Global Janitorial Manager

Location: Hybrid role based in Westbrook, Maine, United States, with regular travel to hirify.global sites and vendor locations of approximately 10–15%. Occasional work in laboratory, manufacturing, warehouse, and technical-facility environments requires appropriate PPE. Flexibility is required for meetings across global time zones and significant service issues.

Salary: $118,000–$123,000 annually, plus potential annual cash bonus and merit pay increase consideration.

Company

hirify.global is a global provider of products and services supporting the health and wellbeing of pets, people, and livestock, with more than 9,000 team members and customers in over 175 countries.

What you will do

• Develop and implement a global janitorial-services strategy, standards, service models, performance scorecards, and multi-year improvement roadmap.
• Lead sourcing, selection, onboarding, governance, contract negotiation, supplier reviews, and corrective actions for global and regional service providers.
• Lead, coach, and develop janitorial managers and supervisors while establishing staffing models, schedules, training, procedures, and supply standards.
• Partner with Global EH&S to manage hazard communication, chemical use, PPE, ergonomics, biosafety, laboratory protocols, incident reporting, and regulatory compliance.
• Own the global operating budget and use audits, work-order data, supplier reporting, and stakeholder feedback to improve cost, quality, safety, productivity, and customer experience.
• Partner with site leaders, Facilities, EH&S, Procurement, operations teams, and vendors to communicate standards, resolve service issues, and benchmark emerging cleaning technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in facilities management, business, operations, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of janitorial, custodial, facilities, or workplace-services experience, including 3+ years leading multi-site teams and outsourced providers.
• Experience leading geographically distributed employees, contractors, or vendor teams.
• Strong contract negotiation, budgeting, sourcing, and vendor-performance management skills.
• Working knowledge of EH&S requirements related to cleaning operations, chemical use, and frontline-worker safety.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and implement standards across multiple locations.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and relationship-management skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in life sciences, laboratory, manufacturing, distribution, or other regulated environments.
• Global or multi-country facilities-services experience.
• IFMA CFM, FMP, or comparable facilities credential.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous-improvement training.
• Experience with CAFM, CMMS, work-order systems, quality-audit tools, and service-performance analytics.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with regular travel to sites and vendor locations.
• Health, dental, and vision benefits from day one, plus a 5% matching 401(k).
• On-the-job training, career advancement opportunities, and consideration for merit increases and annual cash bonuses.
• Additional benefits include financial support, pet insurance, mental-health resources, paid volunteer days, an employee stock program, and foundation donation matching.
• Equal-opportunity workplace committed to a diverse workforce.