QSHE Lead

Sodexo AB · Vollzeit

Södertälje, Schweden

Do you want to take a key role in driving quality, occupational health, safety, and compliance in an operations-focused and regulated environment? Sodexo is seeking a QSHE Lead who wants to contribute to clear work processes, strong follow-up, and compliance across two sites. The role involves close collaboration with site management, managers, central functions in Sweden, and Sodexo's global Life Science organization. You will be an important driver in translating customer requirements, internal requirements, and legal requirements into practical everyday work. About the Role As QSHE Lead, you will be a central support and driving force for ensuring quality, occupational health, safety, environment, and compliance function in practice at both sites. You have operational responsibility for supporting, following up, and ensuring that operations work in line with customer requirements, internal requirements, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements. You do this by translating requirements into clear work processes, structured follow-up, and concrete improvements in daily operations. You will support, challenge, and follow up with managers and ensure that the organization works systematically, safely, sustainably, and in compliance. You will be an important link to responsible functions within the global contract and Sodexo, which requires clear communication, good structure, and the ability to drive issues forward. You also have formal management responsibility for a quality and compliance coordinator who drives operational work at one of the sites. Key Responsibilities Drive and follow up on QSHE work at two sites with a focus on quality, occupational health, safety, and compliance Ensure that local work processes, documentation, and follow-up meet customer requirements, Sodexo's internal requirements, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements Support, guide, and set requirements for managers regarding occupational health responsibility, risk assessments, deviation management, corrective action follow-up, and improvement work Act as a requirement setter toward the management organizations at both sites to ensure joint and systematic QSHE work Follow up on incidents, observations, audits, and inspections, and ensure that corrective actions are implemented and achieve the intended effect Contribute to audit readiness through clear documentation, traceability, and structured follow-up Coordinate training, communication, and control points related to occupational health, safety, quality, and compliance Maintain ongoing contact with responsible functions within the contract and contribute to reporting, follow-up, and requirement management within the global organization Your Profile We are looking for someone who is confident, pragmatic, and experienced in driving own initiatives and projects from idea to implementation and follow-up. You have a clear and established risk mindset and can translate requirements, risks, and legislation into practical work processes that function in operations. The role requires that you can prioritize, create structure, and maintain direction even when circumstances change. You are comfortable managing many different stakeholders, both locally and globally, and can meet people with different perspectives, roles, and priorities. You have the ability to build trust, but also to stand firm when QSHE issues need to be driven with other stakeholders. The role suits you if you can clearly act as a requirement setter and unifying force to ensure that both sites work systematically and safely. You thrive in a role where you drive issues through clarity, structure, and follow-up. You have a natural ability to create order, follow up on corrective actions, and ensure that occupational health, safety, quality, and compliance function operationally. Qualifications Experience in QSHE, occupational health, quality, compliance, and/or systematic improvement work Experience in interpreting GxP and translating legal requirements into processes Experience with ISO standards and audits against these standards Previous experience acting as a requirement setter toward managers, operations, or other stakeholders Experience in risk assessments and incident management Ability to work independently, in a structured manner, and with clear priorities across multiple sites Strong communication skills and confidence in guiding, following up with, and influencing managers and other stakeholders Good ability to communicate in Swedish and English, both verbally and in writing Meritorious: Experience working in an international organization or with global functions What We Offer At Sodexo, you will have a broad and meaningful role where you get to influence how QSHE, occupational health, and compliance are implemented in practice. You will be an important part of a context where customer requirements, legal requirements, regulatory requirements, and internal governance need to work together in everyday operations. The role suits you if you want to take clear responsibility, work close to operations, and contribute to creating safe, sustainable, and compliant workplaces at two sites. Welcome to apply and take the next step in your career in quality and compliance at Sodexo. Employment and Recruitment Process Information: We offer a permanent employment with an initial 6-month probation period. Working hours are office hours Monday through Friday. For questions about the position, contact Talent Acquisition Specialist Erik Gund at [email protected] Applications are submitted only through our recruitment system ReachMee with a final application deadline of 6/9-2026. Interviews are conducted on a rolling basis, which means the position can be filled before the final application deadline. For this role, an extended background check and drug test will be conducted on the final candidate. The candidate will be informed and asked for consent before the checks begin. Please note that all Sodexo employees must undergo identity validation before employment. About Sodexo Sodexo was founded by Pierre Bellon in Marseille in 1966 and is a leader in food and service solutions for better everyday experiences in learning, work, health, and leisure. The Sodexo Group is unique through its independence and the founder family's ownership, as well as its sustainable business model. With its range of services, Sodexo addresses everyday challenges with a dual mission: to improve the quality of life for our employees and all those who benefit from our services, and to contribute to economic, social, and environmental progress in the communities where we operate. For us, growth and social commitment go hand in hand. Our purpose is to create a better everyday life for a better life for all. Sodexo is a member of CAC Next 20, Bloomberg France 40, CAC SBT 1.5, FTSE 4 Good, and DJSI Index.