Operations Manager

Operations Manager - Soft Services (Healthcare)
Location: South West London
Salary: -60k to -70k basic per year + bonus + car

Are you an experienced Soft Services professional ready to take the next step in your career? Join one of the UK''s leading support services providers, renowned for delivering excellence in healthcare facilities management. We are looking for a dynamic and results-driven Operations Manager to lead the delivery of Soft FM services within a prestigious healthcare contract in South West London.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual with a proven background in healthcare Soft FM to take ownership of a high-profile contract and drive service excellence in a critical care environment.

The Role

As Operations Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership of a multidisciplinary team, delivering a full range of Soft FM services including cleaning, catering, portering, waste management, switchboard, and retail operations. You will play a key role in ensuring operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and an exceptional standard of service across all departments.

Key Responsibilities

- Team Leadership: Manage, support and develop a diverse team, fostering a high-performance culture and driving continuous improvement.

- Service Delivery: Ensure all Soft FM services are delivered to the highest standard, in line with KPIs, SLAs, and regulatory requirements.

- Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with NHS Trust - representatives, internal teams, and external partners.

- Training & Development: Identify training needs and support career development across your teams.

- Health & Safety Compliance: Uphold health, safety and statutory compliance across all service areas.

About You

- Essential: Proven experience managing Soft FM services specifically within a healthcare environment. Experience within mental health hospital settings is highly advantageous.

- Proven leadership and team management skills, with a focus on engagement, performance and development.

- A customer-centric mindset with a commitment to service excellence.

- Strong operational and contract management capabilities.

- Confident problem-solver with the ability to handle challenges proactively and professionally.

- Fusion People are committed to promoting equal opportunities to people regardless of age, gender, religion, belief, race, sexuality or disability. We operate as an employment agency and employment business. You''ll find a wide selection of vacancies on our website.