Facilities Manager Netherlands & South Africa

IDEXX is seeking an enthusiastic hands-on Facilities Manager Netherlands & South Africa to be based in Hoofddorp the Netherlands. This is an exciting opportunity for a Facilities Manager with (remote) people management skills has experience in ensuring that building infrastructure and associated functions meet business and compliance requirements while providing for comfortable and safe employee working conditions and who is not afraid to take on responsibility shows initiative and can improve our business.

As part of the Global Facilities Team and reporting to the Sr. Facilities Manager EMEA the Facilities Manager Netherlands & South Africa is responsible together with their team for Facilities Operations Management for 3 IDEXX locations of which the EMEA HQ and EMEA Distribution Center are located both in Hoofddorp and a smaller location consisting of a warehouse laboratory and offices near Johannesburg South Africa. The aim is to achieve operational agility and flexibility high employee engagement cost excellence and safe & sustainable FM operations for the IDEXX locations in both the Netherlands and South Africa.

In this Role:

• Provide point of internal customer contact for facilities support and services

• Manage preventative and corrective maintenance to critical assets including those associated with HVAC electrical plumbing refrigeration and building envelope while maintaining associated administration needs aligned with company policy.

• Responsible for tracking maintenance services asset renewal and spare parts availability

• Ensures compliance and enforcement of norms regulations and internal H&S procedures and participates in various audits (e.g. ISO insurance)

• Manage landlord and stakeholder relationships

• Manage a small Facilities Team located in the Netherlands and remotely manage an external facilities coordinator

• Manage and monitor operational FM services and drive continuous improvement

• Manage site related risks and support business continuity activities

• Provide local support for capital projects (in conjunction with Facilities Project Manager) and manages small projects (such as internal office moves) independently

• Responsible for administrative facilities tasks (e.g. invoicing Purchase Orders)

• Manages relations with 3rd party suppliers (e.g. maintenance cleaning waste handling grounds & gardens etc.) whilst complying with IDEXX screening standards and purchasing procedures

• Manages Safety and Security

• Works closely with other departments (e.g. finance Quality Assurance IT)

• Manage the Facilities operational budget and provides input on Strategic Planning (CAPEX)

• Being on call in rotation to respond to after hours alarms or coordination of some activities when required to minimize disruption to normal operations

• Lead FM services contract negotiations and related agreements

• Supports technology implementation (e.g. space management modules CMMS system energy monitoring and work order systems) and utilizes data metrics and KPIs to drive continuous improvement objectives

• Participate where applicable as a member or provide update to several committees e.g. Wellness Social H&S Emergency Response

• Perform other duties as assigned which may also elsewhere within EMEA

What You Will Need to Succeed:

• Bachelors degree in preferably Facilities Management or Engineering or business administration

• At least 8 years proven experience in Facilities Management in a technical environment and preferably familiar with working across borders

• Experience in managing maintenance of assets and building installations

• Strong organizational skills

• Ability to manages several workstreams simultaneously and efficiently

• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary and to lead without authority

• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs with ability to establish and maintain high level of customer trust and confidence

• Ability to perform root cause analysis and problem resolution

• Ability to prepare reports and presentations

• Expertise in setting and managing customer expectations

• Ability to act as a Facilities Business Partner to Stakeholders

• Languages: Fluent in Dutch and English is a must

• No objection to occasional travel

Were proud of the work we do because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy to ensure safe drinking water for billions and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10000 talented people.

So what does that mean for you We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX you will be supported by competitive compensation incentives and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement.

Lets pursue what matters together.

IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women people of colour LGBT individuals people with disabilities members of ethnic minorities foreign-born residents and veterans to apply.

IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race colour creed sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age religion national origin citizenship status disability ancestry marital status veteran status medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local state or federal laws.

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