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Regional Operations Manager (South West)

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

We have an exceptional opportunity for a facilities professional to support the growth of one of our corporate services contracts across the uk. As the Regional Operations Manager you will be directly responsible for the performance delivery of the contracts within our regional area.

This role is based across the South and the South West of the UK due to the level of client interface required.

 

Role Responsibility

  • Responsibility for a Geographic Region with sites covering Manufacturing, Specialist Research & Development and Office Based facilities occupied by Senior business leaders.
  • Work in partnership with Workplace Services & Real Estate Solutions to deliver value adding services to BAE Client Organisations
  • Effectively manage the FM Operations Manager teams, liaising with both technical and functional experts from within Hard, Soft and Technical and Project based activities to sites.
  • Manage delivery through matrix management teams whilst promoting an ethos of team work to instil a culture of Safety, business Continuity and continuous improvement.
  • To be responsible for an operating area and leading a management team to ensure delivery against Key Performance Indicators.
  • Act as the primary representative of Sodexo within the defined operating area by the effective management of all Managers to ensure the delivery of both qualitative and quantitative results
  • Foster long term profitable relationships with BAE Systems 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 the overall SDX WPS Account Strategy in order to uphold the Company mission and values
  • Motivate and lead team to enable achievement of ‘Go for Growth’ strategy

The Ideal Candidate

  • Management of large and diverse IFM site service delivery teams
  • Good all round communications skills.
  • Relationship builder and experience in working in a matrix delivery environment
  • IT literate and financially astute
  • Operating at management level in an M&E environment
  • Broad knowledge of multiple service lines and their benefit to an organisation
  • Knowledgeable of risk and legislation across all service lines, does not need to be the expert, however
  • needs to be able to mitigate these with the help of Sodexo experts and Governance and Policy Good
  • Commercial and communication skills, must be able to demonstrate effective verbal and written
  • communication
  • Management knowledge of health & safety and food safety
  • Able to work on own initiative within a team environment
  • Able to demonstrate working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
  • Proven experience in an integrated facilities management role covering Hard, Soft and Catering Services
  • Able to demonstrate attention to detail and adherence to standards
  • Analyse problems analytically, develop opportunities and implement innovative solutions
  • IOSH qualification or equivalent - Completion of internal SHE online training to IOSH mandatory

Package Description

  • Band B – 23 days holiday +  discretionary 15% bonus + £1,300 contribution to the Sodexo Flexible Benefits Scheme + Pension + Childcare Vouchers

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

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