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Salary 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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Why join our team?
pladis is home to iconic brands Godiva, McVitie’s and Ulker. These brands make sweet treats and savoury treats that consumers everywhere recognise and enjoy! As we start on our new journey, we will continue making the biscuits and confectionery people know and expect from these brands, and we will expand their portfolios too. Together we will build new and exciting products at pladis – new flavours, new concepts and new ways to share happiness!
Our strength is not only in our products, it is also in our people and our values. Each business that has united to form pladis are loved for their heritage and values. We will retain the honesty, integrity and trust instilled in our brands by our ground-breaking founders as we embark on the next chapter of our success.
What will this role achieve?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Compliance Technologist at our Carlisle site! The Compliance Technologist supports the Site Quality Food Safety & Compliance Manager (SCM) and works closely with the Site QA Advisor to deliver compliance to legal requirements and to pladis standards of food safety, quality, hygiene, pest control, health, safety & environmental standards, through involvement of site activities, monitoring, auditing and providing advice.
You will co-ordinate the compliance elements of raw material intake (ingredients and packaging) and be a key contact for suppliers, support the site in managing complaints, accidents, issue and incident prevention and investigations, and implement continuous improvements to the systems, processes and standards as advised by the SCM.
What will be your key deliverables?
- Maintains a good knowledge of the site and its operations, with a clear focus on food safety, hygiene and quality.
- Supports the site teams in ensuring compliance to appropriate GMPs and pladis Operating standards.
- Recognises and raises any issues or areas of concern where QA & FS is at risk. Reviews, makes recommendation and supports implementation of appropriate changes and preventative measures.
- Carries out internal site QA & FS audits, to the approved schedule, to demonstrate adherence to standards and procedures that deliver high , Quality standards.
- Instrumental in preparing the site for central & external accreditation audits. Supports during audits and visits (e.g. local authority, high profile and head office visits), preparing documentation and collating traceability information.
- Ensures all relevant documentation and site systems are in line with pladis standards and all changes are effectively communicated in a timely and effective manner.
- Co-ordinates the compliance elements of raw material intake, including arrangements for testing, documentation, traceability and supplier review.
- Has authority to accept or reject non-conforming materials and to issue Vendor Non-Conformances.
- As a key member (minimum) of the site’s HACCP team, ensures new products and processes, and any changes, are identified and reviewed through the formal HACCP process.
- Supports site CCP integrity - monitoring metal finds and sieving over tail finds, raising awareness to emerging issues to Manager.
- Maintains “Drive for Compliance” documentation.
- Supports continuous improvement through identification of areas for improvement, involvement in projects and through support in issue resolution, driving a reduction in risks and ensuring best practice.
- Carries out general and topic specific Risk Assessments for the site teams and supports other teams in completion of same.
- Co-ordinates contracted activities for areas of compliance such as pest control, calibration, sample analysis and quality/environmental monitoring, with responsibility to drive actions resulting from those inspections.
- Has an active role in issue, incident and accident investigations and resolutions
- Supports all KPI monitoring, by collating data and information (i.e. complaints, accident levels, recurring issues, Pest control, repeat audit non-conformance and hygiene performance). Alerting their manager to trends and providing support in the formation and documentation of key action plans to address the performance.
- Carries out appropriate QA&FS training of site manufacturing teams.
What do you need for this role?
Essential
- Experienced in a food manufacturing role with a bias on quality and/or safety.
- Confident with use of IT
- Level 3 Food Safety
- Level 3 HACCP
- Risk Assessment Training
- COSHH Training
- Behavioural Safety Training
- Auditing Skills
- 3rd Party Auditor Training
- Train-The-Trainer
Desirable
- Similar experience on another pladis site or external company or of graduate calibre.
- Level 4 in either Food Safety/HACCP
- IOSHH Managing Safety
Personal Attributes
- Ability to work and communicate with key stakeholders from a variety of functions
- Able to demonstrate a thirst for knowledge and personal/professional development
- Able to identify opportunity to improve practices to deliver a tangible benefit
- Respectful and curious, but at the same time resilient and challenging
- Willing to go above and beyond scope of role
- Positive ‘can do’ attitude
- Completer finisher
- Thorough and conscientious with an eye for detail
- Proven ability to deliver right-first time against deadlines
Our winning traits and behaviours
- Purpose-Led - Energised by our promise to deliver happiness to the world with every bite
- Agile - Ever evolving, never satisfied and never standing still
- Team mate- Willing to work collectively for mutual success
- Resilient - Quick to adapt to change, fast learner and persistent in the face of setbacks
- Positive - Self-motivated, optimistic, adventurous, and inspiring
Diversity and inclusivity is central to everything we do and is reflected across our business. pladis brings together brands and people from around the globe – and this diversity is our great strength.
We’re an equal opportunities employer and believe in encouraging an inclusive environment where we celebrate diversity of thinking and respect everyone’s distinctive qualities and perspectives.
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.
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.
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.
