Commercial Cleaning Contract Manager

Sue Ross Recruitment are working with a leading, established cleaning company with 25 years’ experience within the Commercial Cleaning sector. They are looking for an experienced Contracts Manager to join their friendly team. You will be managing 35 sites with 110 staff throughout Nottingham, Mansfield, Chesterfield and Derby.

As Contracts Manager you will be responsible for:

• Managing and motivating a team of cleaning staff over multiple sites throughout Nottingham and Derby delivering a high-quality cleaning service to all customers
• Ensure employees are properly trained and equipped to perform their role
• Oversee all escalations and performance management developments
• Frequent meetings with customers to ensure there are no problems on site
• Support in maintaining a highly trained and motivated staff that constantly strives for excellence in cleanliness and service
• Supervise all employee work on assigned site, to make sure it meets the company and customer standards
• Demonstrate a positive attitude and show an example for other employees to emulate
• Make sure all employees follow company standards by constantly coaching and redirecting performance
• Conduct stock management of consumables and chemicals
• Collate Timesheets and wages monthly ensuring sites do not go over budget
• Ensure Health & Safety and compliance across the contract

Skills & Attributes:

• Flexible working and positive outlook
• Proactive performance management skills
• Strong Team working ethos
• Excellent communication skills - able to communicate effectively with all levels from client’s senior management to operational staff
• IT literate, MS office, other IT systems
• Good prioritisation of work, time management and organisational planning techniques
• Hands on approach
• Willingness to learn

Must have a full UK driving licence and own car – mileage is reimbursed at 45p per mile (tax free)

Benefits:

• Mobile phone
• Fuel allowance 0.45 per mile
• Learning and development opportunities
• Company events
• Health & wellbeing programme

Working hours: Candidates will be expected to work a 40 hours a week with split shifts to take account of the early mornings and early evening hours that the staff team work. The successful candidate will start work at 5.30am and work until circa 9am and then work 5-8pm, Monday – Friday. You will manage your own diary to work a couple of hours somewhere between 9-5 dealing with administration work to make the hours up to a full time working week. Some of the hours will be on site across the region and some hours will be administration based remotely from home. There will be an element of flexibility depending on the requirements of the business.

Experience:

• Management: 1 year (required)
• Commercial cleaning: 1 year (required)

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