About Sodexo
Our positioning in the services industry is original and unique. It is what makes our brand different. In combining the diverse talents of our teams, Sodexo is the only company to integrate a complete offer of innovative services, based on over 100 professions.
Founded in 1966 by Pierre Bellon in Marseilles, France, Sodexo is now the worldwide leader in Quality of Life services. For over 50 years, we have developed unique expertise, backed by nearly 426,000 employees in 72 countries across the globe.
In combining the diverse talents of our teams, Sodexo is the only company to integrate a complete offer of innovative services, based on over 100 professions. We develop, manage and deliver a unique array of On-site Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services for all our clients to improve the Quality of Life.
Our experiences with our over 100 million customers each and every day enable us to develop Quality of Life services that reinforce the well-being of individuals, improving their effectiveness and helping companies and organizations to improve performance…every day.
About Sodexo’s Corporate Responsiblity
True to our mission, Sodexo is committed to improving the Quality of Life of its employees and all those it serves throughout the world and contributing to the economic, social and environmental development of the communities, regions and countries where it operates. We have nine commitments to guide our journey to 2025. The Better Tomorrow 2025 is Sodexo’s Corporate Responsibility roadmap. Each commitment is tied to a measurable objective.
Based in in Singapore and reporting directly to the Director Corporate Responsibility Asia Pacific, the Corporate Responsibility (CR) & Innovation Project Management Intern shall in-particular support first and foremost in driving the deployment and coordination of an APAC Wide Food Waste reduction digital program, contributing to Sodexo’s business growth, operational efficiency improvements, brand image, and seen as a thought leader in addressing climate change and environmental topics.
The intern will also perform other aspects linked to CR including creating strategic account/national account client CR programs, deploy CR programs such as small and local business impact, supplier diversity solutions, single use plastics elimination, responsible sourcing, clients and customer CR marketing, and other flag ship programs.
Your main responsibilities include:
Project Management Support of the ‘WasteWatch’ program (70%):
WasteWatch is Sodexo’s global program to prevent food waste through raising awareness, monitoring data, and implementing actions. A digital system enables the measurement and tracking of food waste, while the operations take actions to reduce food waste within the kitchen and at the consumer level.
The intern shall support the Regional APAC Director to project manage the WasteWatch program deployment in multiple countries by supporting the countries from start to finish in the various chosen clients’ sites and enabling different internal stakeholders to prepare, plan, and execute the project successfully within the agreed time frame. The project will be driven over a course of 6 months through different phases from preparation, training, go-live, baseline data collection, follow-up, targets, reduction actions, data analysis and reporting, and delivering final outcomes/presentation.
Other Corporate Responsibility Initiatives (30%):
The intern will also support the development or implementation of other existing or new Corporate Responsibility initiatives. For example: Responsible Sourcing of goods and services; programs that reduce carbon emissions; community engagement initiatives with a social impact, Health & Wellbeing programs, etc. The intern shall drive employee engagement and participation in support of the initiatives across different organizational and functional levels.
Supporting the internal data collection and follow-up of the Annual Better Tomorrow Site Survey, Carbon Footprint, and other reporting requirements.
Working with the communications department, The intern shall identify and define toolkit materials and presentations in support of the initiatives; and support potential strategic campaign/activities (external or internal) that further enhances Sodexo’s Corporate Responsibility leadership.
Candidate Profile:
- Master in Management / MBA candidate.
- Project Management approach. Brings structure to a program. Ability to see projects through to completion. Accountable for their work and who have good time management skills.
- Passion for innovation, curiosity. Digital savvy: specifically at ease with social media tools and other digital communication tools.
- Creative, enthusiastic individuals who are passionate about environmental/social issues
- Ability to work collaboratively. Build constructive relationships interacting with different people within the business.
- Be pragmatic.
- Fluency in English
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