Facilities Operations Manager

Facilities Operations Manager

We are seeking a skilled Facilities Operations Manager to join our dynamic team. If you excel in managing operations, optimizing space, and ensuring a seamless and safe workplace, apply now! 😊

Join our team as Facilities Operations Manager in Monheim, Germany or Leiden, Netherlands. You will play a key role in shaping the future of work and delivering a best-in-class associate experience for more than 10,000 employees in Europe—all while contributing to keep Ecolab a Great Place to Work®.

The role provides high-level support to the organizations and internal customers, bringing proactive, modern, and sustainable solutions to our office locations. The Facilities Cluster Manager also plays a major role in co-piloting our sustainability journey: Protecting what’s vital!

You’ll make this job your own, but here are some key responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and develop the local facilities team in different sites throughout Europe.
• Develop a customer-focused culture (internal and external) within the teams and strive to improve the user experience of Ecolab associates.
• Manage different external vendors in the Facility space on a regional level.
• Ensure reliable and safe operation of Ecolab Office Facilities like mailrooms, receptions, restaurants, and associated services, including the procurement of supplies required to run the office.
• Coordinate installation, repair, and preventive maintenance for our facilities across the area of responsibility.
• Ensure compliance with Environmental, Health, and Safety regulations.
• Implement and maintain effective sustainability programs (e.g., waste reduction, energy conservation programs, promote decarbonated/low carbon transportation, car fleet electrification, etc.).
• Active member of Facility Safety Management Review Board engaged with Safety Champions.
• Management of landlord relationships.
• Respond to emergency situations and provide local procedures and solutions to support issue resolution and continuity plans.
• Experience in managing external vendors (cleaning, maintenance, reception services).
• Prepare the annual budgets & CAPEX plans and monitor actual expenses against budget in partnership with Business Analyst.
• Plan, manage, and execute construction projects in the Cluster.

What you’ll need:

• 5-10 years of working experience in a similar position, ideally in a fast-paced international environment.
• A degree in Facility Management, Architecture, Engineering, or Project Management.
• Experience in Project Management and large-scale construction projects is beneficial.
• Experience with the implementation of Facility Vendors on a regional level.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, in both English and German or Dutch, with the ability to present the message to a wide range of audiences. Fluency in another language is a plus.
• Team player and customer service oriented.
• Fast thinker with a proven ability to multitask, coordinate, and prioritize.
• Well organized, structured.
• High degree of tact and discretion.
• Skilled to take ownership.
• Willing to travel to the sites in Europe as required.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, and disabled individuals at all levels of the workforce. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer, and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.