- Have a good understanding of operating a physical workspace, working with the building manager and the central operations teams to proactively come up with solutions to operational issues as or before they arise.
- Have a keen eye for detail with a 5* service mindset, ensuring group standards are upheld at all times
- Manage relationships with partners, contractors amp; suppliers to maintain the highest level of operational efficiency within your hub
- Ensure your hub is compliant with all health amp; safety legislation, including our COVID-19 policies amp; procedures
The person - There are four key components to becoming a successful General Manager at Huckletree - your career at Huckletree will be long and successful if you embody them! They are:
- Run your hub as if it’s your own business using your commercial acumen coupled with Pamp;L efficiency, sales and retention and realising that the buck always stops with you.
- Demonstrate exceptional people management skills to manage and develop and support a high-performing team and get the most out of them. Ensure that our team members are always the Number One reason that our memb