Our Real Estate & Facility Management function is on a journey to transform our organizational footprint, harmonize our services and consolidate our 3rd party cost and deliverables to increase our transparency into cost, and to create a scalable service setup adapting to FLS changing needs.
FLS is searching for a Global Facility Manager who will be part of our Global Business Center in Monterrey and who will be instrumental to the growth and stability of the GBC Office, and overall Real estate & Facility management in FLS.
Our people are our most valuable asset and ensuring we provide them with a working environment allows them to flourish is very important to us. We also have guest and owner facing our locations so ensuring they are tip-top is really important too. In this role you will report to our Head of Global Business Services and work with key stakeholders globally to help ensure that we are able to manage our offices in as effective way as possible.
Managing the real estate and the day-2-day facilities of +90 sites globally brings a lot of variety of tasks and working with all layers of the organization.
You will be accountable for:
Developing and implementing our facilities strategy in line with budgets and sustainability objectives
Liaising and negotiating with landlords and regional regulatory bodies where required
Ensuring all our offices comply with local regulatory and health and safety requirements
Work with third parties to ensure our premises are well maintained
Identifying opportunities to ensure we make the most of our portfolio
Where required, source new premises and coordinate the fit-out, as well as manage the process for office closures and disposals
Work with other stakeholders to fulfil our sustainability objectives for our offices and our aim to be carbon neutral
Work with third parties to oversee all our carbon footprint reporting requirements
Leading through Regional Managers across Americas, Europe. Africa, Middle east, Asia and Pacific’s.
Working with key stakeholders to manage the facilities operating and capex budget
Supporting due diligence on new facilities that may be part of business acquisitions.
Supporting with business continuity planning
Key skills to succeed
We’re a team full of energy and with a passion for what we do, so it’s key that you’re enthusiastic, driven and keen to be part of a team. What else do you need in order to succeed in this role?
Previous experience in a similar role
Great stakeholder management skills
Proven negotiation skills
A keen eye for detail and comfortable with numbers
An inquisitive approach to all that you do; you’re comfortable asking questions of your stakeholders
You’re highly organized and enjoy putting in place structure
You’re passionate about travel and are happy to regularly travel with the role
You don’t mind getting stuck in and being flexible
Equally as important as all the technical “stuff”, we’re looking for someone who is hungry to learn, irrespective of their seniority. We don’t believe in standing still (we work in travel, after all), but instead think that everyone should be learning, all the time. Whether it’s a new piece of software, an industry event or a mentoring opportunity, we will support you to grow your skillset. If you’re excited by working in a fast-paced environment, are obsessed by all things Facilities and want to join us on our journey, we’d love to chat.
As an equal opportunity employer, FLSmidth embraces diversity and equality by promoting an environment of inclusion. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply - the more diverse our employees are, the stronger our team is. In our commitment to equal opportunity and eliminating bias, we kindly request that you exclude personal information such as age, ethnicity, marital status, number of children, and photographs from your application materials.