Account Director - Aviation
Job Introduction
Sodexo Sports and Leisure is currently recruiting for an Account Director to oversee our aviation business, looking after airline clients across four airports in the UK. This is an exciting opportunity to showcase your leadership skills, support business growth and drive employee engagement.
Our heritage is built on catering and hospitality experience and fuelled by our passion for exceptional food and service. For over 40 years we have been providing bespoke catering and hospitality services for sports stadia, racecourses, visitor, attractions, historic venues, major events and premium airline lounges. Recognised across the globe for hospitality, we help create exceptional moments at extraordinary events such as Royal Ascot, Tour de France, The Open Championship and RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
For more information on the company see Careers in Sports and Leisure
Role Responsibility
In this role you will lead the delivery of profitable growth across your region for new and existing contracts, you will do this by building strong relationships, developing business strategies, driving employee engagement and looking for innovation solutions. Acting as the strategic link between the senior leadership team, clients and the site based Account Managers, you will take ownership of account development plans, drive sales and growth whilst ensuring compliance and risks are mitigated. With a commercial focus you will demonstrate a high level of thought leadership, acting as a change agent to drive the business forward. Whilst business growth and developing client relationships are key to the success of this role, we are also looking for someone who appreciates the importance of an engaged workforce and can lead on relevant activities. This is an exceptional opportunity for a motivated leader, looking to develop their career within a leading global business.
The Ideal Candidate
- Experience of managing multisite and multiservice contracts within a similar catering/hospitality/events business
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Commercial focus and proven experience in managing P&L accounts
- Management of large and diverse teams
- Ability to interpret and utilise complex and varied financial and commercial information
- Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative within a team environment
Package Description
Competitive + Car/ allowance + 20% bonus + Flexible Benefits package
About the Company
Our mission is improve the quality of life of Sodexo employees and all those we serve, and contribute to the economic, social and environmental development of the communities, regions and countries in which we operate. We work to improve the well-being of people across the globe through our unique range of expert services and the talent of our teams. As one of the world’s largest employers and a
company of “people at the service of other people,” we are committed to being an employer of choice – providing jobs for our people, as well as training and opportunities for internal promotion to help our employees move up the career ladder.
