Supply Chain Manager - 18 month fixed term contract

Job Introduction

Sodexo's Government and Agencies segment have an excellent 18 month fixed term opportunity for a Supply Chain Manager to join the Integrator Team supporting a high profile national government contract.

You will manage a £20-30 million a year contract where the supplier is responsible for all of the statutory compliance across the clients estate so somebody who enjoys a challenge and has excellent stakeholder management skills is a must!

Role Responsibility

• Embedded within a well-established, supply chain management team, to provide end to end advice, sourcing, supply assurance, delivery, contract and commercial management and tasking against requirements.
• Ensure compliance with process, governance and controls
• Collaboratively develop plans with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of targets, improve supplier performance, and implement continuous improvement plans
• Collaborate with peers to develop and enhance systems, process, and best practice sharing to help Sodexo achieve best in class performance
• Addressing and resolving issues that arise internally and externally, being the primary escalation point for day to day issues and personally handling the most complex Clients enquiries.
• Efficient & effective day to day management of supply chain
• Identify risks in the supply chain, report and mitigate

The Ideal Candidate

• Previous experience in a Supply Chain Manager role is not essential, you could be an Operations manager or an Account manager - as long as you have excellent client management skills and knowledge of procurement and contract management this role is perfect for you!
• You must have excellent problem solving ability, be detail oriented and have the ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Ideally you will have worked within Procurement / Supply Chain Management
• You will have Managed prime contract interfaces, understand risk mitigation and flexibility within supply chain including, supplier sourcing and leverage to deliver improvement, quality, performance, innovation and cost reduction.
• Be happy to work remotely and travel to London or Leeds

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Package Description

Competitive Salary and excellent benefits package

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

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.