Company Description

Compensation range, annual base: $110,000 - $150,000

Sodexo is looking for an IT Director, Business Technology. In this role, you coordinate, and manage the Food, Retail and Facility Management IT team. You oversee the technical aspects of product development, evolution and roadmap for both build and run of all areas of the Food, Retail and Facility Management domain. This includes Food Production System, Point of Sale, Other Consumer Facing Retail systems as well as Hard and Soft Facilities Management work order management and dispatching systems and all associated technologies that enable customer utilization of Sodexo services.

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

Job Description

How You’ll Make an Impact:

In this role, you will be the primary point of contact between the Canadian Sales organization, acting as liaison to support the offer development and selling process including continuous grooming of the client facing application portfolio to keep up with segment offers.

You ensure the continuous improvement of teams in how they work (creativity, quality of cooperation), demonstrating empathy, co-operation, transparency, courage and humility. You will also facilitate the IS&T Governance for their respective domain business partners (taking them through the steps and ensuring coordination for example). You act as the conduit between their domain of expertise and Global/Regional IS&T domain leads.

More specifically, you will:

• Lead and oversee the teams’ strategy, technical plans and systems roadmaps.
• Oversee the deployment, and post-deployment operator support, of technologies with their domain
• Manage alignment to Sales family requirements including coordination of IST review and response to net-new and cross sales opportunities
• Manage external (outside of Sodexo) and internal (within Sodexo) stakeholders for their domain.
• Maintain regional alignment of application portfolio within their domain to regional enterprise architecture and master data models

Qualifications

What You’ll need to Succeed:

• Bachelors Degree in Business or Information Systems or a related field
• Minimum five years implementing technology solutions or complex business processes
• Minimum two to three years’ experience in managing personnel and/or vendor relationships or equivalent experience
• Strong project management skills ; PMP certification is an asset but not required
• Successful experience in Quality assurance and security management in IT
• Proven experience in IT & Business strategy alignment, governance management
• Experience in Functional Application management
• Good financial acumen is an asset
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven experience in managing stakeholders at all levels
• Enjoy fast-paced environments

Additional Information

What Makes Sodexo Different:

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. You belong in a company that allows you to act with purpose and thrive in your own way. In addition, we offer:

• Flexible work environment
• Competitive compensation & great employee benefits
• Training and development programs
• Countless opportunities for growth
• Corporate responsibility & sustainability
• An award-winning employer for Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate Social Responsibility, and much more. View Sodexo’s latest awards here
• And so much more!

Sodexo is committed to Employment Equity and Diversity. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of national origin, race, religion, ethnic group, age, disability, gender, sexual preference, sexual or gender identity, status as a veteran or any other federal, provincial or local protected class.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available on request from candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Sodexo is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our team members, customers, clients, contractors, business partners, guests, and members of the public with whom we regularly interact. We require that all new hires in hospitals, long term care facilities, and senior homes to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and may require any other new hires to be fully vaccinated based on the location and scope of their employment.

Thank you for your interest in Sodexo.

Please note that only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

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