Data Champion

Job Introduction

As a Data Champion at Sodexo. Harnessing Data intelligence is at the heart of the Global & Regional SM Transformation Program. Data Champions are key to the successful delivery of this program and are key players in building foundations to capture, master and manage data.

Champion our data, acting as trustees of SM data management topics within the Regions;

Ensure data is treated and looked after as a strategic asset, helping to improve data quality and better leveraging its value, by instilling a data centric culture of continuous improvement with a view to supply chain excellence and value enhancement;

Shape and define short and long-term local data roadmaps, which underpin global and regional strategy and objectives;

Ensuring people, tools and processes are fit for purpose to deliver the business needs and realize growth, value and opportunities with our Data;

Finally, this role will report to the SM Global Data Governance Director, and work under the supervision (i.e. dotted-line) to UK&I Master Data, Process and Vendor Governance Manager

Join Sodexo and be part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your own way.

Role Responsibility

People, processes and tools:

• Foster and embed a data aware, data literate and data centric culture, influencing and shaping continuous process improvements amongst data consumers and producers in your Region;
• Lead the end-to-end process of data capture and management, ensuring it is aligned with the needs of Supply Management regionally and globally and conforms to global Data Governance standards and policies;
• Understand and manage the data requirements of both Suppliers and Products ensuring it is fit for purpose for downstream processes including but not limited to e.g. Recipe Management, Product & service Ordering, Dietary, Allergen, compliance, HSEQ and Sustainability reporting, Price calculation to site level, Volume collection, Rebate and Income calculations;
• Ensure regional/ local data quality alongside with IT teams, enhance and prevent data pollution, by fostering the right implementation of controls (systems/processes) or best practice behaviours (people) in relevant teams. This includes ensuring data is accessible, reshaped and cleaned when needed, recoded into a more manageable and consistent structure;

Data definitions, metrics and quality:

• Identification and definition of priority ‘data points’ and their quality metrics tolerances and/or targets. Maintain business glossary and data dictionary.
• Shape socialise and embedding the data quality dashboard. Act on data quality reports to fix, enhance and prevent data pollution, by implementing controls (systems/processes) or changing behaviours (people) in relevant teams.
• Prevent data pollution, by implementing controls (systems/processes) or changing behaviours (people) in relevant teams.
• Drive & guarantee country data enrichment (notably on product & supplier master data);

Represent your Region as the Data Champion

Be the main point of contact for all Regional data queries and represent the Regional data processes in relevant data working groups, to ensure that data governance, best practice and data sharing opportunities are maximised.

As appropriate:

• Coordinate & facilitate global taxonomy roll-out in your Region as well as other global initiatives
• Participate in global data glossary and data quality metrics and measures definition;
• Assess, remediate and monitor Data Quality in her/his Region leveraging our global SM data quality framework (data quality KPIs, DQ dashboard, tolerance, remediation plan, priority data points, etc.)
• Ensure regional/ local implementation of global standards/ best practices;
• Represent regional Supply Management data on any regional and global committees and on major data related projects.

The Ideal Candidate

• Solid experience in Data Management & Data Governance.
• Knowledge of supply Management & Procurement desired.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural and matrix environment.
• Good knowledge of data quality issues/ challenges & data management processes.
• Affinity for data modelization & data usages.
• Experience in project management with ability to build and deliver a roadmap of initiatives across countries.
• Experience in working with IT teams.
• Team player with good communication & influencing skills.
• Ability to federate, establish links and cooperate with other roles/stakeholders involved in data management (CSR, SM finance, catalogue manager, data users, legal, process owners, security, etc.).
• Open to change, curious and complete attention to detail.
• Fluency in English, other European languages a plus.
• Client & customer satisfaction, quality of services provided
• Praised rigor & thoroughness
• Good organizational skills and multi-tasking
• Result oriented / can-do attitude

Package Description

Competitive Salary and excellent benefits. 

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.  

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. 

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.