Horticultural Contracts Manager

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Job Introduction

Are you an experienced Horticultural Contracts manager? Do you have an experience in sports pitch and fine turf management? We have a great opportunity to join our team!

You would join a well-established contract with further 15+ years remaining; managing a team of 14 that also includes 2 supervisors. In your remit would fall managing horticultural services on the site, managing the team and sub-contractors as well as developing and maintaining client relationships.

We offer a great team, stable contract, a salary up to £36,000, a bonus and excellent development and progression opportunities within Sodexo.

Role Responsibility

To manage Grounds maintenance, horticultural and related tasks within the site
To develop and maintain a positive working culture and environment for employees through sound leadership and effective communication.
To manage client relationships and expectations.
To maintain formal and informal communications with clients and customers.
To seek to raise standards and improve quality, through constant review and monitoring. Share and implement best practice, initiatives and increase productivity in accordance with company business objectives.
To comply with the company’s client retention strategy.
Legislative compliance - ensuring that all aspects of the business are conducted in accordance with all relevant statutory requirements and codes of practice.
To continually review service delivery against the contract specification and KPIs.
To ensure that all costs allied to gross margin, wages, and expenses are within the budgeted levels agreed between the client and Sodexo. These should be recorded appropriately in the weekly P&L report.
To be responsible for all aspects of HS&E management delivery

The Ideal Candidate

Previous horticultural experience with emphasis on sports pitch and fine turf management
Team management experience
Contract management experience
Good working knowledge of H&S regulations
Excellent stakeholder management experience
IT literate

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

Salary	up to £36,000
Frequency	Annual
Job Reference	SDX/TP/RF4651/CS
Contract Type	Permanent – Full Time
Closing Date	09 August, 2020
Job Category	Facilities Management
Business Unit	UK Corporate Services
Location	Colchester Garrison, England
Posted on	10 July, 2020

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