General Services Manager

Job Introduction

This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your operational management career.

Working as the General Services Manager at one of our key corporate sites you will take full management responsibility for all soft FM Services including cleaning and catering and the teams there. This role is based on site in Erith.

Role Responsibility

• Effectively manage the Sodexo team to ensure that exemplary facilities services are provided at site
• Management of all soft services including Catering and  Cleaning,
• To ensure the prompt and efficient preparation and service of all meals to the company’s standard and to the client’s satisfaction and maintaining the cleanliness and hygiene of the site to the required standard in the Service Level Agreement.
• Comply with all Company & Client policies and statutory regulations relating to Health & Safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness, fire and COSHH.
• To establish and maintain satisfactory relationships with individuals at all levels within the Company and the Client organisation.
• To take all necessary steps to ensure maximum security of the kitchen, store, office, safe and monies and any other areas under the Sodexho’s control.
• Carry out weekly cleaning audits to monitor operative’s performance and adherence to Company standards.
• Liaise with the Cleaning Operatives to identify training required to implement the standards to facilitate the running of contract and deliver training as required.

The Ideal Candidate

• Previous experience of catering and cleaning management
• Ability to develop increasing individual effectiveness through leadership, motivation, communication, coaching and training
• Experience of managing a team
• Financially astute and experienced in managing budgets
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to  communicate effectively with customers, clients, and staff at all levels

Package Description

20 days holiday + opportunity to join the Sodexo Flexible Benefits Scheme + Pension + Childcare Vouchers

At Sodexo we are committed to continuing to improve our approach to diversity and inclusion in order to build Sodexo’s reputation as an employer of choice. As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we will be piloting a new recruitment process for six months on a selection of our jobs. This process will involve ‘anonymising’ the CVs of applicants. This means that when our hiring managers receive your CV it will no longer contain any personal information relating to you, only your skills and career history. The profile created by our system for you will be considered rather than your CV. With this in mind please ensure that you complete your application fully.

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.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process