Vacancy Information
We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Shop Maintenance team here at Greggs as Head of Shop Maintenance to lead and manage a multi discipline team to deliver strategic business objectives, specifically in Shop Maintenance and maintaining the estate across the UK.
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25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
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Company car or car allowance
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Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 30% of your salary
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Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
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Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants
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Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme
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You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages
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Defined contribution management pension scheme
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Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary
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Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
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Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
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Career progression and learning and development
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Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
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Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
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Cycle to Work scheme
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A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
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Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another
About the role
- This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
- We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
- Due to national coverage of this role we welcome applicants from across the UK.
What you'll do
Planning
- Lead, plan and organise team activity with an appreciation of longer-term challenges, ensuring plans compliment and feed into the broader operational and strategic plans.
- Consult, Advise and Influence at senior levels within the business, in maintaining our shops across the brand.
Operational Excellence
- Takes lead responsibility for managing maintenance programme including presenting budgets and operational schedules.
- Leads the development and succession plans for team members to meet current and future skills needs.
- Contribute to achieving ECO Shop roll-out and targets set within the Greggs pledge
- Updates the Investment Board and Ops board on progress throughout the year on performance and spend.
Equipment
- Continually reviews the market and develops opportunities to suggest revised specifications, using innovation and generating new ideas.
Team Management
- Leads Central Maintenance Team in line with the values promoting a culture of customer focus, achievement and responsibility
- Manages resource planning within the department to ensure maximum value is delivered and contribute to resource planning in linked teams.
- Participates in business wide working groups, and influences as appropriate e.g Food Safety
- Identifies new ways of working/scheduling to achieve further savings by increasing efficiency
Statutory Compliance
- Ensures that our Health & Safety systems and culture are strong and seen as market leading.
- Ensures the Purchasing team are fully integrated and working towards the same strategic goals.
- Works closely with external partners to ensure working practices and specifications are up to date.
Financial Control
- Responsible for budget planning and delivery and continually looks for cost saving initiatives across the entire scope of works.
- Drives the integration of new system tools and ways of working within the department to achieve efficiencies and reduced timescales.
- Identifies new ways of working/scheduling to achieve further savings by increasing efficiency.
- Ensures the Purchasing team are fully integrated and working towards the same strategic goals.
About you
We are looking for highly experienced, talented individuals with drive, who can demonstrate:
- Proven experience in Facilities Manager role or similar.
- Has a proven track record of delivering high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Has experience of managing and delivering a significant budgetary responsibility
- Ability to think about the wider picture and make sound decisions.
- Experience of working with and influencing senior management.
- Experience of developing innovative solutions and contributing to strategic planning.
- Extensive vocational experience
About Greggs
Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.