FM Director

Job description / Role

Inspire selection are working in partnership with a major FM service provider based in Dubai. Due to a number of project wins, they have an opening for an FM Director to join their growing team.

The FM Director will be responsible for leading and managing a Total Facility Management division in the region of approximately 1000 employees. Focusing on using best business practice to improve efficiency, reduce operating costs, increase business profit and productivity, through improved processes and systems.

Main Responsibilities:
- Full responsibility for a number of total FM contracts in the UAE
- Lead by example, motivating and managing the FM teams
- Full P & L responsibility for the division
- Understand the clients portfolio and the businesses service level expectations and translate these into solutions
- Provide management with ideas and recommendations on how to maximise FM opportunities through the portfolio
- Review key FM projects, budgets and spending, and act as the focal point for the roll up and review of FM budget and spending
- Review all existing outsourced maintenance and other FM contracts and renegotiate and re-tender where add-value is identified
- Calculating and comparing costs for required goods or services to achieve maximum value for money
- Procurement and contract management responsibility
- Assisting with documents to put out tenders for contractors
- Planning for future developments in line with strategic business objectives
- Managing and leading change to ensure minimum disruption to core activities
- Directing and planning essential central services such as fit-out and FM issues, reception, security, maintenance, mail, archiving, cleaning, catering, waste disposal and recycling
- Ensuring the real estate portfolio meets health and safety requirements
- Using performance management techniques to monitor and demonstrate achievement of agreed service levels and to lead on improvement

Requirements

- A qualified Facility Management expert with a technical/ engineering/MEP background
- Educated to MBA level would be an advantage
- Must have experience of managing multiple projects
- Must be Western Educated
- 10 - 15 years experience of managing a similar size function ie upto 1000 + staff
- Experience of developing and growing an FM division in order to maximise profit
- Strong managerial experience with People Management skills
- Knowledge of the FM industry in the UAE
- Ability to motivate and lead by example
- A high-level of IT skills including FM technology
- A detail-orientated technical person

About the Company

Inspire Selection is an award winning recruitment agency, headquartered in Dubai which recruits across the Middle East region. We employ highly knowledgeable, professional consultants who are experts in connecting the right people with the right opportunities. Our reputation has been built upon our honesty, integrity and our ability to source candidates of the highest calibre right across our specialist sectors. As a result, we are recruitment partners to a wide spectrum of organisations - from leading blue chip companies to smaller, local businesses. Sectors we cover include HR, Administration, Finance & Accounting, Legal, Sales & Marketing including Digital Marketing, IT, Oil/Gas/Energy, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Higher Education.