Area Manager - Halifax, Canada - United Services Group

United Services Group

Verified Company

Halifax, Canada

3 days ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

About Us
We are an established Canadian facility, maintenance company. We provide a variety of services to large retail and commercial businesses nationally.

We have a competitive compensation & benefits plan including health, dental and vision, and a pension plan after 1 year.

Job Summary

This role is responsible for leading, managing, coordinating, and implementing daily the Janitorial Services scope of works at all store or site locations within the designated area or territory, across multiple customer banners.

The key focus areas of this role are in managing:

Customer Experience & Retention
Communication between United, Customer & Partner
Performance of our Partners & Cleaners
Overall Store Operations (Including store budgets, profitability & KPI's)
Quality Standards & Audits
Training
Cost Management
Increasing Revenue & Profits per Store and Customer Banners
United & Customer Processes, Policies & Guidelines
Support to other Area Managers as required

Responsibilities:

Planning & Budgeting:

Responsible for participation in the development and implementation of annual plans by customer banners (annual waxing schedules/, budgets, potential add on sales opportunities).
Implement store level budgets.
Create and develop short and longterm strategies at store level to secure sustainability and profitability of all operations.

Customer Relationships & Communication:

Build strong relationships with customers and business partners at store level (crossselling, building trust, deliver good service, consistency, follow through, be a United brand ambassador and represent the brand positively).
Single point of contact at store level with customer for the communication between United and the customer for all services (nights, day porters, outside services, etc.) & and various departments within United.
Address store level customer concerns and provide timely and effective solutions to problems.
Support Regional Mgmt. on all facetoface meetings or touchpoints with key customer stakeholders (e.g., Customer District Managers (DM's) & Customer V.P level)
Participate in:
Daily/Weekly/Monthly meetings with customers banners on store audits, case management & action plans, periodic schedules, scope of works.
Daily/Weekly/Monthly reporting on issues & escalations, action plans, including access issues, to customer.
Weekly or as required, store compliancy walks with customers.
Lead or participate in store transition meetings with new customer and partner together about expectations around scope of works and set expectations.

Internal Communication:

Lead and coordinate all store level communication with United Partners daily on issues and actions.

Set expectations with Partners, provide training, coaching & mentoring.
Participate in crossfunctional weekly & monthly meetings with Regional & Support Teams (e.g., L & D, Partner Relations, Equipment Services).

Process Compliances:

Lead all process initiatives/implementation at store level; Work with Sr. management on identifying store level trends and process gaps.
Lead store level customer store/calibration walks.
Lead process adoption in Salesforce.
Responsible for managing business using United technologies provided (e.g., Salesforce/Outlook).
Lead and or support key United operational processes and KPI's: As per Retention Priority Framework, to name a few.
Support Partner Change Overs (PCO) with Partnership team.
Material Ordering.
In-Store Specials.
Conduct Visitation Audits & manage Case mgmt. for issues and escalations.
Create and implement Periodic Schedules.
A.R.I and H & S Compliance
I.D Badging & uniform compliance for all Partners & cleaners
In Store Partner Training and support Partner Effectiveness in Partner training Program
Support Partner Effectiveness team in Hiring/Recruitment/Termination of Partners
Collection of Annexes or any other types of Inspections/reporting required by Customers for Billing purposes

Cost Management & Controls:

Responsible at store level for Revenue + Cost per Store; Budget Vs Actual + Gross margins.
Responsible for the store level financial activities related to billing, invoicing, store budgets, customers, suppliers and subcontractors' expenses, employee hours, material costs over budget, equipment repair costs.
Support Sr. Mgmt. for operational costing for new & existing business.
Monitor asset inventory, including but not limited to, equipment, supplies at store level.

Revenue growth in existing business:

Implement transitions of new business in stores in compliance with customer transition process.

Lead growth of Instore business by upselling Special services.

Workforce & Performance Management:

Co-Lead Performance Mgmt. for Partners with Partner Effectiveness team as per United reports (Monthly inspections, escalation reports, attendance reports, visitation reports)

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