Vice President, Human Resources, Canada - Toronto, Canada - Sodexo Canada Ltd

Sodexo Canada Ltd

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Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Company Description

Sodexo Canada has an exciting new opportunity to join the Executive Team, as our next
Vice President, Human Resources.
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better everyday 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:

Reporting to the CEO of Canada, the Vice President of HR serves as the strategic HR business partner to the CEO of Canada and the executive team (CLT), assisting and enabling the CLT drive a transformation agenda for the Country to unlock Canada's people and culture potential.

This role will execute the global, region and country people strategy that enables Sodexo Canada to build and develop a diverse, high-performing workforce that is ready and committed to helping Sodexo achieve its mission.

The key areas of focus include:

Overseeing the execution of the Employee Value Propostion (EVP) for employees to Belong, Act and Thrive
Stewarding an inclusive environment where Sodexo's values of Team, Progress and Service Spirit are embodied every day.
Growing people and teams with the capabilities needed for today and tomorrow.
Strengthening the capability of leaders at all levels
Improving the health and wellbeing of the workforce
Attracting developing and retaining missiondriven talent.
Continuing to simplify and streamline all HR processes to improve the employee experience.

The HR VP of Canada will also report functionally to the North America Region SVP of Human Resources and serve as a member of the region HR Leadership Team.

How You'll Make an Impact:

Work closely with the Country CEO and other members of the Canada Leadership Team to drive the overall vision and mission and strategy of Sodexo.
Partner with the Canada Leadership Team to build comprehensive strategic workforce plans, and then translate these needs into a concrete HR strategy to deploy sound and forwardthinking HR policies, practices, and programs.
Accountable for the HR function, strategy and delivery focused on Attracting, Retaining, Developing the best talent and oversee and guide the deployment of Sodexo's values, mission and culture.
Lead and manage the HR function including Payroll, Labor Relations, Employee Relations, Claims, Employee Experience, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Time and Attendance, Compliance, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, and Human Capital Management systems.
Be the guardian of our commitment to fair employment standards (i.e., Vita), pay equity and all other legal and ethical requirements.
Manage, optimize and control the HR function budget.
Be fully committed to our corporate social responsibility mission through active participation and leadership in our DE&I EBRGs and our Stop Hunger Foundation activities.
Establish and manage highly integrated talent processes, including performance management, talent development, succession planning, and total rewards programs.
Leverages Sodexo's DEI best practices internally to enable Sodexo Canada to serve as a role model in terms of cultivating respect, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
Maintain a pulse on the organization, regularly seeking employee perspectives and providing insight to leadership on ways to improve the overall employee experience.
Develop and manage leadership development strategy that helps strengthen the leadership skills of current leaders; execute tactics to help increase the effectiveness of the leadership team.
Defines and tracks appropriate measures to evaluate the health of the organization and success of peoplefocused initiatives. Accountable for driving performance to agreed upon KPIs.
Oversees outsourced HR processes and managed vendors.
Manages and resolves employee relations issues and conducts effective and thorough investigations, as required.
Serve as a member of the North America Regional HR Leadership Team to help drive the global and regional people strategy across Canada.
Serve as a representative for the company at industry and other events and conferences, establishing relationships with key stakeholders and thought leaders.
Demonstrates strong leadership and commitment to safety.

Qualifications:

What You'll Need to Succeed:

Strong HR leadership experience with a track record of delivering in progressively more senior roles within a large, complex, and matrixed organization.
Effective communicator, with an ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
Demonstrated ability to develop and lead talent strategies aligned to key business priorities.
Track record of serving as an independent business partner, challenging with humility and maintaining full discretion regarding sensitive employee i