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Cleaning and Security Development Manager (Business Development)

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Cleaning and Security Development Manager to join our Soft FM platform within Service Operations.

You’ll work effectively as part of a team of experts within the Sodexo soft FM platform to deliver the best of Sodexo within bids and mobilisations.

We are looking for an individual with expertise of cleaning and security to support growth through creating quality solutions, integrated with other service lines, delivering predictable quality and cost.

Your security knowledge should be aligned with the private security industry with a good understanding of electronic security innovation and where this can be best placed with our clients.

This is a fantastic opportunity for motivated, tenacious individuals eager to progress and develop their career within a global business. We can truly offer a supportive environment to grow and develop within your specialism

Role Responsibility

  • Develop and deliver solutions of predictable quality and cost through integration of service lines and standardized market leading practices
  • Utilize time efficiently and work as part of a team to deliver seamless mobilisations adhering to Sodexo processes
  • Monitor and understand key pieces of legislation that Sodexo operations need to comply with.  Work with professional family to ensure compliance across the business
  • Manage business priorities to ensure the soft FM platform benefits from cleaning & security expertise within the service design, deployment and innovation work streams
  • Manage work priorities effectively to maintain engagement; highlight issues/risks through appropriate channels
  • Understand the business priorities and requirements and how the cleaning / security service aligns
  • work as an effective team player with other experts to challenge current solutions, mobilisations and working practices to continuously improve and learn from each other within an inclusive culture
  • Engage and communicate with the cleaning & security professional family and others across the business to ensure we are competently and effectively articulating the cleaning & security service internally and externally.

 

*Please see full job description attached below

The Ideal Candidate

  • Good understanding of cleaning & security, through qualifications (BIFM Level 4, BICSc assessor, ISSA ICE) or equivalent and work experience
  • Knowledge of the cleaning & security industry
  • Experience of selling services within a fast paced, multi-faceted sector
  • Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships at all levels
  • Ability to present and write technical information to a non-technical audience
  • Knowledge of costing strategies and working within a commercial/sales environment
  • Experience of translating commercial models into working documents
  • Demonstrate good organisational skills and ability to balance conflicting priorities

Desirable

  • Experience of active membership of a relevant professional body i.e. BIFM, IPSA, SyI, BICSc, AHCP
  • Analytical and data management skills

Package Description

 

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs but includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave. We also have a Sodexo Discount scheme, which offers employees and their friends and family the opportunity to benefit from over 1,200 discounts from top retailers both online and in-store.

40 hours per week, flexibility is a must

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to further engage ex-forces personnel and reservists.  Those applying for roles with us who meet the essential criteria advertised under the ‘ideal candidate’ on the vacancy advertised are guaranteed to progress within the selection process.

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