Operational Services Manager

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Are you ready to step into a role where your leadership, communication skills, and ability to bring people together can make a real impact? This newly created position puts you at the heart of a major transport hub, shaping how passengers, staff, and commercial partners move through a busy, high-profile environment.

As Operation Services Manager, you'll guide the coordination of logistics operations, support key systems integration projects, and foster strong, collaborative relationships with vendors and stakeholders. If you enjoy balancing strategic oversight with hands-on problem-solving, this role offers the chance to lead with purpose while contributing to a positive, people-focused culture.

**What you'll be doing**
  • Oversee the day-to-day delivery of ground transport services including parking, public transport interfaces, rental cars, taxis, rideshare, and shuttle operations.
  • Lead the implementation and optimisation of logistics and transport management systems, making sure real-time tracking, analysis, and reporting tools are used to their full potential.
  • Build trusted, collaborative relationships across the organisationspecifically with transport and logistics.
  • Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, elevate customer experience, and strengthen safety and compliance across operations.
  • Support commercial objectives through revenue monitoring, reducing leakage, and contributing to budgets, business cases, and long-term planning.
  • Ensure all regulatory, environmental, safety, and privacy obligations are met.
  • Mentor and guide a direct report, offering direction, encouragement, and opportunities for professional growth.

**About you**

You're a confident, people-focused leader who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys working with a wide range of stakeholders. You naturally build rapport, communicate with clarity, and bring a calm, solutions-driven approach to complex challenges.

Your ambition, resilience, and proactive mindset will help you succeed in this very connected role.

**We're looking for someone with:**
  • Experience in operations management
  • A track record of implementing and optimising operational systems
  • Experience leading or mentoring staff, contractors, or teams
  • Strong commercial understanding with the ability to maximise performance
  • Awareness of privacy, compliance, and safety obligations
  • An agile, innovative, and growth-oriented way of working
**Why apply?**
  • Regular Social Events.
  • Flexibility around the things that happen in life.
  • Supportive Managers who have been in this position in the past.
  • Accesible wellbeing benifits that you would atually use. Gym, fitness sessions, retail discounts, EAP services.
  • PARKING
To be a part of some significant and exciting projects apply here online or call Brianna on 021 541 736 today for a confidential chat. If this role is not for you, but you do want to talk about a change and any other roles we have, that are not advertised, don't hesitate to get in touch today!

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