Gursharan Singh, General Manager

Gursharan Singh

General Manager

Fitness Factory Gym and Cafe

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Diploma, Spa Operation and Management
Experience
17 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 7 Months

General Manager at Fitness Factory Gym and Cafe
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since June 2013

• Spearheading the entire gamut of gym operations and maintaining the operational budget
• Instrumental in designing and promoting activities to meet customer demand and generate revenue
• Advertising and promoting the club to increase usage, which may include commissioning and considering market research
• Recruiting, training and supervising staff, including managing staff roster
• Ensuring health and safety of the equipment
• Maintaining high levels of customer care, often with a particular focus on avoiding loss of existing users
• Handling complaints and incidents, e.g. accidents and emergencies or theft
• Delivering some fitness training or coaching in sports activities - often a good way of maintaining contact with customers
• Preparing and checking budgets and generating income
• Cashing-up and keeping stock records; Purchasing equipment and supplies
• Using advanced management information (e.g. footfall, popularity of classes by hour) to improve provision and timetables and cope with fluctuations in demand

Front of House Manager at Fitness First ,LandMark Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • June 2012 to May 2013

• Formulated strategies for front office that supports achievement of the club's goals
• Shouldered the responsibilities of developing and implementing processes and procedures for assigned departments
• Ensured:
o Guest satisfaction and responded to guest concerns and inquiries
o Front desk handles billing and cash in accordance with club's standards
o Guest data and management reporting was processed accurately while maintaining proper security standards
o Accounting transaction and cash handling procedures were in compliance
• Conducted regular monthly meetings with members of the Front Office and Communication Team to address current initiatives, projects and long term goals

Guest relation and rose to the post of Duty Manager at Jumeirah Group of Hotels
  • Other
  • August 2006 to March 2012

• Entrusted the responsibilities of handling guest arrival with pick up request and arranging the transportation
• Provided assistance with guest luggage and hotel facilities information to the guest
• Maintained the additional instruction for guests or information about guest arrival or departure in the logbook
• Responsible for good service and maintained close relationship with all official sectors at the airport and most of all, maintain a spirit of team work among the hotel’s personnel
• Ensured appearance and grooming of airport representative officers

Education

Diploma, Spa Operation and Management
  • at http://www.spas2b.com/about_spas2b.php
  • May 2017
Master's degree, Hospitality Managment
  • at Indian school of management studies
  • March 2015

Hospitalty Management.

Diploma, Personal Fitness and Health
  • at Alison Certified
  • January 2015

Health ,fitness, nutrition pre workout module

Diploma, First Aid (Emergency ) CPR
  • at Health and Solution UAE
  • November 2012

Emergency First Air ,Incident management. CPR

Bachelor's degree, Hospitality Management
  • at Cornell University
  • September 2010

GPA (3.19) CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP FOR STUDENT COUNCIL, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE HOSPITALITY MANAGMENT PROJECT,,CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION IN QUALITY FOOD MANAGEMENT

Specialties & Skills

Multitasking
Customer Service
Operation
Accounting
Workload Management
Strategy and Planing
Mindandbody online software
Budget management
Client relationship management
Operation managemnt
Staff Development

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Fitness First
  • Yearly
  • August 2012

Training and Certifications

Fire and Safety at work (Training)
Training Institute:
DelbertO LLC
Date Attended:
November 2015
Duration:
8 hours
Opera Profile (Training)
Training Institute:
Jumeirah International
Date Attended:
August 2010
Duration:
3 hours
Opera Reservation (Training)
Training Institute:
Jumeirah International
Date Attended:
September 2010
Duration:
3 hours
Award of Excellence (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010
Valid Until:
May 2010

Hobbies

  • GOLF,
  • Golf, Fitness