Supply Chain Support

Job Introduction

We currently have an opportunity for a Supply Chain Support to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

Role Responsibility

• Assist line manager with ensuring hard service Supply Chain delivery for all aspects in the region.

• Be part of the team that ensures accountability for the Sodexo Planned and Reactive task scheduling. Ensuring accurate reporting (internally and to Client), updates and driving value.
• Liaise with engineers (under line managers supervision) to ensure ownership of all documents from planned, reactive and project tasks conducted internally through engineering team or via supply chain
• Be part of the implementation of maintenance best practice techniques in their area, including maintenance excellence processes.
• To own and deliver local business task schedules.
• To identify site service or process improvement initiatives, such asset life cycle management.
• Work with line manager to ensure continued improvement of the area KPI’s.
• The role holder will be expected to help with any supplier related emergency calls. Regular streamlining of this process will be performed within the supplier team
• Accountable for the weekly plan for all Sodexo services to the area.
• Responsible for aspects of the area asset improvement plan.
• Reporting to line managers for the area’s adherence to the service level agreement.
• Drive performance improvement in the area.
• Ensure correct use of SAP and other systems.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• A highly customer focused team member, motivating and driving performance in teams to deliver high standards of service and cost effectiveness.
• Capability of working in a team in a regulated environment where asset performance is a business-critical requirement
• The role holder will have a good knowledge of maintenance processes, and the application of best practices and the effective deployment of maintenance strategies in technically complex customer environments
• Good understanding of H&S and other regulatory obligations applicable to asset management
• Good understanding of the services delivered by FM and will understand their impact on their customers

Desirable

• A member of professional FM and/or engineering organisations e.g. BIFM, IMechE, etc.
• Ideally the role holder will have an understanding of the range of customer business operations across AstraZeneca and will understand the operating model of the AZ business.
• Ideally the role holder will have a technical background, with knowledge of the engineering principles and practices utilised across the lifecycle of asset and facilities design and utility operations
• Ideally the Role holder with have experience of Supply Chain Management

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.