**Unit Description**


Are you looking for a new rewarding role? Do you have experience working in a manufacturing or production environment? If you answered YES to all these questions, this role is for you!


Sodexo is seeking an **Executive Director of Facilities Operations** for a biotech client in **Carlsbad, CA** . This position supports this progressive organization by providing leadership for our Facilities teams in delivering safe, sanitary, and innovative services to our customers.


**Are You the One?**

Our clients depend on **your** expertise to help them to optimize their business. If you are a **Strategic Director of Facilities Operations** with the ability to develop innovative technical solutions while successfully managing key performance indicators to drive strong business results, this may be the opportunity for you!


**Key Responsibilities:**


+ Serve as the main point of contact for client communication and field all client requests


+ Leads or directs facilities maintenance operations at the clients site

+ Delivery of strategic and operational objectives by reducing facility costs, improving productivity, revenue-generating capacity, and image of the entire organization

+ Contract negotiations

+ Oversee third-party contractors in lab services which is not limited to asset management and instrument calibration

+ Oversight of multiple building operations in a specific area within the Region

+ Approximately 25% of travel is required


**Is this opportunity right for you? We are looking for candidates who have:**


+ Proficient computer skills, including MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, MAXIMO, and SAP

+ 5 + years' management experience in hands-on operational roles within an industrial or manufacturing environment

+ Experience with asset management and instrument calibration in a biotech manufacturing environment (both GxP AND non-GxP)

+ Ability to promote good working relationships with the management team, frontline team members, and the client

+ Active participant who is self-motivated, and always demonstrates a positive & professional demeanor

+ Proven leader and has led a team of managers to become a high-performing team

+ Excellent planning/organizing skills, ability to communicate at all levels of the organization

+ Excellent analytical skills, comfortable presenting information to large groups

+ Attention to detail

+ The ability to effectively prioritize work with competing priorities

+ Ability to manage complex, multi-discipline projects involving multiple locations

+ Can demonstrate large operational improvements in production processes, equipment, operating procedures, and working conditions to successfully achieve positive results

+ Ensure proper data management and accurate client invoicing


Sodexo offers a full array of benefits, including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K, and access to ongoing training and development programs, tuition reimbursement, plus health and wellness programs.


**Not the job for you?**


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**Working for Sodexo:**


How far will your ambition, talent, and dedication take you? Sodexo fosters a culture committed to the growth of individuals through continuous learning, mentoring, and career growth opportunities.


**Make an Immediate Impact.**


Sodexo is the North American leader in Quality of Life Services. More than 150,000 Sodexo employees work to improve the quality of daily life for our 13,000 client sites in North America. Sodexo partners with clients to help them attain their strategic vision by developing Facility Management service solutions that increase the effectiveness of their people, enhance their business processes and optimize their infrastructure, which delivers tangible outcomes.


Our client portfolio spans multiple markets across the nation, including education, corporate services, health care, and government services, which means we can offer a career full of variety, challenges, and tremendous growth opportunities.


Sodexo is committed to providing working conditions and client services that are safe and healthy and will follow all applicable COVID-19 prevention measures, including state/local or client-mandated mask, testing, and/or vaccine requirements.


You will be required to have the COVID-19 vaccine to work at this location.


**What We Offer**


Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.


**Position Summary**


The Executive Director of Facilities Operations leads or directs facilities maintenance operations of building(s) and property at a single mega-site or multi-site unit. This position may function as head of a small mega-site unit with three levels of management reporting up to this position; or may assist in the leadership of a large mega or multi-site unit reporting up to a VP, Facilities Operations. The Executive Director of Facilities Operations leads or assists in the integration of processes within the client organization to maintain and develop agreed services which support and improve the effectiveness of its primary activities. At the organizational level, the Executive Director of Facilities Operations may contribute to the delivery of strategic and operational objectives by reducing facility costs, and improving the productivity, revenue generating capacity and image of the entire organization. This position ensures a safe and efficient working environment, essential to the performance of the business. The Executive Director of Facilities Operations often manages construction work and may coordinate and/or oversee contracted services for major construction. The position often manages other core Sodexo services, and/or logistics of business/operations services, e.g., grounds keeping, laundry, food, security, inventory, mail, concierge services.


**Qualifications & Requirements**


Basic Education Requirement - Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience


Basic Management Experience - 7 years


Basic Functional Experience- 7 years in facilities management, engineering, management of business/operations service in both soft and hard facilities services


Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.


**Location** _US-CA-CARLSBAD_


**System ID** _898168_


**Category** _Facilities_


**Relocation Type** _No_


**Employment Status** _Full-Time_


**Posted Range** _$118200 to $178860_