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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 works in highly competitive, fast moving markets where it is crucial to maintain and extend market share through profitable branded growth. It also has a results-oriented growth plan for emerging markets where offering the right value proposition is critical.
Innovation through Product Development, continuous value improvement and consumer perceived quality superiority v competition are critical and key to delivering the business targets.
You’ll find pladis a phenomenal place to work. Everyone who works here is a member of the pladis global family. We pride ourselves on giving everyone the chance to succeed, and we value each individual’s contribution.
What will this role achieve?
The Product Development Technologist role is both proactive, taking opportunities to develop concepts to fit with brand strategies and reactive to technical briefs from the marketing teams.
What will be your key deliverables?
- Manage and be responsible for all technical aspects of a small design project (typically a flavour variant).
- Develop product options to meet a marketing brief (meeting time, prime cost and quality criteria)
- Plan, implement and review Product Development trials. These can be at any scale, from bench work to full scale factory trials.
- Present samples to marketing and translate feedback into recipe and/or process developments
- Producing draft product costs for comparative purposes
- Estimate costs of development work and track development trials budgets against target, reviewing with line manager as appropriate.
- Support project manager and/or PDM in effective scheduling of project tasks and identification of resource requirements (time, money, people)
- Raise any technical or project related issues that might affect quality, cost or time of delivery with PDM
- Keep comprehensive records of all work carried out and report results as appropriate, following the standards and procedures of the design team.
- Brief and liaise with suppliers in line with SMT = R&D/Procurement strategies
What do you need for this role?
Crucial
- University degree level qualification in Food Science/Technology
- Proven experience of key manufacturing processes (snack, cake or biscuit), including process constraints is needed, as is a current validated understanding of ingredients, creative recipe development and bench scale techniques
- Proven record of trial planning, execution and review
- Confident in effectively delegating tasks to technicians, direct or indirect reports such that they are clear on the task, timings and quality standards required
- Courage to challenge and confident to prioritise, and know when to ask for help in a timely manner
- Proven experience of Product Development in the ambient snack industry
- Creative approaches to problem solving
- Food presentation skills
- Basic understanding of health & safety requirements
- Strong understanding of food legislation
Desirable
- Understanding of Lean principles/Lean Sigma
- Experience in a similar role in another blue-chip FMCG company
- Knowledge of regional pladis brands, business, key competitors and key markets
- Project management experience, including a good understanding of the roles and responsibilities of project team members
- Understanding brand essence and key performance indicators
- SAP requisitioning experience
- If you can speak Turkish or Dutch at a business level this would be advantageous
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
- Collaborative - Willing to work with others for mutual success, transparent, a situation where everyone is happy
- Resilient - Quick to adapt to change, fast learner and persistent in the face of setbacks
- Positive - Self-motivated, optimistic, adventurous, and inspiring
Diversity and inclusion 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 phenomenal 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. 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.
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.
