Job Description

Operations Director (Healthcare Staffing)

Acacium Group

Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa

Up to Z75K per month (DoE) plus benefits package

Unlock your potential:

Are you a senior leader with experience leading sales and solutions? Do you want to make a difference in a growing, global organisation where you can really make a difference? If so, keep reading.

We are looking for an experienced Operations Director who will orchestrate the successful implementation and launch of our brand new Cape Town office. Your responsibilities will extend to the overall responsibility of the day-to-day operations, leading and coordinating the team's efforts, strategically aligned with a variety of our UK brands. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to make a global impact by driving productivity and efficiency, whilst recruiting, developing and maintaining engaging in a high-performing environment.

Every day you will:

• Be responsible for all operational management by providing effective leadership and guidance to the overall business unit whilst creating an open, positive and inclusive atmosphere
• Work closely with your UK counterpart and teams to ensure we are delivering a 'better together' approach for all customers
• Deliver budget and growth by ensuring growth opportunities are maximised and margin and GM targets are met
• Keep up to date with market changes and business opportunities, capitalising on opportunities where appropriate
• Understand and utilise key financial drivers and metrics by continuously reviewing strategic progress in-line with company objectives
• Developing the growing team by ensuring all team members are working to maximum productivity and improved performance
• Execute a strong strategy and leadership to drive the team to meet and exceed agreed sales targets whilst maintaining a focus on customer service and retention
• Work with customers to define business requirements and effective solutions while cross-selling opportunities and driving 'better together' across the wider Acacium Group
• Develop effective relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally, and representing the business to relevant outside bodies, institutions and individuals
• Identify challenges and opportunities to the current business with work with the global team to respond to them
• Optimise the business by foreseeing workforce challenges and implementing strategies to mitigate risk and maintain engagement

What's in it for you?

We love exceptional people, and in return, we offer an exciting place to work, with a wide range of benefits, rewards and opportunities to grow your career, including:

• Unrivalled career opportunities that come from being part of a global group made up of healthcare, staffing and life science brands
• Dedication to developing you and your career- we can give you the tools, guidance and support you need to be successful in your career
• Opportunities to enhance your experience and skillset by moving across the global organisation with different brands
• All the benefits that come from working with a healthcare business - Life Assurance, Critical Illness Cover and Private Medical Insurance, Health Assessments, Dental Insurance etc.
• Regular incentives including our annual company holiday for top performers

Join us and make a difference!

If you want to join a global, marketing-leading organisation who are committed to the human side of business, then look no further. Acacium Group is a global healthcare solutions partner offering staffing, managed services and innovative delivery models to health and social care systems and the life sciences industry. We are a business with scale, leading digital capabilities and a strong financial profile, with a vision to be the leading global healthcare solutions partner.

We are powered by the best people and have an unrivalled and diverse range of capabilities, all while incorporating our company values into everything we do - Putting People First, Always by your Side, Driven by Excellence.

Join us and play a key part in shaping the future of society and improving people's lives!

To thrive in this role, you must ideally have...

• Proven experience of leading and managing a team in a high performing recruitment/sales culture (preferably in a healthcare or social care staffing business)
• A strong operational background with exposure working with UK markets
• Experience in developing and presenting operational plans and business strategies
• Experience in leading both sales and solutions in a fast-paced, performance-led environment

Our Inclusion Commitment:

We are passionately committed to being a truly inclusive and diverse company- it is at the heart of our core value of Putting People First. We continue to enhance our culture of inclusion and diversity across all of our roles and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.

Acacium Group