District Manager

Dexterra Group; Calgary; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dexterra Group is seeking an experienced account/operations leader to drive contract management and client relations across multiple sites in Calgary. You will oversee service delivery, manage budgets and P&L, and lead a team to uphold safety and quality standards.

The role requires 6+ years of management experience in facilities or related services, with strong communication and leadership skills. Travel up to 40% across sites is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of management experience leading a team providing services.
• Undergraduate degree or diploma in integrated facilities management preferred.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (oral and written).
• Proven ability to lead others with empathy, open-mindedness and respect.
• Ability to maintain excellent relations with people—employees, clients and customers.
• Familiar with health, safety and environmental management systems.
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills.
• Intermediate Word, Excel and Outlook skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads every aspect of services and operations for the account.
• Manages client relationships and ensures client retention through proactive engagement.
• Communicates performance expectations and supports employee development.
• Identifies new opportunities and drives growth with existing and new clients.
• Oversees operational performance and quality checks; manages budgets and P&L statements.
• Plans for key events and crisis management to position Dexterra competitively.

Skills

Management experience

Culinary/cleaning services management

Excellent communication

Empathy and leadership

Travel flexibility

Education

Undergraduate degree or diploma in facilities management

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

WHO ARE WE?

We've been serving Canadian clients for over 75 years. The companies that began independently and now form Dexterra Group have an outstanding record of supporting the infrastructure and built assets that play a vital role in our society and helping our clients achieve higher performance and productivity. Powered by passionate people, we bring the right teams with the right skills together – offering both experience and regional expertise so companies can operate their day to day, confidently and successfully.

Company Description

WHO ARE WE?

We've been serving Canadian clients for over 75 years. The companies that began independently and now form Dexterra Group have an outstanding record of supporting the infrastructure and built assets that play a vital role in our society and helping our clients achieve higher performance and productivity. Powered by passionate people, we bring the right teams with the right skills together – offering both experience and regional expertise so companies can operate their day to day, confidently and successfully.

Job Description

Contract Management:

• Leads every aspect of services and operations
• Understands contractual terms and conditions
• Negotiates agreements that are mutually satisfying

Client Relationships

• Understands that client retention is embedded as a daily process through thoughtful action and attitude, utilizing the Tenacity Client for Life methodology
• Ensures a visible Account-level presence to foster and maintain effective working relationship with all Clients
• Establishes and maintains a professional, trusting and positive working relationship with clients
• Aligns key Dexterra contacts with like positions or titles within the client organization and create a relationship matrix (Web of Influence)

People Management

• Ability to communicate performance expectations, monitor and reward performance to ensure plans, goals and budgets are met
• Develops and facilitates developmental experiences for effective job performance
• Ensures Dexterra People have clarity of Vision and live our Values in the delivery of high quality services
• Acts as a talent scout using networks to help identify, recruit and vet proposed Dexterra People or Subcontractors
• Ensures succession plans are regularly reviewed and plans for career growth are supported by a personal development plan
• Provides immediate performance recognition and feedback and as per Performance Discussion Cycle

Sales And Growth

• Identifies new opportunities to market and sell new products and services within existing clients or to new clients.
• Has a strategic selling mindset and utilizes the Miller Heiman sales methodology and process
• Stays abreast of trends in Client environments, economic and competitive forces, managing the Value Gap

Operational Expertise

• Promotes and develops a positive health and safety culture and demonstrates visible health, safety and environmental leadership
• Oversees management team to ensure strength of operations utilizing quality checks and other methods
• Uses functional knowledge to advance Dexterra interests and provide expertise to the client organization
• Inputs to and is accountable for annual budgets and review of P&L statements to meet account, division and company objectives
• Financial management responsibilities include use of standards, variance analysis with key consideration for margins, productivity, capital and accounts receivables
• Ensures accounts manage worker’s compensation matters efficiently
• Ensures that health, safety and environment management systems are implemented for the prevention, in so far as is reasonably practicable, of all injury, illness to employees and other persons, damage to assets, infrastructure and the environment
• Ensures that all accounts comply with legislative, regulatory and code requirements

Managing Key Events

• Stays up-to‑date on key events such as account openings, client changes, management changes, crisis management, account closings and major client events that affect Dexterra and the client organization
• Considers the impact of events and can best plan and implement activities to best position Dexterra to achieve a competitive business strategy

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of management experience leading a team that provides culinary or cleaning services
• Undergraduate degree or diploma in one or more integrated facilities management services preferred
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (oral and written)
• Proven ability to lead others by demonstrating empathy, open‑mindedness and respect
• Ability to maintain excellent relations with People – employees, client and customers
• Familiar with health, safety and environmental management systems
• Strong problem solving and organization skills
• Intermediate level expertise with Word, Excel and Outlook
• Ability to travel between sites on demand, travel is required approximately 40% of the time

Additional Information

KEY MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY

Dexterra Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans’ status, Indigenous status, or any other legally protected factors. Disability‑related accommodations during the hiring selection process are available upon request.