Manager, Supplier Diversity Programs

Company Description
**Grow your career with a company that shares your passion Our Supply Management team** has an exciting new opportunity to join Sodexo as our** **next **Manager, **Supplier Diversity Programs.**

Sodexo is the global leader in services that improve Quality of Life, an essential factor in individual and organizational performance. Operating in 67 countries, we serve over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of services. We pride ourselves on being committed to the highest standard of Employment Equity and Diversity. By partnering with the Stop Hunger Foundation, we have dedicated ourselves to a corporate responsibility by fighting hunger worldwide. Start your journey with Sodexo, as we continue to grow across Canada

**Job Description**:
**How You'll Make an Impact**:

- Lead the management of our diverse partners and SME vendors
- Drive Diverse supplier education and affiliation engagement with key diversity organizations including the CAMSC, CCAB and WEConnect International in Canada and support WBENC and NMSDC
- Support our contracted vendors with Tier1 and Tier2 reporting
- Lead efforts for tracking local spend
- Oversee the vendor portal to identify potential new diverse vendors
- Ensure vendor certifications are updated and current in system on a quarterly basis
- Provide reporting for over 30 clients through individual produced reports including training unit managers, creating the newsletter, and maintaining updated certifications
- Work cross functionally, and support team to meet supplier diversity goals
- Ensure diverse vendors are included in all category RFPs, and support Business Development on diversity inclusion for proposal and attend client pitch meetings

**Qualifications**:
**What You'll Need to Succeed**:

- Post-secondary education or equivalent education and experience preferably in a Supply management, Supply Diversity or related field
- 3+ years experience in Supply Management, Supply Diversity or related field
- Bilingualism in French & English is required
- Supplier Diversity certification recognized in Canada
- Strong verbal and written communication
- An established network, and the ability to network internally and externally
- Financial management with databases and spreadsheet with problem solving ability to improve processes databases
- Project Management skills
- Advanced MS Excel skills, including pivot tables and vlookup
- Experience with Brio and SAP preferred

Additional Information
**What Sodexo Can Offer You**:

- Flexible work environment
- Competitive compensation & great employee benefits
- Training and development programs
- Countless opportunities for growth
- Corporate responsibility & sustainability
- 2021 Canada’s Best Diversity Employer
- 2021 Canada’s Greenest Employers
- 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index featured company
- Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) Program company - Gold Level
- 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.

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._**

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