Head of Supply Chain Deployment

Job Introduction

As Head of Supply Chain Deployment, you'll lead a team of Deployment Managers, ensuring they are partnering their assigned segments effectively and delivering to the business, but also ensuring that they engaged, motivated and getting the most from their roles.

As part of leading the Deployment function, this includes stakeholder engagement, customer experience, ensuring that the strategy not only comes to life, but also becomes a fundamental part of how the whole Supply Management function operates in an increasingly competitive marketplace. 

You'll promote.develop and strengthen the relationship between Service Operations and the operational Segment teams, ensuring the maximum benefits in terms of efficiency, cost savings and ease of operation are derived from the Supply Management strategy.

Service Operations is the part of our business that supports segment development by providing expertise and process standardisation across all segments. Service Operations leverages our global expertise and best practice to bring the best of Sodexo to all of our clients. It includes everything from FM expertise to food development through to bid support, health and safety, and contract design and management.

Role Responsibility

Manage the effective deployment of the Supply Management strategies (as defined by Segments/Platforms engagement process) within the business segments.

Manage the Deployment function, to include stakeholder engagement, customer experience, ensuring that the strategy not only comes to life, but also becomes a fundamental part of how the whole Supply Management function operates in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

Ensure effective communication between Service Operations, the Account Directors and their teams.

Continually promote and strength the relationship between Service Operations and the operational segment teams, ensuring the maximum benefits in terms of efficiency, cost savings and ease of operation are derived from the Supply Management strategy.

The Ideal Candidate

• Comprehensive supply management experience
• Knowledge and understanding of Hard FM / Technical Services
• Authentic leadership skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels across the organisation.
• Strong stakeholder management - able to build and maintain effective relationships at all levels of the business.
• A strong ability to influence effectively at all levels, especially with regard to company policies/processes.
• Able to articulate the understanding of the commercial impact of the varying business models in the organisation.
• Financial awareness and ability to analyse data and make appropriate recommendations to improve gross margins and sales
• Organised, methodical and self-motivated whilst having an ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Able to demonstrate a flexible ability to pre determine work load demand and prioritisation skills, to be able to identify the urgent business need for support.

Package Description

£Competitive salary + benefits including car/car allowance, bonus, pension, flexible benefits scheme etc

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs which includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave to name but a few.

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.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the 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.

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.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.