Sodexo wins CIPS award

Sodexo received the Best Process Improvement Initiative award at the 2016 CIPS Supply Management Awards.

Sodexo was recognised for its chilled product consolidation programme, which brought together the direct dairy and direct deli supply chains into a central distribution network. The result of this consolidation has removed 132,000 deliveries, 100,000 invoices and reduced 86 tonnes of CO2.

Over 1000 guest attended the prestigious awards dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane London. Respected as a benchmark for excellence, a CIPS Supply Management Award is the most prestigious recognition an organisation or individual in the procurement and supply chain profession can receive.

Judges from a wide selection of backgrounds, sectors and industries had this to say about Sodexo UK & Ireland work in 2016 “There were significant benefits here, not only for those stakeholders but also for the rest of the business and the environment."

Klaus Göldenbot from headline sponsor RS Components, commented: “Procurement and supply professionals are challenged with a changing world, financial pressures and demanding stakeholders and need suppliers with a partnership mentality who can help. These awards recognise procurement and supply management excellence which is something we’re strongly committed to help deliver.”

Chris Johnston, supply management director, “We are thrilled to have won this award. The team put a lot of hard work and commitment into the programme development, implementation and delivery. The impact of the programme on the environment and the administration tasks is something that the whole team is extremely proud of and to have it recognised by the procurement and supply chain profession is fantastic.

Sodexo was also a finalist in the Best Contribution to Corporate Responsibility Award in recognition of its supply chain inclusion programme, which is designed to help small to medium sized enterprises enter Sodexo’s supply chain.