Global Commodity & Hedging Manager

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 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.

What will this role achieve?

• Drive world-class commodity intelligence and risk management by delivering actionable market insights, predictive modelling, and digital decision-support tools that improve procurement and hedging outcomes globally.
• Own the end-to-end execution and governance of commodity risk strategies, ensuring accurate exposure reporting, effective hedge implementation, and commercial support that strengthens supplier negotiations and business performance.

What will be your key deliverables?

• Publish regular detailed and actionable research reports on agricultural, energy and industrial commodities.
• Research and build detailed commodity supply and demand models.
• Lead the development, enhancement and execution of econometric / AI models.
• Develop deep fundamental and technical market analysis.
• Deliver a digitised market intelligence hub to disseminate quantitative and qualitative information to drive global and regional decision making.
• Develop strategies on financial risk management with the commodities and other key prime material spends which may involve the use of futures, swaps.
• Take ownership of accurate global hedge position reporting, detailing exposures and ensuring these abide with governance policies & framework.
• Ensure timely execution of hedging strategies.
• Support key supplier negotiations through insights.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex / sensitive issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

Bring your experience.

Essential

• Relevant degree/qualification that demonstrates experience and learning suitable for this role.
• Demonstrable interest in commodities, energy or financial markets, with at least three years of experience working in commodities such as agriculture, metals, energy, or similar.
• Knowledge of hedging and financial risk management of commodities.
• A strong understanding of what impacts global commodity prices, with experience in fundamentals analysis and report-writing.
• Ability to translate global commodity insights to regional intricacies and tailor output to our manufacturing locations (Turkey, Central Asia, MENA, Europe, UK, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa & India).
• Maintain and build commodity research databases, with the ability to lead the development, enhancement and execution of models and processes to forecast and describe price, supply and demand, relative value and global trends on assigned commodity markets.

Desirable

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

What will the interview process be?

• Initial Telephone call with Talent Acquisition.
• 1st stage interview – 45 minutes competency-based interview based on our company values and your experiences.
• 2nd stage interview – 90 minutes – a technical interview to understand your skill set/case study or presentation 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 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).
• Enhanced parental leave and a supportive phased return-to-work program to help colleagues balance family and career.
• 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.

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.

Accessibility at Chiswick: Our Chiswick site has step-free access, accessible entrances and lifts between floors to support individuals with mobility needs. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, and where possible to perform key job functions.

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 candidates 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.