Group Reward Senior Manager

Sodexo is a global leader in sustainable food and valued experiences with annual revenues of €24 billion and more than 423,000 employees operating in 45 countries.

Sodexo is a family business founded by Pierre Bellon in 1966 and now managed by his daughter Sophie Bellon, who is Chairwoman and CEO.

We serve 80 million consumers each day with an integrated offering developed over more than 50 years of experience: from food services, reception, maintenance and cleaning to facilities and equipment management.

We are also a global leader in live events hospitality and have contributed to the success of prestigious events such as the Super Bowl, the Tour de France, Roland Garros, and the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.

Sodexo's success and performance are founded on its strong entrepreneurial spirit, independence, its sustainable business model and its ability to continuously develop and engage its employees throughout the world.

Sodexo promotes the fulfilment of its employees and contributes to the economic, social and environmental development of the communities where the company operates.

Our recruitment teams are trained in recruitment without discrimination, including people with disabilities. Our managers are also made aware of these issues and are our first ambassadors on these subjects.

You will work at the head office of the Sodexo group, located in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, accessible from Paris by RER C, Tram T2 from La Défense and Porte de Versailles or metro line 12.

CONTEXT

As part of the Group Total Rewards team, you will join a team of 9 experts responsible for designing, implementing, and managing Group-wide Compensation, Benefits, and International Mobility policies and processes. The team focuses primarily on Sodexo’s 1,600 Group Senior Leaders and Executives, with extended scope to white-collar populations across the Group (+40,000 employees).

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Ownership of Reward Processes

• Lead and support compensation processes for Group roles based in Issy-les-Moulineaux and other international hubs.
• Ensure alignment of reward practices with Group policies, business priorities, and evolving market trends.
• Act as a key contributor to the development and refinement of global Total Rewards policies and frameworks.

2. Grading & Job Architecture Expertise

• Serve as the Group’s Subject Matter Expert on job grading, ensuring consistency and fairness across roles.
• Maintain and update grading structures, supporting reclassifications and organizational changes.
• Partner with the Talent team on job architecture, career path design, and modeling for key populations (e.g., sales, operations, frontliners).
• Deliver training and guidance on grading principles to HR teams and business leaders.

3. Data-Driven Insights & Analytics

• Design and deliver advanced Total Rewards analytics to support strategic decision-making and reporting, including: Pay transparency, Market competitiveness, Gender pay gap, People cost management
• Translate complex data into actionable insights for HR and leadership teams.

4. Project Leadership & Innovation

• Drive the change management for the implementation of the European Pay Transparency Directive at Sodexo in Europe
• Contribute to strategic initiatives such as: Living wage assessments, Sales incentive design, Compensation-related change management
• Collaborate on the development of the HRIS roadmap, ensuring integration with broader HR processes and digital transformation efforts.

5. Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture within the Group Total Rewards function.
• Work closely with Regional Total Rewards teams, HRIS, and cross-functional HR stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships with external partners, including consultants and benchmarking providers.

Group Total Rewards Team Ambition & Strategic Context

The Group Total Rewards team is driving harmonization of compensation practices across Sodexo through expertise and design of global policies, process and tools and through multi-dimensional governance, international project management and collaboration across geographies.

In response to growing demands for transparency, the team is committed to developing best-in-class approaches for communicating and reporting on compensation policies and practices. The ability to communicate well on grading will be important as well.

In a world requiring always more Transparency, the Group Total Rewards aims at developing best in class approaches to answer the needs of employees, external agencies, local authorities, etc. by improving communication and reporting on compensation policies and practices and on grading.

Here are some of the strong beliefs of our Reward approach and philosophy at Sodexo

• We reward competitively to retain our talents and attract new candidates.
• We strive for a balance between market practices, internal equity, and performance.
• We believe in fair and consistent treatment for employees in similar roles, with differences based only on performance, experience, and skills.

WHY SODEXO ?

• A workplace that values you for you; where you are treated fairly, with respect and can be yourself, where your ideas count and your opinion matters.
• Full integration into a team of experienced Total Rewards professionals, demonstrating a great sense of collaboration and support to each other.
• Opportunities to build close relationships with Total Reward teams in Regions (Asia, Americas, Europe) and cross-functional HR teams.
• Diverse and impactful missions in a Group committed to excellence in HR and business performance.
• Sodexo offers you training adapted to your needs, in particular to develop your skills
• Restaurant pass, Company Restaurant, partial reimbursement of transport tickets, Social&Economic Committee

PROFILE

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 10 years in Compensation & Benefits and / or HR Management and / or HR Consulting.
• Experience at Corporate / Group level is a real plus
• Experience in job classification and/or designing career pathing is a real plus
• Experience in the management of large international projects is a real plus
• The position is open to candidates with strong HR generalist experience and a genuine interest in managing the compensation side of it
• Skilled in clarifying complex situations and formalizing policies/processes.
• Enjoys working with software technology, excel tools and multiple large data bases.
• Fluent in English and French; able to collaborate in a multicultural, virtual environment.
• Based on the candidate’s experience the job can be held at Senior Manager level or Director level.