Unit Facility Management Manager
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In short
The Unit Facility Management Manager is responsible for the comprehensive management of properties, ensuring safety, compliance, and operational efficiency. This role involves leading a facility management team, optimizing property performance, managing external service providers, and overseeing long-term planning and budgeting.
Responsibilities
- Manage properties throughout their lifecycle, including safety, compliance, maintenance, and improvement.
- Implement property management innovations, digital and technical solutions.
- Lead and manage the Ingka Facility Management (FM) execution within the unit through the FM team.
- Optimize property efficiency in a sustainable way.
- Ensure co-workers, service providers, and external partners have up-to-date awareness of FM frameworks and guidelines.
- Oversee long-term planning, budget estimation, execution, follow-up, forecasting, and reporting within the FM scope.
- Implement and evaluate supplier contracts at unit level to improve efficiencies, costs, equipment, and quality.
- Manage and coordinate external suppliers at the unit level.
- Build relationships with Business owners within the unit to meet business needs.
- Build and develop the team's competence, performance, and ensure a succession plan.
Requirements
- Technical background (mechanics, electricity, etc.)
- At least 5 years of experience in facility management.
- Experience in managing and coordinating with external service providers, preferably in a high-volume retail sector.
- Proven skills in developing people (support, coaching, training, career direction).
- Very good knowledge of planning, organizing, and managing costs and expenses.
- Very good understanding of important FM business processes (work order management, contract and supplier management).
- Strong communicator with the ability to influence decisions.
- Effective way of working with strong analytical skills and ability to react flexibly to changes.
- Communicate confidently in German and English (business fluent), both spoken and written.
Benefits
- 28 vacation days (based on a 100% workload)
- 8 weeks paid parental leave for fathers
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for mothers
- Very attractive social benefits
- 15% staff discount on purchases in every Swiss IKEA store
- Contribution towards public transport travel tickets (85% to 100%)
- Free parking facilities
- Unlimited access to the LinkedIn learning platform
- Affordable and healthy meals in the staff canteen (CHF 4.50 for meat dishes, CHF 3.50 for veggie dishes)
- Bonus payments for all employees
- Opportunities for career development, trying out different roles, moving between functions, or going abroad.
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Company
IKEA
Job Posted
1 month ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
St. Gallen, Switzerland
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