Account Manager - San Antonio, TX

SUMMARY Account Managers manage, supervise, and coordinate the activities, at the field level, of all assigned Security Officers and execute all tasks related to maintaining prescribed standards in compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures. Our clients range from Class-A Office Buildings, Luxury Residential Properties, Distilleries, Fortune 500 Companies, Financial Institutions, Telecommunications, Manufacturing/Industrial Factories, Hospitals, and many others. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Other duties may be assigned by the Branch General Manager / Senior Operations Manager: • Maintains security operations business plans to include all program requirements, labor hours, cycle, production costs, and image; • Provides input to the development of service strategy and research and development of new and emerging services; • Maintains accountability for ensuring successful implementation of new contract start-up, including personnel requirements, material, training, subcontract, facility, tooling, and equipment needs; • Takes a proactive role in meeting client needs; meets with clients regularly, listens to issues, provides security and technical expertise, and offers solutions. Ensure complete customer satisfaction. • Ensures all established costs, quality, and delivery commitments are met; • Organizes operating activities with all other functions of the organization and suppliers to obtain optimum service and utilization of human resources and equipment; creates action plans around key problem areas and constraints; • Reviews service and operating reports and directs the resolution of operational, service, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent lost coverage; • Performs administrative activities associated with the effective management of assigned account operations, including compiling, storing, and retrieving data for reports; • Partners with Human Resources to ensure thorough training of all assigned employees in the area of client, company, government, and customer policies, procedures, and regulations. Coordinates and/or conducts site-specific OJT, client-specific training, and annual refresher training for security personnel, as well as meeting corporate training standards; • Meets all contractual scheduled hours with a minimum of unbilled overtime. Ensures that overtime costs are managed effectively within company targets. • Reconciles security logs against shift responsibilities and patrols; reviews incident reports before submitting to the client and coordinates preliminary investigations; • Performs account audits and off-hour visits, completing required documentation; • Develops/maintains operational procedures so that valid, site-specific post orders are always available for reference by the security staff; • Manages uniforms, equipment, supplies & vehicle needs at each client site; maintains inventory of equipment. • Maintains responsibility for assigned account(s) and security personnel seven days a week. * Although supervision is in place, the Operations Manager must be available via cell phone for emergency or placement purposes. All contacts/calls must be responded to promptly. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES Manages 1-5 subordinates who supervise up to 100 employees of said account/posts. Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the sites. Also, directly supervises approximately 100 hourly employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities by the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; and addressing complaints and resolving problems. COMPETENCY To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies (minimum of 5): - Analytical – Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Designs workflows and procedures; Synthesizes com…