Area General Manager - Padova

1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.

About The Role

As a CBRE General Manager will be based in Padua, will provide leadership, management, and development of an agreed portfolio of CBRE contracts, ensuring financial and operational commitments are met and exceeded.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure that opportunities for the strategic development of contracts are exploited, to deliver increased turnover and profitability, ensure additional services and projects are added, and contracts are re-won on re-tender.
• Ensuring business policies and processes are effectively communicated and implemented within contracts.
• Ensure that contracts provide a healthy and safe working conditions and that both clients and Company health and safety policy and process is effectively implemented across both CBRE and subcontractors’ activities, and systems operate to ensure regular review.
• Ensure optimum staffing structures operate across contracts, balancing cost reduction with the delivery of service excellence. Ensure structures support peaks and troughs in workload, disaster recovery, and the sharing of expertise across the portfolio.
• Ensure contracts are staffed by fully competent teams, taking direct responsibility for the appointment of contract managers, ensuring post holders are fully competent, and that effective succession planning arrangements are in place.
• Working with other Operational managers to ensure the collaborative development of the business, effective teamworking, and support to colleagues.
• Development of financial plans for revenue and profit delivery, reduction of WIP, debt, cost reduction and contract growth, and ensure that these are met and exceeded.
• Ensuring a customer focus within all areas of operational activities, and that effective relationships are maintained with key client contacts.
• Promoting and maintaining the core Values of CBRE.
• Provision of leadership and guidance, advice, coaching and direct support, where required to deliver best practice selection, training, assessment and recognition/reward.
• Supporting effective business communication through advice, review, leadership and direct contribution to management and team meetings, briefings, consultation forums, correspondence, publicity, monthly and ad-hoc reporting and other publications, as appropriate.
• Supporting the sales process through solutions development, participation in presentations and consultation meetings, hosting visits, and support to mobilisation as required on new contracts.
• Ensure the provision of a learning environment, and appropriate training and development planning. Ensure basic training needs are delivered, employees are fully competent to undertake their roles, and are able to reach their full future potential.

What You’ll Need

• Minimum of seven years of related experience and/or training.
• Proven track record within the facilities management industry.
• Managerial experience at Contract / Account Manager or above within technical and or hard services is essential.
• The development and review of teams, appraisal, and the application of effective people management practice.
• Excellent motivational and influencing skills, with high levels of personal integrity.
• Organised, able to prioritise and deliver within high pressure, business critical environments.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical delivery for client satisfaction.
• Excellent understanding of health & safety legislation.
• Ability to gain trust and support of top-level management and key client decision makers.
• Experienced client relationship manager.
• Strong financial skills.
• Ability to manage conflict and crisis situations effectively.
• Good knowledge of English

Why CBRE

When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward‑thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to chart your own course and realize your potential. We welcome all applicants.

Applicant AI Use Disclosure

We value human interaction to understand each candidate's unique experience, skills and aspirations. We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make hiring decisions, and we ask that candidates disclose any use of AI in the application and interview process.

Disclaimers

Include any other DISCLAIMERS that are applicable for the role that are not automatically populated in Talent Source. Delete this section if not applicable. Examples of relevant DISCLAIMERS include U.S. state pay transparency requirements, sponsorship eligibility, COVID‑19 requirements, etc.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at CBRE by 2x

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.