Unit Manager FM Services – Karolinska University Hospital

REGION STOCKHOLM · Vollzeit

Eugeniavägen 18 C, Solna, Schweden

Do you want to lead a qualified operation where business acumen, quality, and development contribute to creating the right conditions for healthcare? We are seeking a unit manager for FM Services. The unit is responsible for ensuring Karolinska University Hospital's needs for facility maintenance, patient meals, staff clothing and other textiles, as well as contract monitoring of SHP/Coor's NKS delivery. What we offer you To lead the FM Services unit and actively participate in the management group for the Service and Logistics Department at Karolinska University Hospital – one of the world's leading university hospitals The opportunity to contribute to world-class healthcare by ensuring that care receives the right services at the right time To be part of an engaged management team that together develops and optimizes our services Individually tailored introduction and continuous professional development. Of course, you will also benefit from the general benefits that Karolinska University Hospital offers you. About the position As a unit manager, you hold overall responsibility for operations, employees, and budget. You lead a unit that currently consists of ten qualified employees: three project managers, five contract controllers, and two FM coordinators. Your task is to ensure that our FM services meet operational needs and that suppliers deliver the right quality, at the right cost, and according to contract. You are responsible for developing the unit's approach to contract, quality, and supplier management and creating conditions for a structured, business-minded, and proactive way of working. An important part of the assignment is also driving development. Together with the unit's project managers, you translate operational needs into improvements and development initiatives that strengthen our services over time. You participate in the department's management group together with the department manager and other unit managers. There you are expected to actively contribute to the entire department's development, shared priorities, and results – with a clear holistic perspective. Read more about what it is like to work as a manager at Karolinska University Hospital here. We are looking for you who Have a structured, coaching, and present leadership style where you listen, clarify goals and expectations, follow up, and provide employees with the right support to succeed Have a genuine and passionate interest in service and are driven to create a positive experience for both customers and employees Are trustworthy and create security and confidence through clear, open, and honest communication Are visionary and can paint a clear picture of the future that inspires, engages, and creates drive for development and innovation Are enabling and create engagement by involving employees, coaching, and utilizing the expertise and ideas that exist in the operation. Qualifications Requirements: Relevant academic degree in, for example, economics, engineering, law, property/facility management, public administration, or other higher education that the employer considers equivalent. Relevant further education in management and project management At least 10 years of management experience with personnel, operational, and budget responsibility. Experience with contract and supplier management. Experience in operational development and change management. Experience with quality, finance, and delivery monitoring. Experience with management group work and strategic work. Very good Swedish and good English, spoken and written. Meritorious: Management/leadership experience in FM, service, logistics, or property Financial and commercial responsibility for large contract volumes Experience with complex outsourcing and major suppliers Experience in specifying public procurements and LOU Experience with KPI, SLA, quality and supplier monitoring At least 5 years of project management experience Experience from healthcare or other critical societal operations. About the recruitment process Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis, so please apply as soon as possible. In our recruitment process, we may use Assessio's MAP and Matrigma tests. MAP is a personality test and Matrigma is a non-verbal problem-solving test, both based on work psychology research. The tests are used as a complement to your experience and competence, and the purpose is to make our selection process quality-assured and transparent. With your application, you need to attach a CV. Instead of a cover letter, we ask you to answer selection questions and briefly explain why you are suitable for the role. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete. We warmly welcome your application - Together we are Karolinska! For the appointment of a position involving the care of children and young people, the person offered the position will be checked against the suspicion and burden register. You can read more about the recruitment process and what checks are performed at Karolinska here. As an employee at Karolinska University Hospital, you may be placed on war duty. Read more about what this means here. If you are or have previously been employed by Region Stockholm, we will take internal references from your current or former manager if you become relevant for employment. For permanent positions, trial employment may be applied.