Managing Director Purple Ski Ltd

**Purple Ski and Purple Summer Overview**

Purple Ski provides luxury catered chalet holidays in Méribel, and Val d'Isère, France. We operate truly exceptional chalets which can accommodate between 8 and 14 people, so that we can focus on providing a very high quality and individual service.

With 30 years of experience under our belts, we know that our staff play a vital role in the success of our company, so we are looking for enthusiastic, hard-working and professional people to join us and help maintain and build on our excellent standards and reputation.

We take pride not only in making sure that our guests have the best possible skiing holiday, but also on being a great company to work for. We hand-pick our team based on skills, experience and a great attitude, and we do expect the highest standards of work.

Our record as an excellent employer is evident by our very high staff retention rates during each season (staff seldom leave us mid-season) and the large number of returning staff each season.

Purple Summer offers a small, exclusive selection of some of the finest luxury villas available to rent in the French Côte d’Azur and the Spanish islands of Mallorca and Ibiza.

Our aim is to ensure that our guests have the perfect luxury summer holiday, whether they choose to spend it by the private swimming pool, enjoying exquisite canapés and champagne al fresco, or exploring the local beaches and historic market towns.

**Position Overview**
The main purpose of this dynamic role is to oversee the entire operation of Purple Ski & Purple Summer, working closely with Resort Managers and head office teams. This person is responsible for ensuring that day to day operations are carried out smoothly and every detail has been planned out and executed at a high level. This role involves a high level of dedication and organisation, great communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be flexible.

**Previous Experience and skills**

Must speak English and French at least, and able to write perfectly in one or both of those languages (Spanish highly desired)

Job holder must be highly organised, efficient, resourceful and able to work alone as well as part of a team.
Job holder must possess good judgement, be determined / tenacious in meeting her/his objectives and have excellent communication skills
Previous winter season experience at a high level such as Resort Manager or higher is essential
People management experience in a chalet/villa, hospitality or catering environment
Confident driver in winter conditions, and held a full and clean driving for a minimum of 5 years

**Main Duties**

**Transport (in conjunction with Resort Managers and Head Office)**
1) Ensures all vehicles are maintained and serviced regularly and kept in a good state of repair:
reviews weekly checklists, organises mid-season bodywork repairs, sorting mechanical
issues, arranging annual servicing and control techniques as required

2) Manages claim procedure for accidents (helps drivers fill in “constat amiable forms, notifies
insurance company, arranges repair). Decides whether or not to claim on insurance for incidents where no 3rd party involved.

3) Organises driver medicals and driver specific training by 3rd party

4) Orders vehicle related supplies (Purple Ski stickering, snow chains, AdBlue, diesel antifreeze
etc)

**Staff**
1) Is the overall manager of staff:
a) Assists in the definition of job roles, job descriptions and placement of staff

2) Directly manages and supports Customer Services Manager, Admin Assistant and Supplies Manager, Resort Managers, answering questions etc as needed.

3) Oversees the management of staff accommodation, including
a) assigns staff to accommodation in accordance with their preferences
b) monitors and keeps register of staff guests during the season, deals with any noise/nuisance issues, performs regular housekeeping checks (by photo)
c) deals with any maintenance and repairs to staff accommodation (mínimal)
d) at end of season, checks cleaning and state of repair, hands back to owner(s)

4) Arranges lift passes, ski hire (including all liaison with staff re wishes/requirements) with Resort Managers.

5)Provides support to staff to arrange medical appointments and prefecture visits to complete visa requirements (UK visa employees).

6) Provide support for staff medical insurance (ongoing admin done by Admin assistant). During the season, deals with any injuries, serious illnesses (e.g., taking staff to hospital, helping get the right/ best treatment etc), supporting re bereavement etc., “in loco-parentis”

7) Plans and leads start of season training and chalet/villa set-up with Resort Managers

8) Provides ongoing support to Resort Managers with team management during the season:
a) Oversees January “one to one” reviews (together with Chalet Staff Manager and Lead Driver as applicable) with all staff members to see how things are going, actions any issues raised RM
b)