Project Investment Manager

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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 bepurpose-led ,resilient andpositive to succeed here because we expect pace andagility , we insist oncollaboration 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

Click “Apply” to get started.

Covering the Southern sites in the UK&I – Manchester, Harlesden, Wigston, High Wycombe, Chiswick Park

Why join our team?

pladis, our recently established global biscuit and confectionery company, has operations in countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. It combines three centuries of baking and confectionery expertise by bringing together our iconic Godiva, McVitie’s and Ulker brands. Through pladis, we have created a global network which understands local needs well and operates through different geographies, giving to the communities where we currently reside. We will continue to strengthen our family around the world while supporting equal opportunities and providing a diverse and inclusive environment following a shared culture. Our dedication to innovation and quality is our commitment to our consumers!

Achieving the pladis\’ ambition requires us to have the agility and responsiveness to service local market needs, make the best use of our capability and capacity to give us the best possible cost base. The Supply Chain team is responsible for ensuring we act as “one” to meet demand, drive the opportunities to maximise our harmonies, prioritising how we spend capital for the good of the business and enabling effective and efficient local operational management of supply and service.

What will this role achieve?

The role of the Project Investment Manager is a key role within the Central Project Investment Team for the UK & Ireland. The role will be responsible for ensuring successful evaluation and delivery of capital projects led by the Capital Investment team. This will include the full lifecycle project engineering best practice sharing and benchmarking.

To deliver our pladis vision of being a premier confectionary business requires its Supply Chain to consistently deliver unbeatable service and cost. It is imperative that we handle investment with rigor, ensuring that cost, time to deliver, Engineering quality and risk are all effectively controlled. We require significant standardisation and optimisation of our project processes, systems, resources, and outputs to reduce complexity and maximise the return our investment, and this role is fundamental in delivering this through flawless implementation of capital projects.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic Senior Project Engineering professional to drive standards of excellence across the UK Supply Chain. This is a high-profile central position and will require interaction and collaboration with colleagues across the business to deliver capital projects, with key partners being Factory General Managers and Site Engineering Managers. This requires a solid track record of Engineering experience and Procurement competence.

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 bepurpose-led ,resilient andpositive to succeed here because we expect pace andagility , we insist oncollaboration 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

Click “Apply” to get started.

Covering the Southern sites in the UK&I – Manchester, Harlesden, Wigston, High Wycombe, Chiswick Park

Why join our team?

pladis, our recently established global biscuit and confectionery company, has operations in countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. It combines three centuries of baking and confectionery expertise by bringing together our iconic Godiva, McVitie’s and Ulker brands. Through pladis, we have created a global network which understands local needs well and operates through different geographies, giving to the communities where we currently reside. We will continue to strengthen our family around the world while supporting equal opportunities and providing a diverse and inclusive environment following a shared culture. Our dedication to innovation and quality is our commitment to our consumers!

Achieving the pladis\’ ambition requires us to have the agility and responsiveness to service local market needs, make the best use of our capability and capacity to give us the best possible cost base. The Supply Chain team is responsible for ensuring we act as “one” to meet demand, drive the opportunities to maximise our harmonies, prioritising how we spend capital for the good of the business and enabling effective and efficient local operational management of supply and service.

What will this role achieve?

The role of the Project Investment Manager is a key role within the Central Project Investment Team for the UK & Ireland. The role will be responsible for ensuring successful evaluation and delivery of capital projects led by the Capital Investment team. This will include the full lifecycle project engineering best practice sharing and benchmarking.

To deliver our pladis vision of being a premier confectionary business requires its Supply Chain to consistently deliver unbeatable service and cost. It is imperative that we handle investment with rigor, ensuring that cost, time to deliver, Engineering quality and risk are all effectively controlled. We require significant standardisation and optimisation of our project processes, systems, resources, and outputs to reduce complexity and maximise the return our investment, and this role is fundamental in delivering this through flawless implementation of capital projects.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic Senior Project Engineering professional to drive standards of excellence across the UK Supply Chain. This is a high-profile central position and will require interaction and collaboration with colleagues across the business to deliver capital projects, with key partners being Factory General Managers and Site Engineering Managers. This requires a solid track record of Engineering experience and Procurement competence.

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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.

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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