What are the responsibilities and job description for the Janitorial Manager position at LACOSTA?
Lead, serve and coach site operations with safety, teamwork, systems, and productivity:
Create and maintain an environment that empowers your team members to succeed and reach their potential.
· Hire, develop and maintain the talent and skill sets necessary to fulfill customer needs and[Office1] scope of work completion
· Use your integrity-driven servant leadership and emotional intelligence to promote a safe, caring, growth-oriented and high-standard site subculture in alignment with our company’s values
· Install and oversee company systems, practices, and policies, ensuring compliance with company standards[Office2] and state laws
· Document scope of work completion with people assignments and walk-throughs
· Be accountable to the team, ensuring they hold to their role responsibilities
· Implement KPIs/metrics that accurately represent the proficiency and productivity of our work
Delegate and empower team member talent to deliver customer satisfaction and financial performance:
Distribute responsibilities that fit each employee’s talents and provide growth opportunities.
· Find opportunities to appropriately challenge and stretch employees to facilitate growth
· Gain strong understanding of team member strengths and growth areas to effectively organize work responsibilities that capitalize on both employee talents and customer needs
· Document team organizational charts and ensure transparency and clarity of all role responsibilities
· Identify training and leadership exposure opportunities for high-potential talent
· Ensure the team has the optimal equipment, resources, and support needed to succeed
Manage strategic customer relationships with integrating systems, leadership, and standards:
Engage customer site leaders to align with strategic needs, plans and key management practices.
· Conduct quarterly business reviews and annual planning discussions with customer leadership
· Identify and adapt to key customer processes, practices and preferred communication styles
· Document customer’s organizational chart and understand all key employees and their responsibilities
· Align our resources and systems towards customer needs, standards and goals
Collaborate with corporate sales in the pursuit of new regional customers:
While your primary focus will be effectively managing your site, expanding regional customers generates professional growth for this role and team while also supporting the overall business.
· When the current site has developed to be autonomous, this role should support our corporate sales team through visiting and building relationships with influencers and decision makers
· Prepare resources, specifically people and equipment, to begin customer startups as needed
Deliver operational and financial performance:
After caring for employees and the customer, we must take good care of the business by managing the people, the site management systems, and equipment efficiently.
· Monitor daily work, weekly production hours and monthly financials to identify leakage, overspending, misalignments and efficiency saving opportunities
· Audit compliance and use company data systems to quickly identify issues and install controls
Skills and Knowledge Needed for Success
Minimum Qualifications:
· Behavioral:
o Trustworthy, accountable, and caring
o Strong leadership and communication skills, including delegation
o Resourceful, driven, and committed to continuous improvement
o Highly organized and able to effectively generate structure and compliance adherence
· Technical:
o 5 years of relevant experience
o Safety practices and compliance knowledge
o Computer literacy (Microsoft products)
o Financial knowledge (budget development and management and simple cost accounting)
o Customer relationship management skills
o Able to stand and walk for extended periods of time when necessary
o Able to work evenings and weekends when necessary
Preferred Qualifications:
· Associate or bachelor’s degree
· Experience with audits and inspections
· Strong understanding of janitorial equipment -SOW’s, management, and cleaning practices, including:
o Walk-behind scrubbers
o Ride-on scrubbers
o Carpet extractors
o Floor care
o Creating and implementing cleaning schedules and routes
· Experience creating effective people development plans
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person