Jez Tapping Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

I offer consultation covering the breadth of the indoor climbing industry, improving the financial stability, growth management, risk avoidance and governance through firm operational understanding and strong strategic and commercial decision making. I work with SMEs, start ups, multinationals and National Federations to achieve positive results no matter.

• Review, development and delivery of business strategy as well as its operational execution.
• Budgeting and bringing value for money to the customer whilst executing effective PnL balance, using a wide range of financial tools.
• Fostering a sales ethos within the climbing team and ensuring that the knowledge and skills necessary to meet sales and income opportunities are present
• Understanding industry trends and usage demographics to a high enough standard that areas for business growth can be identified and utilised.
• Line management of an operational team (50+ colleagues) who maintain a gold standard facility ranked in the top climbing facilities in the country.
• Line management of a performance coaching team responsible for producing GB team members and high podium ratios for Youth Climbing Open.

London And South East Region

• National oversight of 27 Climbing facilities, 150+ team members across the Everyone Active estate.
• Facilitate training across all levels of business from instructors up to Area contract managers.
• Recruit, train and support new Heads of Climbing to run sites.
• Commercially develop the Climbing offering in the London and South east region.
• Offer support and advice to new contract bids and help execute new builds or conversions.
• Lead and sit on multiple working groups for the companies Climbing development infrastructure and strategy.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

As a Department manager at Decathlon in Sheffield i was responsible for a team of 10 skilled Sports Advisors, their training, development and wellbeing. The annual turnover for this department was £1.5million. Of which I maintained a 3% TO growth and positivity QTY progression throughout. The job role was multifaceted with the balance between human.

Parsons Green

• Project managed the operational opening of the centre.
• Created and implemented all Operational, Health and Safety and centre procedures.
• Developed, trained and assessed the staff team (including freelance instructors).
• Generated and consulted on marketing and the continued strategic approach to advertising.
• Project managed the completion of the centres ABC (Association of British Climbing Walls) Aide Memoir, to move them towards full accreditation.
• Operationally managed the centre

Surrey

As a passionate cadet from 13-20yo I was able to have some amazing experiences -From being involved in the Dutch Courage movement and parachuting many times(static line) to regularly attending Adventurous Training camps, being a qualified Weapons Handling Tester (Lee Enfield.22 & L98A1) to gaining my Single Pitch Award (SPA now RCI), being part of the.

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

• Managed the operational opening of the centre (Climbing, Skatepark, Indoor cavingsystem and High Ropes course).
• Created and implemented all Operational, Health and Safety and centre procedures.
• Hired, developed, trained and assessed the staff teams across 4 departments (Operational,Catering, Customers services and Management team). A team of 40(not including freelanceinstructors) staff.
• Generated and consulted on marketing and the continued strategic approach to advertising.
• Project managed the completion of the centres ABC (Association of British Climbing Walls) AideMemoir, to move them towards full accreditation.
• Worked with external professionals in areas ranging from the continued phase 1 snagging lists tothe freelance instructor organisation.

Sutton, United Kingdom

• Being part of the team who executed the opening of this centre.
• Responsible for the centre and its functioning through centre maintenance and staffmanagement.
• Co-ordinate instructors and reception staff to ensure that customers are met and get theappropriate training to use the facility in a safe and enjoyable way.
• General instructing as well as instructing special needs groups, physical and behaviouralimpairments as well as school exclusion groups.
• Setting up an in-house bouldering league which I took from conception through to its presentformat.
• Setting up of kids club scheme, which currently catered for up to 48 participants.

Masters Degree (M.A.), Sports Management

Modules studied:- Strategic Management and Planning Sports Marketing Sports Policy and Planning Studying the Olympic Games Managing in the.

Bachelor Degree (B.A.), Sports Studies

Activities and Societies: Winchester Mens and Mixed hockey Team

Foundation Degree, Sports Development And Coaching

Level 3, Education And Training

An Introduction onto the Teaching Ladder.

Education record