Newrest is recruiting a
General Manager for Facilities Management activities in Africa.
Newrest is developing its FM activities to offer a full service to our customers.
Hard and soft maintenance are at the heart of this expertise, while complying with Group standards and expected quality.
You will help local teams to develop the business and double sales in the next 3 years, with matrixial support from HQ.
Under the supervision of the VP Zone, you will be in charge of the following tasks:
Missions
- Ensures compliance requirements, maintenance responsibilities and care of client’s site.
- Inspect key account site routinely to guarantee that all services are operating at the highest standard
- Financial performance: Prepare and optimize operating budget. Manage capital projects in a timely, cost-effective, at budgeted levels
- Develops and strengthens internal and external relationships that will lead to increased lead generation and market share.
- Participate in calls for tender and bid submissions
- Identifies and develops new business opportunities.
- Build relationships with clients, suppliers, distributors, partners, and vendors.
- Implement the Group's strategy and give a clear vision of the business to manage the operational team. Act and solve engineering problems with leadership.
- Fosters and works to maintain an entrepreneurial growth culture throughout the company and across all teams and work functions.
- Increasing Management's Effectiveness by Recruiting, Training, Coaching, Communicating Values, Fixing Objectives
- Provide technical support to the teams and help them to improve their skills.
- Implementation of standards and processes to ensure a high quality of life on site.
- Ability to communicate effectively and maintain positive relationships with suppliers, clients, employees, contracted personnel, managers, and local government authorities.
- Follow-up of maintenance schedules via our digital management tools.
- Experience in Facilities Management and Business Development. Knowledge of the catering sector is a plus.
- Minimum 5 years in FM within a major international group.
- Engineering and global maintenance degree
- Strong public relations skills supported by excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
- Strong leadership, decision making and problem-solving skills is necessary.
- Manage diverse groups of people and nationalities
CONTRACT: Permanent contract - Starting date as soon as possible
LOCATION: In one of our subsidiaries in
Africa.
SALARY: Depending on experience and profile