Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact
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Our story
Family and ideas have always been our ingredients. Our founding families believed biscuits and chocolates could bring moments of happiness to the world. Their ideas have stood the test of time. Their spirit continues to inspire our future. It’s in the care and the craft we bake into biscuits and chocolates that have been loved for generations. And it’s in the fresh ideas, the new twists, flavours and textures we add to old and new favourites.
Our 16,000 colleagues across our global network of bakers, distribution sites and offices each with their own unique, diverse experience. To bring happiness with every bite.
If you’re a part of the pladis team, you know what it means to bring it. Whether its or resilience, team spirit or go-getting attitude. Our courage and compassion. Our ownership. Our whole selves. We Bring it. Day in, day out.
Inspired by you
Our founders didn’t follow rules and recipes, they created them. We’re looking for fresh thinkers to help us create the next chapter for pladis.
pladis succeeds because of people like you. People who wake up in the morning excited to get to work. Who believe in themselves and their potential. Who want to grow as part of a global community of like-minded colleagues! Because growth is our oxygen and our fuel. And it’s our deep and abiding belief that growth comes from working together, helping each other out, always passionate about our purpose to bring happiness with every bite.
Our Purpose
Bring happiness with every bite!
It’s a purpose that every one of our colleagues, all around the world believes in. And while we’re all unique, we also share the same values.
Each of our values is important on its own. In combination they’re incredibly powerful.
Our values have deep personal meaning to us. They’re part of who we are and what we stand for as an employer
Living our pladis values is a key part of success, look out for questions in your interview that link to these key pladis values.
This role offers an agile 3,2 working pattern with 3 days in the office and 2 days from home/this role is based in the office 5 days a week.
This role is structured as Chiswick Park with a fully remote working pattern, meaning you are remote based, but your office location is Chiswick Park where you will need to travel into for key business meetings.
What will this role achieve?
This role will oversee the activation of the performance talent cycles across the UKI region working in close partnership with the HR Business Partners across the region to bring to life the cyclical process and best in class initiatives to drive ahead our focus on growth and transformation. Working in collaboration with the wider Talent Centre of Excellence (Talent Acquisition and L&D) the role will focus on enhancing manager capability, using data to analyse and create insight as well as utilise a growth mindset to identify opportunities to enhance the pladis talent agenda. The role holder will also play a central role in the programme management of our talent development initiatives across emerging talent and high potential programmes.
What will be your key deliverables?
Performance and Talent cycle – Working in collaboration with the global teams activate and implement the pladis globally aligned processes across the UKI region ensuring HR and leadership engagement. Develop tools and training to enhance local implementation and enhance performance management culture.
Talent and succession planning – active management on talent actions in collaboration with the HR Business Partners to drive momentum and future proofing activities
Talent programmes – working in collaboration with the wider Talent Centre of Excellence to design and deliver talent initiatives to support the pladis brand and regional agenda (e.g. emerging talent and high potential programmes)
Data & Analytics – Using both internal and external data to track talent and performance trends. Use insight to inform broader HR strategy and leadership engagement on priority focuses.
Inclusive workplace - Support broader EVP and IDE agendas through embedding our pladis values across our moments that matter in the talent space
Bring your experience.
Essential
Understanding of the end-to-end talent and performance cycle (in a Talent or HR Generalist role)
Curiosity – Growth mindset continuously looking for opportunities to improve the status quo
Insights driven – Comfortable working with data to analyse and build insight
Collaboration and influence - Experience working in a global / matrixed organisation
Agile and Resilience – ability to work at pace to adapt to changing priorities to support changing commercial needs
Proactive and pragmatic approach to problem solving with ability to identify and implement continuous improvements
Comfortable navigating data, joining the dots and drawing insights to inform decisions
Desirable
Similar experience in a talent or performance focused role in a commercially led organisation
Workday system understanding
Emerging Talent programme management
FMCG experience
What will the interview process be?
1st stage interview – 45 minutes competency-based interview based on our company values and your experiences.
2nd stage interview – 60 minutes – presentation and interview.
pladis does also use both Psychometric and Aptitude tests to support our processes so you may be asked to complete these as part of your process.
Some processes may differ, but we will keep you updated!
What does pladis offer you?
Annual Car allowance, paid monthly (if eligible by grade)
Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) – this is the business’s annual bonus scheme.
Opportunity to self-enrol into Health Cash Plan
Private medical Insurance (if eligible by grade)
Stakeholder Pension Scheme
Life Assurance Cover ~ upon enrolment to Stakeholder Pension Scheme
25 days + bank holidays
Holiday Enhancement Scheme
1 Volunteering Day per year
Cycle to work scheme.
Discounted gym membership – Carlisle and Chiswick only
Discount and Cashback Scheme – make your everyday spending work hard for you on major high street brands, supermarkets and services
Access to Employee Assistance Programme
Financial Wellbeing Support
Access to great training and development opportunities
Our Values
Purpose led – We’re energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite
Agile – We’re ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers.
Positive – We’re highly motivated optimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better
Resilient - We’re persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward
Collaborative – We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding together.
Best mix of ingredients
pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every great recipe we’re a thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to work that’s as diverse as our consumers and the communities we support, live and work in, all around the world. Where every voice is heard, and difference is celebrated. Where fresh perspectives and new ideas help us grow and thrive.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.
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