Head of Facilities Management

Role - Head of Facilities Management
Location- Birmingham (4 sites across Midlands)
Salary- £60k-£70k + £6k car allowance

Your role as Head of Facilities Management:
Our client are a Logistics company with multiple sites around the Midlands.
You will lead a team of four Facilities Managers and an Engineering Manager across four sites to maintain operational effectiveness and support the business objectives. Provide leadership, guidance and expertise to the team in achieving both its fiscal and service level targets.
Our client are currently going through a new restructure with Facilities Management and are therefore seeking a strong candidate to implement change and make improvements.
The ideal candidate will have extensive commercial experience in Facilities and Automation within either a Logistics or Manufacturing environment

Your duties and responsibilities as Head of Facilities Management:

• Support both facilities and automation requirements across four sites.
• Ensuring all preventative maintenance schedules are serviced.
• Maintain cleaning and hygiene standards across the building and estate of the UK business.
• Via the Facilities Management team, manage the contractors and contracts needed to keep all 4 sites functional and cost effective
• Plan and co-ordinate the contracts and contractors to maximise efficiency and minimise spend across the facilities remit.
• Guide the Technical Services Manager in meeting the needs of the Automation upkeep and preventative maintenance routines
• Engage with the automation suppliers to ensure continuity of service to operations whilst minimising unnecessary spend.
• Work closely with procurement to gain the best 'buying position' either locally or regionally
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and company policies and conduct regular safety audits and training sessions for staff as required
• Ensure best practices and continuous improvement processes
• Project Management of major changes and refurbishments
• Dilapidations management on exit of any building

To be successful in your role, you should have the following skills and experience:

• • Extensive contract management experience delivering for Operations under strict SLA regimes
  • Extensive commercial experience in Facilities and Automation within either a Logistics or Manufacturing environment
  • Proven ability to balance commercial opportunity with operational capability while maximising profitability
  • Strong leadership and team management abilities, with a track record of successfully leading, inspiring & motivating teams to achieve goals and objectives
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks
  • A high degree of reliability and integrity with an open mindset, to enable management of demands arising through organisational growth and embrace change and challenge
  • Excellent organisational and problem-solving abilities with a high degree of reliability and integrity

In return for your commitment, your package on offer will be:

• £60k-£70k
• £6k car allowance
• Ability to work for a leading client in the sector with a good culture
• Opportunity to really make a different and make this role your own!
• IMMEDIATE START

If you would like to discuss this role further please contact Jade Whitmore on /

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