WHO ARE WE?
We've been serving Canadian clients for over 75 years. The companies that began independently and now form Dexterra Group have an outstanding record of supporting the infrastructure and built assets that play a vital role in our society and helping our clients achieve higher performance and productivity. Powered by passionate people, we bring the right teams with the right skills together – offering both experience and regional expertise so companies can operate their day to day, confidently and successfully.

WHAT'S THE JOB?

We are recruiting a District Manager (DM) in BC. The role can function anywhere in BC, however preferably Vancouver.

The District Manager is a highly valued, primary representative for Dexterra.  The incumbent will  work with management team members and enabling support functions in supervising multiple account  operations.  The DM has the primary mission of fostering client relationships and negotiating client contracts to increase new business opportunities and profitability for the Company.  DMs foster long term relationships by delivering operational excellence to meet client and customer needs.  DMs also provide direction and expertise to the district by promoting Dexterra strategies and best practices 
aligned with our Vision and Values. 

THINGS YOU ARE GREAT AT: 

Contract Management: 

•    Leads every aspect of services and operations 

•    Understands contractual terms and conditions 

•    Negotiates agreements that are mutually satisfying 

Client Relationships 

•    Understands that client retention is embedded as a daily process through thoughtful action and 

attitude, utilizing the Tenacity Client for Life methodology  

•    Ensures a visible Account-level presence to foster and maintain effective working relationship 

with all Clients 

•    Establishes and maintains a professional, trusting and positive working relationship with clients 

•    Aligns key Dexterra contacts with like positions or titles within the client organization and create 
a relationship matrix (Web of Influence) 

People Management 

•    Ability to communicate performance expectations, monitor and reward performance to ensure 

plans, goals and budgets are met 

•    Develops and facilitates developmental experiences for effective job performance 

•    Ensures Dexterra People have clarity of Vision and live our Values in the delivery of high quality 
services  

•    Acts as a talent scout using networks to help identify, recruit and vet proposed Dexterra People 
•    Ensures succession plans are regularly reviewed and plans for career growth are supported by a 

personal development plan  

•    Provides immediate performance recognition and feedback and as per Performance Discussion 

Cycle 

Sales and Growth: 

•    Identifies new opportunities to market and sell new products and services within existing clients 

or to new clients. 

•    Has a strategic selling mindset and utilizes the Miller Heiman sales methodology and process 

•    Stays abreast of trends in Client environments, economic and competitive forces, managing the 
Value Gap 

Operational Expertise 

Promotes and develops a positive health and safety culture and demonstrates visible health, 
safety and environmental leadership 

•    Oversees management team to ensure strength of operations utilizing quality checks and other 
methods 

•    Uses functional knowledge to advance Dexterra interests and provide expertise to the client 
organization 

•    Inputs to and is accountable for annual budgets and review of P&L statements to meet account, 
division and company objectives 

•    Financial management responsibilities include use of standards, variance analysis with key 
consideration for margins, productivity, capital and accounts receivables 

•    Ensures accounts manage worker’s compensation matters efficiently  

•    Ensures that health, safety and environment management systems are implemented for the 

prevention, in so far as is reasonably practicable, of all injury, illness to employees and other 
persons, damage to assets, infrastructure and the environment 

•    Ensures that all accounts comply with legislative, regulatory and code requirements 

Managing Key Events 

•    Stays up-to-date on key events such as account openings, client changes, management changes, 

crisis management, account closings and major client events that affect Dexterra and the client 
organization 

•    Considers the impact of events and can best plan and implement activities to best position 
Dexterra to achieve a competitive business strategy 

• Minimum of 6 years of management experience leading a team that provides Integrated Facilities Management and or either soft (cleaning, janitorial) facility management services and or hard (HVAC, Mechanical, electrical) services
• Undergraduate degree or diploma in Business Management, Engineering or related field.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (oral and written) 
• Proven ability to lead others by demonstrating empathy, open-mindedness and respect 
• Ability to maintain excellent relations with People – employees, client and customers 
• Familiar with health, safety and environmental management systems 
• Strong problem solving and organization skills 
• Intermediate level expertise with Word, Excel and Outlook 
• Ability to travel between sites on demand, travel is required approximately 40% of the time 

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Dexterra Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans’ status, Indigenous status, or any other legally protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the hiring selection process are available upon request.