Job Introduction
- 40 Hours per week
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Locations: Leeds (with national account coverage) (Prestigious Corporate Client Portfolio)
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Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time – On Site – Monday to Friday
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Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Register Your Interest for our Regional Facilities Services Manager Opportunities!
Join Sodexo and play a key role in delivering outstanding workplace experiences across premium corporate environments.
At Sodexo, we believe great food has the power to transform the workplace experience. We are inviting talented and passionate professionals to register their interest in upcoming opportunities across our prestigious corporate client portfolio.
Are you an experienced Facilities Management leader ready to take ownership of a multi-site regional operation?
We are building a pipeline of talented Regional Facilities Services Managers to support our integrated facilities management operations across a diverse regional portfolio.
This is an opportunity for a senior facilities professional who can lead geographically dispersed teams, deliver exceptional client outcomes and drive operational excellence across multiple locations..
.The Opportunity
As a Regional Facilities Services Manager, you will be responsible for the safe, compliant and effective delivery of integrated facilities management services across a regional portfolio.
Based in Leeds, you will provide strategic operational leadership across multiple locations, ensuring services consistently meet contractual commitments, performance standards and the evolving needs of the client.
You will lead a team of facilities managers, coordinators and service leads, creating clear accountability while ensuring all locations operate as one connected and high-performing regional operation.
This role requires a strong balance of visible leadership, commercial awareness, stakeholder management and the ability to lead teams across different locations through effective communication and collaboration.
Ready to make a real impact in a fast-paced workplace?
If you are passionate about delivering excellent facilities services, leading people and creating outstanding workplace experiences, we would love to hear from you.
Register your interest today and our recruitment team will contact you when suitable Regional Facilities Services Manager opportunities become available.
Key Responsibilities':
You’ll play a key role in keeping client sites safe, compliant, and operating at their best by:
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Lead the delivery of integrated facilities management services across multiple regional locations.
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Provide operational leadership, direction and support to facilities managers, coordinators and service leads.
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Ensure services achieve contractual requirements, KPIs, SLAs, quality standards and workplace experience objectives.
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Maintain strong client relationships and act as a senior operational representative for facilities matters.
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Drive consistency of standards while adapting services to meet local business requirements.
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Manage regional budgets, financial performance, cost control and commercial improvement opportunities.
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Monitor operational performance, compliance, safety and service quality across the portfolio.
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Ensure effective management of health and safety risks, audits, incidents and corrective actions.
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Lead directly employed teams, subcontractors, suppliers and specialist service providers.
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Coordinate with engineering support teams and other specialist functions to deliver integrated services.
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Develop a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, sustainability and colleague engagement.
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Provide leadership during significant service challenges, incidents and operational changes.
What we're looking for:
We are interested in hearing from Facilities Management professionals who have:
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Significant experience leading integrated facilities management services across multiple sites or regions.
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Proven experience managing managers, coordinators and operational teams.
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Strong commercial and financial capability, including budget management, forecasting and cost control.
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Experience delivering services against contracts, KPIs, SLAs and performance measures.
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Ability to establish consistent standards across geographically dispersed locations.
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Strong stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior client contacts.
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Excellent leadership, influencing and communication skills.
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Experience managing directly employed teams, suppliers and subcontractors.
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Strong knowledge of health and safety, compliance, risk management and audit requirements.
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The ability to make sound decisions, prioritise competing demands and lead through operational challenges.
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Willingness to travel regularly across the regional portfolio as required.
Desirable Experience
It would be advantageous if you have:
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IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH or equivalent health and safety qualifications.
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Experience managing corporate workplace or complex client environments.
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Experience across multiple facilities disciplines, including cleaning, catering, hospitality, workplace services or technical operations.
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Experience managing regional or national facilities management accounts.
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Experience delivering mobilisation, transformation, service improvement or change programmes.
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Membership of a relevant professional body such as IWFM, RICS or equivalent.
What We Offer:
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Competitive salary and benefits package
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Opportunities for professional development and career progression
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The opportunity to work within prestigious corporate environments
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A culture focused on innovation, collaboration, and excellence
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Clear career progression and leadership development opportunities
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A culture built on safety, collaboration, and excellence
Why Sodexo?:
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.
Belong in a company and team that values you for you.
Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.
Thrive in your own way.
We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:
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Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
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An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
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Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
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Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
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Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
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Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
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Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
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Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies
A little more about Sodexo:
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.
Ready to be part of something greater?
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications
