Sodexo is a people business, employing over 400,000 people worldwide and thousands in Australia. Our hospitality all-rounders play a key role in keeping our sites functioning and well-maintained for village residents' safety, comfort, and well-being. Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater because we believe our everyday actions have a big impact.

Lead and deliver the implementation and enterprise-wide adoption of the new Source-to-Contract (S2C) platform. The role is accountable for driving procurement transformation through process standardisation, stakeholder engagement, change management, governance, and technology enablement.

Job Scope

• Financial: Delivers procurement value through delivering project on time, and within budget. Support business adoption post go-live.
• Staff: 1.5 x Project support; leads cross-functional teams.
• Relationships: Procurement, IT, Finance, Legal, Operations, Global counterparts, vendors and business leaders.
• Scope: Enterprise-wide S2C deployment and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

•  Lead S2C deployment across the organisation.
•  Enhance and execute transformation roadmap and adoption plan.
•  Standardise sourcing, contracting and supplier management processes.
•  Partner with IT and implementation partners on solution design, testing and deployment.
•  Establish governance, reporting and risk management, including project plans, milestones and executive reporting.
•  Gather and prioritise business requirements.
•  Integrate with ERP transformation team to support S2C and ERP synergies
•  Lead business readiness, communications, training and change management activities.
•  Drive adoption across business units and functions.
•  Manage risks, issues and remediation plans.
•  Ensure compliance with procurement policies and governance standards.
•  Develop continuous improvement roadmap post go-live.

Experience

• Proven experience leading Procurement Transformation or Procurement Excellence initiatives.
• Demonstrated success delivering Source-to-Contract, eSourcing, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), or similar procurement technology implementations.
• Experience working with platforms such as Coupa, SAP Ariba, Ivalua, JAGGAER or equivalent solutions.
• Strong project and program management experience within complex organisations.
• Experience managing cross-functional stakeholder groups and executive-level reporting.
• Proven ability to drive organisational change and technology adoption.
• Experience redesigning and optimising procurement processes.
• Exposure to enterprise transformation, ERP integration, or digital transformation programs highly desirable.
• Familiar with working in a Global organisation and engaging with Global stakeholders
• Procurement expertise, project management, change management, stakeholder engagement, process improvement, commercial acumen, analytics and communication skills.
• Success Measures
• On-time delivery, user adoption, compliance improvements, cycle time reduction, spend visibility and benefits realisation.

• Bachelor degree in Business, Commerce, Supply Chain, Procurement, Information Systems, Engineering or related discipline.
• Desirable: PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Prosci, CIPS or equivalent.

• Competitive pay and job security in an essential services industry
• Access to 100+ retail discounts and multiple salary packaging options
• Great teamwork and a solid group of people around you!
• Opportunities for training and career progression within Sodex