An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Facilities Transition Manager to support the transition of retail facility management services across Europe for Aramark. 

Position Description

Reporting to the Retail Operations Director, you will drive the successful transition by effectively preparing leaders, managers, employees, and partners for the change through deliberate and thoughtful engagement throughout the course of the project. You'll develop and execute an integrated and detailed transition, communication, training, organization and business readiness strategy that ensures impacted stakeholders are prepared for the changes to processes, policies and systems. You'll keep people (both business and project) focused and energized by the project effort.

Responsibilities

•  Facilitates project planning sessions with internal and client stakeholders to determine the scope and objectives of the transition program
• Work with business stakeholders, operations, procurement,  finance, legal, risk management etc. to establish project performance goals
• Designs project plan, develops timeline, identifies project milestones, and tracks performance against performance goals and timeline 
• Identifies, tracks, and works with others to resolve project issues 
• Manages project risk through usage of quality tools to identify areas of risk 
• Monitors measures and communicates with Project Sponsor and other stakeholders on status of specific projects and assignments. 
• Identify and assign appropriate resources to accomplish various project tasks & guides and coaches team members through various stages of the project
•  Develops business or technical rationale that impacts resource allocation, program, project or service support or direction.
•  Develop the Transition Management communication strategy and communication plan for specific initiatives to generate momentum, raise awareness and influence behaviours across the organization.
• Write reports and implement a document management system to facilitate handover of operations once project is complete. 
• Support the communication process by providing content that will be used in training materials, presentations etc.

 Required Experience

• This position will involve extensive (75%) travel across majority of European countries 
•  Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or relevant  Facility Management discipline 
• 8-10 years of experience in project management preferably in the area of retail facilities or commercial properties related.
• Proven track record in managing new build, construction and consolidation of facilities projects
• Knowledge of the statutory requirements & application in OH&S 
• Previous experience in managing Projects with a high net value 
• Strong background in building services, contract management and M/E systems 
• Strong ability to plan, organize and manage integration projects jointly with internal/external stakeholders 
• Ability to work independently and deliver projects/tasks on time and within budget 
• Team oriented and strong ability to lead and direct groups of service contractors
• Highly motivated, attention to detail and follow through
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and internet
• Familiarity with other proprietary software, and able to learn new applications quickly