Manufacturing jobs in United Kingdom

Are you an experienced senior manager looking for a new challenge? Or an Account Director or Operations Manager looking for the next step in your career? Do you have experience managing multi-site maintenance contracts?

One of the established names in the commercial building maintenance industry is looking to recruit an Area General Manager to look after a collection of commercial properties in and around Central London. The role reports directly to the Business Unit Leader and includes managing a number of commercial buildings in London, including commercial properties and higher education sites.

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Salary: Up to £90,000 + £5,000 car allowance + 20% bonus + pension + healthcare

• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
• Strong financial skills.
• Ability to manage conflict and crisis situations effectively.
• Provide leadership, and ensure the planned development of a portfolio of contracts to ensure that contractual commitments are met and exceeded.
• Ensure that opportunities for the strategic development of contracts are explored to deliver increased turnover and profitability.
• Ensuring business policies and processes are effectively communicated, and implemented within contracts.
• Ensure additional services and projects are added, and contracts are re-won on re-tender.
• Development of financial plans for revenue and profit delivery, reduction of WIP, debt, cost reduction and contract growth.
• Ensure appropriate contract review, audit and control systems to ensure statutory, policy and contractual commitments are met.
• Ensuring a customer focus within all areas of operational activities, and that effective relationships are maintained with key client contacts.
• Accountable day-to-day to the relevant client contacts.
• Line management responsibility for a small team of Account Directors.
• Financial responsibility for the delivery of plan commitments for the contract portfolio.
• The development and review of teams, appraisal, and the application of effective people management practice.

• Up to £90,000
• £5,000 car allowance
• 20% Bonus
• Pension
• Healthcare

• Hard services background, ideally with recognised electrical or mechanical qualifications.
• Managerial experience at Account Director or above within a hard services environment is essential.
• Proven experience within the commercial maintenance industry.
• Excellent motivational and influencing skills, with high levels of personal integrity.
• A proven track record in commercial portfolio management.
• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with all levels of staff and clients.
• Ability to manage and prioritise a demanding and varying workload.
• Strong financial understanding.

Director

Full-time

Management and Manufacturing

Strategic Management Services