Outsourcing the functions of a company can generate savings of between 15 and 30% of the total cost of managing a property, said Javier Alonso, CEO of Acciona Facility Services when talking about the advantages of having the figure of the facility manager in a company.
"Outsourcing is nothing more than asking companies to concentrate their efforts on the core business of their business and to allow specialists to take care of the support services that are fundamental for the development of the company," said Alonso.
Outsourcing or contracting with third parties areas of cleaning, maintenance, reception, catering, waste management, landscaping, gardening, energy optimization, indoor or outdoor logistics, or rail transport can make you go from having just one service provider to a strategic partner, said the expert.
In some European countries, where the concept of Facility Management is better accepted, this segment represents an economic volume of about US $ 150,000 million, said Enric Alonso, CEO of Sodexo Facility Management.
In the same way, the director of Sodexo explained that the possibilities of employment in this area are endless, since it requires a wide range of specialists. "Without going any further, we have identified up to 1,300 different trades," he said.
