Facilities Manager

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Job Introduction

A fantastic opportunity has become available for a Facilities Manager to give direction in the delivery of soft services including cleaning, office floor support (inc audio visual), catering and gym facilities. This is a high profile contract and will therefore provide the opportunity to showcase your customer service skills and develop within a growing business.

The Facilities Manger represents a crucial interface with our customers and should demonstrate an understanding of the business functions and build relationships with all the key business personnel. The core responsibility will be to ensure the workplace is managed to enable all the customers to perform their business activities in a safe and fully functioning environment.

Role Responsibility

Management of a corporate FM site, providing strategic leadership, team engagement and service development and standards improvement
Fostering long term profitable relationships with the client, driving the current business and developing future opportunities
Develop business strategy in line with current and emerging client needs.
Provide direction and expertise to the operating area by promoting Sodexo strategies and best business practices in order to uphold the Company mission and values
Motivate and engage a team of 20 to achieve their objectives and the Sodexo strategy
Drive innovation and continuous improvement of people, systems and processes.
Support the Account Manager in identifying opportunities with other clients to maximise profit and growth.

The Ideal Candidate

Track record as a senior operator within soft services (FM)
Strong customer focus and ability to communicate at all levels of a business
Corporate/blue chip background an advantage
Strong level of literacy and numeracy
Experience of managing an overall budget with diverse functional components (i.e. catering, cleaning, etc.)
Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to analyse issues, develop opportunities and implement innovative solutions/approaches
Strong ability to increase individual effectiveness through leadership, motivation, communication, coaching and training
Able to demonstrate positive attitude to self-development, willingness to learn in role and identify own training needs as appropriate

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.

Salary	£35,000 - £38,000
Frequency	Annual
Job Reference	SDX/TP/19/15880/LN
Contract Type	Fixed Term – Full Time
Closing Date	08 July, 2015
Job Category	Facilities Management
Business Unit	UK Corporate Services
Location	Farnborough, Hants, England
Posted on	17 April, 2015

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