P2P Assistant (FTC)

Job Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity for a fixed term Procure to Pay Assistant to join our team in Salford. You will be a key point of contact and liaison for P2P activities in the UKI, handling escalated and complex issues and driving vendor and business compliance.

We are looking for someone to ensure a high-quality service is maintained throughout our business segments. Working in a fast-paced environment means no day is the same so you must be motivated and great at multitasking and prioritising workloads.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if a suitable candidate is found

Role Responsibility

• Manage P2P requests and enquiries
• Act as a local point of contact for the business and liaise with SBS to resolve escalated issues and urgent requests
• Establish and maintain UK specific procedures and processes
• Identify areas of non-compliance and liaise with the business to resolve
• Managing invoice redaction and submission for the SJS segment
• Handle legal letters/claims, Bailiffs, vendors who have put us ‘on stop’
• Specific regional projects in the P2P area
• Work alongside Service Operations /Supply Management on vendor process management and issue resolution
• Key point of contact for specific workstreams for operational segments in driving efficiency and compliance

The Ideal Candidate

• Strong organisation skills
• Strong commercial acumen, willing and able to challenge accepted practices and processes
• Pro-active and responsive
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Stakeholder management
• Independent problem solver
• Strong customer service and interpersonal / people skills
• Deliver to strict guidelines and to tight deadlines
• A strong focus on quality and alignment to Sodexo’s values

Package Description

£25,000 - £30,000 Depending on Experience 

6months FTC with the possibility to be extended or made permanent

This role is a hybrid role based in the office but with the opportunity to work from home a couple of days a week.

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