Landscape Manager

**Job Requisition ID**:165412

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A”rab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

**Overview of the role**:
The Landscape Manager oversees the City Landscape of the company or organization in a bid to make them operate as efficiently as possible. Landscape and Irrigation coaching and daily in-site instruction for Landscape service providers.

**What you will do**:

- Manage & supervise all basic services required as per standards & set plans.
- Implement water-saving instructions to give plants optimum requirements to save water costs and to raise landscape quality.
- Provide support for activities and events taking place in the city.
- Provide all operation procedures to ensure proper safety precautions for all on-ground activities.
- Following up and managing service providers for all work procedures to ensure continuous enhancements in the city’s image.
- Supervise and/or assist in special projects as requested with full coordination with other related departments.
- Assist in updating procedure manuals and resources as well as managing the landscape section budget to ensure utilization of available resources.
- Participate/implement initiatives that directly impact on the landscape image as replacement of non-preforming plants & plantation of new plant species.

**Required Skills to be successful**:

- Minimum 10 years in well-reputed large Companies preferably real estate developers in the field of Landscape and Irrigation

**What equips you for the role**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Engineering
- Qualified Horticulture background with strong leadership, good communication skills, and Hands-on Experience in all horticulture activities & related works.
- Experience in handling emergency cases and conduct communications in a calm manner.
- The ability to well perform under stress.
- Ability to work in a collaborative and diverse team environment.

**About Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate**
The real estate development and operations arm of Al-Futtaim, Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate is responsible for a multi-billion-dollar portfolio across MENA. With high-quality residential, business, retail, tourism, educational and healthcare developments, the master developer caters to the diverse needs of cities and communities in the region. From origination, conception, development, sales, procurement and construction of mega-projects and the leasing, operation and management of these projects after completion, Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate (AFGRE) has been developing and managing owned landbanks, unlocking the economic potential of the region and contributing to future development for more than 40 years. Our focus is to enable and invest in meaningful relationships to make our properties the best places to live and work, build additional products and services and enable partnerships to create true value to our customers throughout their entire experience with us.
AFGRE is responsible for master planning of all projects in its portfolio, including two large scale mixed use destinations: Dubai Festival City and Cairo Festival City.