Associate Hospitality Services Contract Manager - based in Luxembourg

European Investment Bank (EIB); Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Job summary

European Investment Bank (EIB) seeks an Associate Hospitality Services Contract Manager to coordinate outsourced facilities management contracts from its Luxembourg headquarters. The role focuses on delivering high-quality, cost-effective services across buildings, reporting to the Hospitality Services Unit and collaborating with CRE.

This is a full-time temporary assignment with a 4-year term. Relocation support is provided, and panel interviews are anticipated for Oct/Nov.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (Facilities Management, Engineering, Hospitality Management, or similar).
• At least 3 years’ experience in facilities management with an emphasis on hospitality services.
• Experience in contract management based on performance/outcomes and outsourced services.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor outsourced facilities management contracts (catering, cleaning, waste, reception, service desk).
• Monitor service contracts to ensure high quality, cost-effective delivery and value for money.
• Track KPIs, service desk activity, and provider performance; drive continuous improvement actions.

Skills

Contract management

KPI management

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

English

French

Education

Bachelor-equivalent degree in relevant field

Tools

Archibus

Job description

Associate Hospitality Services Contract Manager - based in Luxembourg. This position is based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence. The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment. We also offer relocation support. The EIB, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Chief Financial Controller Directorate (CFC), Corporate Real Estate Department (CRE), Facilities Management Division (FM), Hospitality Services Unit (HS) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, an Associate Hospitality Services Contract Manager*.

This is a full-time temporary position at grade 4.

The term of this contract will be 4 years.

• internal benchmark Associate Officer Facilities Management

Panel interviews are anticipated for October/November.

Purpose

You will coordinate and monitor the execution of outsourced Facilities Management service contracts (including catering, cleaning, waste management, reception, senior management support and service desk) for EIB Group buildings in Luxembourg in order to provide reliable, high quality and cost-effective facility services that contribute to make the EIBG the best place to work.

Operating Network

You will report to the Head of Hospitality Services Unit and work in close collaboration with CRE staff. The post requires a high level of interaction with all EIB agents, including senior stakeholders, and external partners/providers. It requires strong negotiation skills, customer focus along with diplomacy and excellent interpersonal/communication skills at all levels.

Accountabilities

• Implement operating procedures and processes for the assigned service contracts and contribute to initiatives and projects relevant to your scope, ensuring compliance with the relevant procedures, policies and following best practices to provide an optimal customer experience for all EIB Group employees and guests as well as best value for money.
• Provide operational input, in coordination with other service managers, to hospitality service requirements within CRE construction and refurbishment programmes (including North Building and West Campus), ensuring service readiness, operational continuity and effective integration throughout building openings, closures and transitions.
• Monitor FM Service Desk ticketing activity (MyRequests/Archibus), analyse ticketing KPIs, including volumes, response times, SLA compliance, recurrence patterns, and customer feedback, and propose and implement actions for continuous improvement.
• Support the coordination and evaluation of operational quality controls for catering and cleaning services ensuring consistent service standards across buildings and driving corrective or preventive actions with service providers where required.
• Monitor contractual compliance of outsourced service providers, including ticket handling, service execution and performance reporting, and contribute to improvement initiatives (e.g. process standardisation, data quality, governance tools and training materials) to increase efficiency, reliability and transparency.
• Support the integration of sustainability, climate action and environmental objectives into the management of hospitality services contracts, translating EIB Group commitments into concrete operational requirements, performance indicators and improvement actions with service providers.
• Coordinate external service providers and actively contribute to effective teamwork and collaboration within the Unit and other services to ensure efficient delivery of the service contracts.
• Contribute to monitoring costs and service provider performance; follow-up on KPIs for services, measure performance against targets and continuously improve and manage the quality and cost of the services.
• Proactively and continuously assess contractual performance to obtain best value for money throughout the contract life cycle and establish relevant actions or processes for improvements.

Qualifications

• A University degree (minimum an equivalent to a Bachelor) preferably in a relevant field (Facilities Management, Engineering, Architecture, Hospitality Management, Business Administration or similar).
• At least 3 years’ relevant professional experience, ideally in facilities management with an emphasis on hospitality services. Proven experience in contract management based on performance/outcomes, management of outsourced services and project management.
• Very good knowledge of facilities management and/or outsourced services management, preferably in hospitality services (catering, cleaning, waste management, reception services and service desk).
• Very good knowledge in autonomous contract management, with application of KPIs.
• Proven ability to ensure a sound cost management of service contracts.
• Very good understanding of administrative procedures related to the management of service contracts and call for tenders in public institutions is an advantage.
• Experience in Service Desk management (staff request management, ticketing activity, work orders management) is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Archibus or similar integrated workplace management systems is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of English and French. Knowledge of other EU languages would be an advantage.

Competencies

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Deadline for applications: 21st of September 2026