Regional Cleaning Manager in Sevenoaks

Salary: £42,000.00 per annum

Included: Company car & Fuel Card

Location: Covering sites across South East England

Hours: 40 hours per week

Shifts: Monday – Friday

Please note, this role requires regional travel regularly for site visits, please only apply if you are comfortable with 3-4 days per week on the road to manage mobile teams.

Our client, a national facilities management provider, are looking to recruit a Regional Cleaning Manager to be responsible for cleaning operations throughout a successful and longstanding retail contract throughout South East England. Majority of these sites are smaller sites but there are some larger premises too in the portfolio.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing up to 8 area managers, with a large portfolio of sites and will be responsible for the successful management of cleaning operations throughout the region, ensuring budget constraints are met, KPI’s/ SLA’s are hit and audit scores remain high.

Job Responsibilities

• The Regional Cleaning Manager will be responsible for the management of area managers and cleaners across retail sites.
• The Regional Cleaning Manager will ensure that KPI’s and Weekly Checks are delivered to defined standards and corrective action is taken as required.
• Ensuring effective management of rotas and cleaning schedules throughout a large portfolio, ensuring that operatives attend all portfolio sites in a timely period, ensuring high standard cleaning is completed to the desired client standard.
• This role will manage circa 9 direct reports and indirectly manage significantly more cleaners.
• To ensure the effective management of retail cleaning contracts.
• This successful candidate will predominately be responsible for managing client relationships, ensuring cleaning standards are met, with frequent audits undertaken.
• To recruit and effectively train all Cleaning staff in the Area and management, ensuring the best talent is secured.
• To manage the area and site costs within budget and ensure the requirements of Health & Safety are followed.
• Develop / maintain strong relationships with clients through regular contact.
• Carry out weekly and monthly cleaning audits.
• Manage any HR issues/ disciplinaries.

Candidate’s background & experience:

• Multi-site cleaning management experience.
• Experience managing area cleaning managers and supervisors.
• Experience managing cleaning budgets.
• Results driven.
• Proficient in IT in the use of Excel, Word & Email.

The role is full time, permanent and 40 hours per week, working 5 days out of 7, predominantly working Monday to Friday, with weekends off. Candidates need to be used to working in a fast-paced environment and for a demanding client and need to be prepared to be hands-on where required. Candidates must have a full and valid driving licence and be prepared to travel daily.

Interested candidates should forward their CV in strictest confidence to Paul Davidson @ PDA Search & Selection Limited.