In our Facilities Manager Spotlight series we get know the individuals who help make building operations, and facilities management look easy. It is a genuine joy to learn from them, find out more about how they got into the profession, and their personal goals. This week we catch up with Yomi Agbenro.
Yomi Agbenro
Business Support Services Manager
FACILITIES MANAGER SPOTLIGHT
Yomi Agbenro is the Business Support Services Manager at the Kingsway International Christian Center. His LinkedIn profile emphasizes his goal is to contribute positively towards organizational growth, and success through use of his personal attributes, skills, and competencies. He says his greatest strength is analyzing issues, identifying solutions and providing alternatives. Yomi has the ability to manage stress effectively with a positive can do attitude.
Tell us a bit about yourself
My name is Yomi Agbenro. Facilities Manager, HSE Officer, husband, son, brother, soccer, and basketball enthusiast. Avid reader, and life long learner.
When it comes to self-improvement do you prefer to read books, listen to podcasts or take a course?
I will prefer to read and take a course. It’s always been my strength and how I have learnt best the most.
What are your career goals as a Facilities Manager?
Career goals is to work at the highest level of excellence, with integrity, honesty and capacity building to take on more challenging tasks.
Describe the biggest challenge you’ve faced when trying to reduce operational costs?
Greatest challenge when trying to reduce operational expenses is the need not to drop quality, in favour of the bottom line.
What advice do you have for Facilities Managers?
My advice for FMs is to stay teachable, adaptable, technology compliant, and data driven in this 21st century.
We finish the interview and you step outside the office and find a lottery ticket that ends up winning $10 million. What would you do?
If I saw the $10,000,000 dollars coupon, I would pay my tithe first as a Christian, buy my wife and Dad a house, give to my favorite charity and invest and save the rest of the money.
You can connect with Yomi Agbenro on Linkedin and Kicc.org.uk