European Workplace Services Director

Posted 01 January 2020
Salary £90000.00 - £120000 per annum + bonus, car allowance
Location
Job type Permanent
ReferenceBBBH97281_1577960900
Contact NameEdward Dullaway

Job description

Facilities Workplace Services Director

Provisional package: €80,000-€120,000 basic DOE, up to 40% performance bonus, company stock options, car or car allowance and much more.

Overview

Brief

The Business is looking to recruit an experienced, versatile and dynamic individual to lead its European Workplace Services Organisation. You will be part of a progressive global function that combines internal expertise with global strategic suppliers to deliver a broad range of services and strategy.

Reporting to the Global VP of Workplace Services, you will have at least 10 years of experience in a similar regional role within a multinational company, ideally with a life-science background.

Core requirements encompass:

Business enablement: Maintain infrastructure with no business disruptions; Anticipate/identify new demand and emerging requirements; Enable capacity expansion, support business ventures/M&A; execute projects, ensure regulatory compliance; identify and execute opportunities to improve environmental sustainability, represent the team within the various country management teams.

Employee Engagement: Ensure a safe and effective work place; Provide a vibrant, collaborative and progressive work space together with helpful amenities to help make the Business a great place to work; Lead and promote environmental stewardship; Promote the Business brand/culture through our real estate.

Operational leverage: Provide a best in class cost structure; Optimisation of sites and space; Deliver unified leverage of assets, spend and suppliers; Provide a consistent approach to support and standards.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

  • Leading country teams that deliver day to day operations including facilities management, catering, health and wellness, site security, EHS services and car fleet. Includes: extensive management of strategic/global suppliers, listening and responding to inputs from employees and key stakeholders, integration of acquisitions, ensuring operational excellence in execution
  • Working with your team to identify and prioritise infrastructure projects, working with the business leaders to identify and prioritise business projects, developing this into an overall plan of record for approval during the Business's strategic planning cycle. This includes the successful execution which can range from major green field construction projects through to office relocations, site upgrades and infrastructure improvements.
  • Leading the compliance functions of EHS and Security in the effective application of regulations and the Business policies to provide a safe, effective and efficient workplace in line with the Business's values and ethics. This includes providing appropriate training and consultation and representing the Business with external regulators.
  • Managing a budget of roughly $60M dollars annually, which includes decision making, approvals, forecasting, and planning related to this operational spend. In addition, there is funding for strategic and larger infrastructural projects
  • Collaborate with businesses and other functions to maximise leverage, liaising across the broader Global Infrastructure Services organisation on infrastructure service optimisation and delivery
  • Working across the unit, and in close collaboration with the businesses, to identify and anticipate new demand, projects and strategies that would further the Business's goals. This could range from identifying locations or expansions to support business growth, energy efficiency projects to further the Business's environmental and cost goals, rationalising suppliers/operations to improve productivity.
  • Working within a highly outsourced model with strategic global suppliers.
  • Developing and communicating the objectives and goals for the team including talent development and process improvement activities.
  • Providing upfront consultancy and implementing complex corporate and business changes as per agreed plan e.g. re-organisations, acquisitions & divestitures.
  • Working closely with the different EMEA Country General Managers and local business leaders to development and deployment innovative local property programs and services. Also working closely with the other EMEA compliance functions such as HR, legal and finance.
  • Being a role model for the Business's culture, values and ethics.