Regional Workplace Manager

Job title - Regional Workplace Manager (83146)

Location - Paris, France

The Workplace Manager leads the delivery of GREW services and solutions across France, Belgium and the United Kingdom. The role ensures a safe, compliant, functional, and welcoming environment while elevating the workplace experience beyond day‑to‑day operations—integrating design, technology, and space solutions that inspire productivity and reflect our culture and values.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of workplace and facilities operations across multiple corporate and laboratory sites, ensuring a safe, efficient, and high-quality working environment.
• Lead and coordinate all hard and soft facility services, including maintenance, cleaning, security, reception, catering, landscaping, and waste management.
• Drive an exceptional workplace experience for employees and visitors by continuously improving site services, amenities, and hospitality standards.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, security, environmental, and regulatory requirements while maintaining operational excellence.
• Manage site budgets, forecasts, CAPEX projects, procurement activities, contracts, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Oversee preventive maintenance programs and ensure rapid resolution of operational issues to minimize business disruption.
• Optimize space utilization and occupancy planning through data-driven decision making and workplace analytics.
• Build strong partnerships with internal stakeholders, landlords, external suppliers, and local authorities to support business objectives.
• Monitor service performance through KPIs, vendor governance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead site projects and workplace transformation activities that enhance efficiency, sustainability, and user satisfaction.

We offer:

• The opportunity to shape and enhance the workplace experience across multiple international sites.
• A highly visible role with significant impact on employee engagement, productivity, and business performance.
• Exposure to senior leaders and cross-functional collaboration within a global organization.
• Ownership of strategic facilities, workplace, and sustainability initiatives that support future growth.
• A dynamic environment where innovation, continuous improvement, and fresh ideas are encouraged.
• A collaborative culture focused on safety, service excellence, and teamwork.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth within facilities, workplace, and real estate management.
• The ability to influence workplace strategy through data-driven decision making and operational leadership.

You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Business, Real Estate, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Facilities Management, Workplace Services, Corporate Real Estate, or Site Operations within a multinational environment.
• Proven experience managing facility operations, suppliers, budgets, and workplace services across corporate and/or laboratory sites.
• Strong knowledge of facility management, contract management, health & safety standards, and workplace operations.
• Experience managing OPEX/CAPEX budgets, procurement activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analytical and data-driven mindset, with the ability to translate insights into operational improvements.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across functions.
• Professional proficiency in French and English.
• Customer-focused, proactive, and committed to delivering exceptional workplace experience.

About dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.

Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future.

Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.

The application process

Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your resume via our career portal (www. dsm-firmenich.com/careers).

Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement

At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.

And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.

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Agency statement

We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.