Fitness First is now the largest gym, health and fitness club group in the world, with more than 1.4 million members, and over 500 gym and health clubs across 15 countries. In 2004, Fitness First, following a business review, set about putting in place an IT strategy which needed to maximise revenue, improve efficiency and reduce costs, plus improve the member experience.
Fitness First created a world-wide, multi-million pound IT programme to provide a bespoke in-house developed solution to support the business.
As a result, the existing IT team needed to be augmented in order to ensure that the right blend of skills and experience were available to deliver the solution, including the formation of a programme office and development/testing capabilities.
Arrowhead Consulting were approached, based on a recommendation from a previous client, to provide a number of interim managers/contractors for some of these key roles on short and long-term contracts.
Arrowhead successfully resourced candidates in the UK and Europe for the following roles:-
Jon Wood, Group IT Director, Fitness First said, “Arrowhead Consulting have consistently placed high-calibre candidates who match the job specifications and have provided first-class skills, experience and cultural fit”.
Arrowhead Consulting continue to provide a range of contract resources to further develop and enhance Fitness First’s IT capabilities.
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