An opportunity exists for a Services Manager at a Hospital situated in Johannesburg reporting to the Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for efficiently coordinating and managing the internal support services and external service providers within the hospital environment to achieve Company objectives of quality, growth and people. Services managed include: Catering services, Cleaning/Bundled services, Security services, Garden services, Hygiene services, Pest Control services, Medical/Healthcare risk waste services, General Waste services, Laundry services and Coffee Shop.

Critical Outputs:

Effective management of external service providers through:

Identifying, in line with Corporate Real Estate Services (CRES) applicable services and service providers

Reviewing SLA and document specific hospital requirements and ensure signature by relevant parties

Driving and monitoring conformance to SLA, identify gaps and implement corrective action

Maintaining productive relationships with service providers through regular meetings

Effective relationship building with internal and external stakeholders

Participating actively, where necessary, on internal and external review meetings

Effective quality systems management through:

Ensuring customer satisfaction survey is conducted on a regular basis and ensure requirements/complaints are identified, investigated, acted upon and managed appropriately

Ensuring external stakeholders conform to agreed quality standards and drive conformance to relevant health and safety legislation as it relates to area of responsibility

Identifying alert and incident trends and drive corrective actions

Ensuring compliance to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 1400:2004

Ensuring compliance to all health industry regulatory bodies assessments (DOH Core standards, COHSASA, OHSC Norms and Standards)

Preparing for and participate in various audits

Effective financial management through:

Participating in budgeting process and monitor performance against budget

Planning, agreeing and implementing Capex expenditure with hospital management

Review services benchmark report to effectively manage outsourced services cost and quality metrics

Ensuring accurate and timeous invoices are received from external suppliers for processing

Ensuring invoices are captured according to approved catalogues and contracts

Complete scope changes for all permanent changes in services scope

Participating in and/or identifying opportunities to improve business processes, systems and resource utilization in order to achieve financial savings

Effective facilities management through:

Ensuring the hospital facility is always in a clean and in habitual state

Participating in building hand-over projects to ensure additional soft services are procured timeously where applicable

Manage large spend facilities management projects including project analysis, mobilization and implementation

Requirements:

Qualification

A recognized National Diploma or Advanced Certificate in Facilities Management (non-negotiable)

Years experience and industry requirements

Proven track record of minimum 3 years relevant experience managing outsourced/insourced Soft Services, Integrated Facilities Management and Bundled soft services contracts (non-negotiable)

Minimum 3 years experience managing large insourced and outsourced teams (non-negotiable)

Knowledge and exposure in Industrial Relations (advantageous)

Experience within the Healthcare sector advantages. Other industries include Hospitality, Retail, FMCG or related sectors

Knowledge and background

– Experience in managing budgets and forecasting

– Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary environment

– Experience in the procurement and management of facilities related services

– Experience in the field of facilities management (soft services) and SLA management

– Knowledge of contract management and health and safety regulations (OHS Act)

Technical

– Report writing

– Contingency planning

– Excellent organizational skills

– Ability to manage large teams

– Excellent communication skills

– Maintain standards of accuracy and meet deadlines

– Commercial awareness acumen and understanding of contract documentation

Social

– Excellent interpersonal skills

– High level of flexibility and resilience

– Ability to work well under pressure, individually as well as in a team

– Contribute towards meaning input and continuous improvement initiatives

– Work across all disciplines taking responsibility for and acknowledge service levels

Other

– Support after hour call-out if required

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