Eurobuild Awards

Sodexo Poland

CATEGORY
Facility Management Company, Poland
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 430,000 employees in 80 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 75 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.
Name of company
Sodexo Poland
Managing Director or senior representative in Poland
Yann Gontard, CEE Region Chairman
Managing Director or senior representative in Poland profile
Yann joined Polish branch of Sodexo in 2007 as its CEO. Since 2015 he is responsible for Corporate Services sector in the CEE Region and holds a position of CEE Region Chairman since May 2017.
Yann actively seeks for innovative solutions - including drone technical analysis, and new business opportunities - i.e. Sodexo projects focusing on the retail market. He also motivates both employees & external trainings participants with freedom, turquoise management and work-life balance ideas.
Key current clients
PROLOGIS, PL 2012+ (PGE Narodowy), UNILEVER, ING GROUP, VOLVO, CITIGROUP, GLAXOSMITHKLINE, RABEN, INTEL, VALEO, HINES, NBP , ITI , GOODYEAR
Asset classes serviced
N/A
Key projects your company worked on between October 2016 and September 2017
Innovations:
1. Robotics & digitalization projects within Group and country
2. 2017 Global Workplace Trends workshops
3. Facility management provided with drone services
4. Creating unique Health & Safety culture (zero mindset attitude, 'Safety Walk' mobile apps)
5. Insourcing fire protection services (own department opening)
6. New, innovative management styles. Simplyfying the company structure, allowing more direct contact
and better understanding of employees' needs, leading to personalized growth & development
Key project: developing company’s presence on the retail market with the new technical maintenance service contract with UNIBAIL and its newest and the most innovative shopping center - Wroclavia
Please say why you should be considered for the award
Focus on safety: respect for Health&Safety issues on all organizational levels
Focus on people: trainings & development for FM employees (different induction programs all along their career path)
Focus on workplace trends: Sodexo provides its expertise on workplace management to its prospect and existing clients through its annual Global Workplace Trends Report
Focus on environment: Sodexo is a co-founder of International Food Waste Coalition, gathering the biggest food producers in the world, aiming to tackle food waste globally. It also aims to reduce it global CO2 emission for 34% until 2025.
Focus on innovation and quality: developing hi-tech projects for the FM market; shaping up strategy of services based on quality of life of the people, clients and organizations.
Focus on the market: trends, competitors and overall environment analysis.
Focus on clients: tailor-made solutions, supporting clients' business continuity, and cost efficiency, promoting quality of life aspects.
Company website
www.sodexo.pl / www.sodexoprestige.pl