Workforce Management Regional Lead (Deployment Manager / Lean / Six Sigma)

Job Introduction

Due to business growth we are looking to recruit 4 X Workforce Management Regional Lead’s on a 2 years fixed term contract to join our dynamic team. We can be flexible on your home location as you would spend 2 days at home and 3 days at a site (throughout the UK) so you must be flexible to travel and stay overnight when business needs dictate.

As WFM Regional Lead you will be responsible for providing business improvement support across all UK&I segments. This includes contract management, workforce management and operational excellence. The role involves participation in business improvement activities within bidding, mobilisation and stabilisation. Supporting the deployment of the WFM Improvement Management Programme and subsequent profit and performance improvement plans.

The function will manage the company’s strategic ambition of Improving our Competitiveness by driving process and behaviour that will have a positive impact on profit and revenues. Training and active support activities across all segments to ensure financial and operational success.

This role would ideally suit a Site Manager with experience of IFM, or technical, soft and food services. You must have experience of delivering results as the WFM Regional Lead will be tasked with delivering significant savings and productivity improvements in this role. This is a challenging yet exciting and varied role, you will work with all segments across all services.

The role offers a salary up to £57k (dependent on experience) and a company car.

Role Responsibility

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Experience of managing soft, or hard Facilities Management
• Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes, including risk management, budget and resource allocation procedures
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Tenacity so as to drive the delivery of outcomes in challenging client / organisational environments
• Ability to find innovative ways of solving &/or pre-empting problems
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft office including MS Project; MS Excel and MS Word
• Excellent interpersonal skills 
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with all key stakeholders
• Driving licence and flexibility to travel as per business demands

  Desirable

• Working knowledge of Integrated Facilities Management
• Experience of inputting to / supporting / leading project management activity
• Good knowledge of project management disciplines i.e. PRINCE2 / MSP / APMP etc

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.