Service Manager

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

Location: Johannesburg, ZA

Posted Date: 4/25/2025