CBRE Data Center Solutions is hiring a Regional Manager to lead overall data center activities for the Netherlands and Belgium. You will oversee a regional team within the Operations Management function, executing strategic objectives to drive business growth and client satisfaction.
What You'll Do
- Provide formal supervision, including training, development, performance evaluations, coaching, and recruitment.
- Manage daily team activities, establish work schedules, assign tasks, cross-train staff, and set department deadlines.
- Implement strategic objectives in your assigned area to drive growth and enhance customer satisfaction.
- Collaborate effectively with other departments to ensure alignment of goals.
- Ensure high-quality customer service is provided to clients and address any issues promptly.
- Conduct market research and competitor analysis, staying current with industry trends.
- Hold regular meetings with senior management and clients to understand needs and provide updates.
- Develop and submit short and long-term plans and strategies, utilizing marketing programs to reach targets.
- Identify and address challenges, tracking and reporting on key performance metrics and ROI.
- Lead by example, modeling behaviors consistent with company values.
- Identify and solve complex technical and operational problems.
- Improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within the job discipline.
What We're Looking For
- Relevant experience in a similar role within Data Centers, Critical Infrastructure, or Facility Management.
- Both commercial and technical understanding of critical managed services.
- Leadership skills to motivate a team to achieve broad operational targets.
- Connector mentality with ability to deal with site staff, suppliers, and customers.
- A KPI-driven attitude with experience in high-pressure environments.
- A Bachelor's degree.
- Ability to lead sensitive, complicated, and difficult conversations, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
- Reliable communicator with persuasiveness towards stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills in English (spoken and written).
- Outstanding presentation skills and in-depth knowledge of modern IT tools.
- Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.
- Strong customer focus and ability to foster team spirit.
- A structured working style with strong organizational and methodological strengths.
- A high level of achievement motivation.
Nice to Have
- Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, rewarding performance, and retention.
Team & Environment
You will be part of the Operations Management function, overseeing a regional team executing strategic objectives.
Benefits & Compensation
- A future-proof job with development guarantee at the world's largest supplier for fully integrated data center services.
- An international working environment with cross-border career opportunities.
- TOP trainings with internationally recognized certifications and access to the GWS Academy.
- Attractive salaries with an annual increase and good bonuses.
- A fixed pension scheme and optional collective health and home insurance.
- 8.33% holiday pay.
- 25 fixed days of annual leave, with option to purchase up to 10 additional days.
- 2 bonus days of leave if not sick for 1 year.
- A creative working culture with challenging responsibilities and a high level of autonomy.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position with locations in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Brussels, Belgium.
We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age.
