GATEWAY GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, FT



GATEWAY GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, FORT MYERS, FL GENERAL MANAGER

Gateway Golf & Country Club is located within a Southwest Florida 3,000 acre, master-planned community. Gateway offers a superior location with a superb mix of residential, educational, business, and recreational opportunities. With 800 acres of commercial property and more than 40 businesses located in the community Gateway is indeed Lee County's premier community in which to live, work, play and raise a family, and is the primary, but not exclusive area where most members reside. The Golf & Country Club features an outstanding, Tom Fazio-designed, 18-hole par-72 course—which is consistently rated among Florida's best—as well as a Clubhouse and facilities that includes dining rooms, meeting rooms, a pro shop, a fitness center, a pool, and a lighted tennis facility. Additional amenities in the Gateway community include a Commons Park, bike and fitness trails, and neighborhood swimming pools. Gateway is close to many attractions, including white sandy beaches, boating, fishing, nature preserves, historic sites and a soon-to-be-constructed Boston Red Sox spring training stadium; the nearby Minnesota Twins Stadium is also a few minutes away. In April 2009, Gateway Golf & Country Club celebrated their 20th Anniversary. In its inaugural season, 1989, the course debuted on the Golf Digest list of Top 100 Courses. This recognition earned Gateway the privilege of hosting the 1990 Ben Hogan Tour Gateway Open, won by Ted Tryba, and the 1991 Ben Hogan Tour Gateway Open, won by Gary McCord—his only professional victory until he became a winner on the Champions Tour in 1999. January 2010 marked the 21st edition of the Gateway Senior Invitational, a prestigious GolfWeek sanctioned senior amateur event featuring the top-ranked senior and super-senior amateurs in the country. The membership of 288 golf members and 223 in other classes enjoys year round activities at the club. The gross dollar volume of the club is $4,422,000 with food & beverage revenues of $783,000.

The successful candidate will be a proven businessperson with exceptional financial and budgeting skills that have yielded verifiable results. In particular, the candidate must enjoy and embrace the challenge of strong fiscal management, especially during these economic times, while at the same time delivering the quality and range of services and innovative activities to enable the Club to continue to attract and retain members. The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of 5 to 7 years of progressively more responsible club management positions, preferably in the top executive position.

The prospective general manager must be a charismatic, passionate professional and have outstanding membership relations and communication skills, both written and verbal. He/She must have a proven record of strong operational management skills and will have a logical career path ensuring the highest standards of operation and attention to detail. The ideal candidate will have strong food and beverage experience and knowledge of all areas of club operations.

The club is looking for a “visionary, take-charge type” person who understands trends in the private club industry and can help position the Club to successfully take advantage of these trends. The general manager will exhibit creativity in providing programs for the membership to enjoy and will take a sincere interest in member and guest satisfaction, as well as effectively helping to create and oversee an effective membership marketing and retention program.

The new general manager will enjoy inspiring department managers and employees and must demonstrate proven leadership skills in team building, employee motivation and service training. The ability to work well with the Board and Committees is essential, as is a strong ability to work with the Board to further establish and memorialize clear roles, responsibilities and overall metrics for sustainable success. He/She will be confident, creative, enthusiastic, energetic, engaging and a highly visible manager to the staff and membership. Strategic planning skills, and the ability to vision and articulate goals and objectives to each constituency, are considered very valuable.

The candidate will be active and well respected in his or her local and national CMAA organization. A college degree is strongly preferred, as is the CCM designation.

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Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. A bonus plan with benefits will be offered along with the typical CMAA benefits.

Please email, fax or mail resumes to: KOPPLIN & KUEBLER

Attn: Nan Fisher

Email: nan@

Fax: 480-443-9642

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