Regional Cleaning Business Lead

Sodexo; Australia; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Casual & Full-Time roles

Training & development

Uniforms & PPE

Benefits & Recognition

Referral incentives

Work across sites

Modern camp facilities

Job summary

Sodexo Australia is seeking a Regional Cleaning Business Lead to drive continuous improvement of accommodation cleaning standards across the IFMS portfolio. The role focuses on on-site leadership, onboarding, training, and governance to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery.

You will lead cleaning teams across sites, manage performance against KPIs, and collaborate with Administration and Operations teams to optimise processes while upholding health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role and/or as a site-based cleaning supervisor.
• Experience managing remote site cleaning teams preferred.
• Experience with Accommodation cleaning services in remote locations.
• Experience with CRM and Power BI advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement of cleaning standards and service delivery.
• Train cleaning leaders across sites on IFMS collaboration model behaviours.
• Lead onboarding, capability development and QA governance.
• Generate regional reports and KPI dashboards to monitor performance.

Skills

Power BI

Excel

CRM

Data analysis

Team leadership

Remote site management

Communication

Tools

SharePoint

Job description

Sodexo is a people business, employing over400,000people worldwide and thousands here in Australia.Our employees, who personify Sodexo's unique values of Service Spirit, Team Spirit and Spirit of Progress, are our greatest asset through their commitment and dedication.

We believe the more diverse we are, the stronger we are. No matter your background, we will do all we can to help you thrive.We are committed to promoting equal opportunities, valuing diversity, and creating an inclusive working environment for all our employees.

At Sodexo,we are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage applications from all applicants regardless of age, race, sex, ethnicity, religion and beliefs and people with disabilities.

We offer a competitive salary,many development opportunities and an outstandingbenefits and recognition program!

Do you have a passion for shaping and influencing company culture? If so, we want you to join our team!

Job Description

Sodexo are currently seeking a Regional Cleaning Business Led to join the team in a permanent, full-time capacity working across our IFMS contract on site, 8 days on 6 days off.

The purpose of this role is to be a subject matter expert to provide continuous improvement and innovation for Accommodation Room Standards and site cleaning activity. Ensure all cleaning segments of the site service delivery are aligned with best practice and business processes while working collaboratively with Administration teams to support integrated service delivery outcomes. Act as an internal consultant to provide strategic and practical advice and training to improve contract performance. Lead structured onboarding, capability development and quality assurance governance to ensure consistent cleaning across the IFMS portfolio.

Responsibilities:

Ensure that Sodexo receives positive feedback from all stakeholders by driving a customer centric approach to service and by committing to continuous improvement of our service output.

Train Cleaning leaders across sites to ensure that they all demonstrate the IFMS collaboration model behaviours.

Continuously searching for, and improving, ways of working to minimise cost and increase effectiveness.

Meet agreed deadlines and ensure key stakeholders satisfied with the level of service. Ensure quality, health, safety, environmental and compliance targets are met or exceeded.

Job Scope

Consistent application and control of cleaning activity to support the accommodation site portfolio.

Enhanced resident experience through continuous service improvement and innovation.

Reporting to the Operations Excellence Manager, with direct engagement to the Regional Manager of Operations and extended Village Leadership Team.

Supporting an on-site rotational 8:6 roster, with Sodexo Support Centre visitation required at minimum of one day per swing or as directed by the Operations Excellence Manager.

Onboard and train personnel with limited understanding of system, process and frontline duties, ensuring completion of structured onboarding frameworks.

Ensure consistency in cleaning practices, adhering to Sodexo processes to effectively to embed and maintain standardisation across the portfolio.

Continuously investigate and drive process improvement to reduce the administrative burden for customer facing administrators to enable service excellence.

Drive ongoing review and development of streamlined work practices for the Site based teams and ensure they are standardised across portfolio.

Providing expertise to assist in solving escalated operational issues.

Support cleaning supervisors and teams appropriately to meet operational deadlines.

Provide advice and recommendation for improving the supporting technology systems.

As a leader, demonstrate overarching commitment to health and safety and become a role model for Sodexo’s Managerial behaviours, Diversity and Inclusion.

Generate daily, weekly, monthly reports for regional cleaning targets and KPI’s. Deliver target training interventions based on audit findings and KPI trends.

Ability to create and manage Performance Improvement Plans for segment performance. Conduct structured quality assurance audits across sites to ensure compliance with cleaning standards.

Maintain regional forecasting cleaning/accommodation reporting e.g. Perodical cleaning or administration data.

Work collaboratively with Accommodation teams to support efficient room turnaround and readiness.

Support alignment between room allocation planning and cleaning delivery capability across sites

Training, structured onboarding and adherence to Housekeeping Visual Standards, ensuring competency and capability uplift across sites.

Qualifications

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-volume environments; there’s never a dull moment at Sodexo.

You take pride in delivering work to the highest standard, with excellent time management and teamwork skills andhave the ability towork independently and communicate with stakeholders at all levels.

To be successful, you’ll need:

Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role and/or as a site-based cleaning supervisor.

Demonstrated expertise in managing remote site cleaning teams preferred.

Experience in Accommodation, cleaning services in remote locations.

Experience with CRM and Power BI an advantage.

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Demonstrate high level analytics and problem-solving skills.

Ability to analyse and synthesis high volumes of data and present the information in meaningful and accurate reports.

Expertise in identifying the key performance drivers of the business and developing benchmarks to assess and manage contract and service performance.

Expertise in understanding key performance indicators of the contract, then implement solutions.

Success or remediate under-performance.

Advanced excel skills.

Familiarity with Dashboards and SharePoint.

Work autonomously in remote locations.

• Competitive salaries
• Casual and Full-Time Jobs
• Specialised training, upskilling and development
• Uniforms, PPE, meals and accommodation provided
• Benefits & Recognition
• Referral incentives with up to$4000 reward
• Ability to work across various sites
• Enjoy modern camp and wellness facilities

At Sodexo Australia, we’re all about creating better everyday experiences, for our people, our clients, and the communities we serve. With 5,000+ team members across 100+ sites, we support over 20,000 workers in the Energy & Resources and Corporate sectors, onshore and offshore. Guided by our values of Service Spirit, Team Spirit, and Spirit of Progress, we deliver integrated services across food, facilities, hospitality and more. Join a diverse, purpose-driven team where your wellbeing, growth, and ideas matter. Build a meaningful career and help create a better every day for everyone, including you.