Senior Manager Landscape

About The Red Sea Landscape Nursery

Botanica, a subsidiary of Red Sea Global, specializes in providing sustainable greenery across Red Sea Global’s destinations. The company focuses on integrating new species with local flora, operating across more than 1 million square meters with a planet-first approach to sustainability. Since 2020, Botanica has cultivated over 5 million plants, with a goal of 30 million by 2030, contributing to the natural landscapes of The Red Sea & Amaala. The team includes 40% local community members and is committed to ecological harmony, setting new global benchmarks in sustainable development.

Role Overview

The Senior Manager - Landscape provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for landscape maintenance operations. This full-time role ensures the delivery of high-quality, sustainable, and efficient landscape services across assigned projects and destinations. Key responsibilities include operational planning, manpower and resource optimization, budget and cost control, landscape quality, plant health, irrigation performance, HSE compliance, client satisfaction, and contractor management. The Senior Manager will lead Managers and Supervisors to achieve business objectives and service standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and direction for landscape maintenance operations across assigned projects and destinations.
• Develop and implement annual landscape maintenance plans, operational strategies, work programs, and resource requirements.
• Lead and manage Landscape Managers, Supervisors, technical teams, and field workforce, ensuring clear accountability and effective performance.
• Oversee all softscape, horticultural, irrigation, plant health, and landscape maintenance activities to ensure required quality and presentation standards are consistently achieved.
• Manage manpower planning, deployment, productivity, and resource utilization according to operational and business requirements.
• Conduct regular operational and site performance reviews and ensure timely closure of quality observations and corrective actions.
• Oversee irrigation performance, water efficiency, fertilization programs, pest and disease control, pruning, planting, and seasonal landscape activities.
• Establish and monitor KPIs related to landscape quality, productivity, plant health, work completion, manpower utilization, costs, and service performance.
• Manage operational budgets, forecasts, cost control, and expenditure while ensuring efficient utilization of resources.
• Oversee requirements related to purchase requisitions, POs, invoices, materials, equipment, machinery, and operational services in coordination with Procurement and Finance.
• Manage contractors, suppliers, and service providers to ensure performance meets contractual, quality, safety, and operational requirements.
• Ensure availability and effective utilization of plants, landscape materials, fertilizers, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, tools, and equipment.
• Maintain strong coordination with clients, project teams, Nursery, Irrigation, HSE, Procurement, Finance, Logistics, Facilities, and other stakeholders.
• Lead the resolution of operational issues, client observations, service deficiencies, and complaints, ensuring timely corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure full compliance with HSE, environmental, quality, company policies, and approved operational procedures.
• Lead the mobilization and operational readiness of new landscape maintenance projects, including manpower, equipment, materials, logistics, and support requirements.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve service quality, productivity, sustainability, water efficiency, operational efficiency, and cost optimization.
• Review operational reports and performance dashboards and provide management with regular updates, risks, recommendations, and improvement plans.
• Develop Managers and Supervisors through coaching, performance management, technical guidance, and succession planning.
• Ensure landscape maintenance operations consistently meet business objectives, client expectations, contractual requirements, and service standards.
• Review proposals, scopes of work, BOQs and commercial submissions and support procurement and contract negotiations.
• Monitor expenditure, identify cost optimization opportunities and ensure resources are utilized efficiently without compromising service quality.

Stakeholder Management and Continuous Improvement

• Act as the senior landscape focal point for internal departments, clients, operators, consultants, contractors, and relevant authorities.
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and adoption of best practices, technology, and sustainable landscape solutions.

Required Experience

• Candidates should possess 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Work Environment

This role involves working across various departments including Facilities Management, Community Management, Projects, Asset Management, Procurement, Finance, Legal, HSE, HR, and IT to ensure integrated delivery of landscape services. The position is full-time.