Client: TheLadders.co.uk
Location: London
Salary: 100k OTE + Car

The Company
Our client is a rapidly expanding Facilities Management organisation who provide a range of Hard and Soft services across the UK and have a number of prestigious contracts in both the government retail and commercial blue chip sector. They are recruiting for an Account Director to cover a major Contract with several buildings based in the M4 / Slough / West of London area.

The Role
The remit of the Account Director role includes:
* Provide leadership, management, and development of a major contract in the Commercial sector ensuring financial and operational commitments are met and exceeded.
* Ensure that opportunities for the strategic development of the contract are exploited, to deliver increased turnover and profitability, ensure additional services and projects are added, and contracts are re-won on re-tender.
* Ensure optimum staffing structure operate across contracts, balancing cost reduction with the delivery of service excellence. Ensure structures support peaks and troughs in workload, and disaster recovery.
* Development of contract financial plans for revenue and profit delivery, reduction of WIP, debt, cost reduction and contract growth, and ensure that these are met and exceeded.
* Ensure that both the clients and the companies Health and Safety policy and process is effectively implemented across both the company and subcontractor activities, and that they are regularly reviewed.
* Line management responsibility for a team of Contract Managers and indirectly for sub- contractors plus financial responsibility for the delivery of Plan commitments for the contract.

The Candidate
The Account Director skills and experience required:-
* Managerial experience at Contract Manager level within a Facilties Management environment and experience managing both Hard and Soft services technical or and or Hard Services arena and ideally but not essential is a background in the retail sector with Retail Store or Shopping Centre Management experience.
* Demonstrate a career with continuous personal development
* Ability to manage a team of engineer with responsibility for fire and environmental control measures, building control requirements and the Health and Safety at work act.
* Practical experience must include recruitment and line management experience.
* Analytical, vision, excellent communicator, committed to customer service and possess a high level of personal integrity.
* Computer literate, organised, able to prioritise and deliver.

The Reward
In return, the Account Director will receive an excellent remuneration package including £70k-£80k basic salary plus 20% bonus, car allowance, 25 days annual leave, company pension scheme and additionally because of our clients successful expansion our client offers genuine and excellent career progression opportunities.
If you are interested in this position please email us your CV.

Apply Now Expires: 14/08/2009