General Services Manager
Job Introduction
If you’re a commercial facilities professional with experience working within contract catering
We are looking to recruit a General Services Manager to take accountability for the delivery of Soft Services on site at one of our FMCG contracts in Halifax Yorkshire.
Role Responsibility
- Accountable for cleaning, security and catering services on site
- To be responsible for an operating area and leading a management team to ensure delivering against Key Performance Indicators
- Act as the primary representative of Sodexo within the defined operating area by the effective management of all Managers and staff to ensure the delivery of both qualitative and quantitative results
- Foster long term profitable relationships with Clients to maintain existing business and identify new business opportunities by delivering operational excellence
- 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 lead a high performing team to achieve their objectives and the wider Sodexo strategy
The Ideal Candidate
- Proven experience of developing profitable relationships for multisite contracts
- Knowledge and experience of Facility management is highly desirable
- Experienced in leading company initiatives and change management processes
- Experience in identifying and selling new business
- Strong communication, and negotiation skills
- Excellent client relationship management
- Experience working in a regulatory & compliant environment
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and associated programmes
- H&S Qualification – IOSH
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
