Procurement Analyst – Plastic

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 mission is to provide happiness with every bite to all our consumers. To us that means happiness for people every day, in what they eat and what they do. 

Our Story 

The pladis story began when the families of McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ulker each started making the sweet and savoury treats they would later become famous for. The founders of these companies shared a secret; they knew how to create products that people loved. And this grew their brands into icons with large portfolios of sweet and savoury treats. 

In 2016, Yildiz Holding embarked on a remarkable journey to transform its consumer food businesses and built a new global industry leader combining the businesses of Ulker and United Biscuits: and so pladis was born, combining hundreds of years family brand heritage. Named after the ‘Pleiades’ constellation, a group of stars visible from anywhere on earth, pladis retains the values and beliefs of the entrepreneurs that built its brands; honesty, integrity, passion. 

At heart, we are a family business, and we retain the honesty, integrity and trust instilled in our brands by their pioneering founders through our traits and behaviours 

Our culture is unique – we have a large global footprint with the heart and soul of a start-up company. It is this culture that distinguishes us from our competitors. We’re not afraid to try new things, to experiment and strive for the impossible. Sometimes we make mistakes (we are all human!) – and we use this to learn and push ourselves forward. 

That is just who we are. 

You will 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 everyone’s contribution. 

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, but 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. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual looking to enter into the world of Procurement, assisting the packaging buying team and ultimately, when the time is right, to have the procurement responsibility for sundry paper categories; working closely with the UK&I Procurement Manager – Paper 

What are the expectation of the role? 

The Buyer Analyst – Plastic will be accountable for supplying the UK&I Team with key management information and reports. They will provide administrative & analytical support to the UK&I Procurement Packaging Head, & the UK&I Procurement Buyer – Flexibles 

What will be your key deliverables? 

• To prepare spend management reports of material groups and provide analytical support as and when needed/requested by the UK&I Packaging team
• Deliver pladis objectives in terms of cost, quality, service and innovation. Work closely with manufacturing sites, supply chain and central technical partners to ensure the delivery of key material group projects.
• First point of contact for Plastic Sundry Categories providing issue resolution support
• Develop a sourcing strategy for the Plastics Sundry Categories
• Develop a pipeline of productivity ideas for all plastic sundry categories – for 2024 and 2025
• Assist and support the buyers in analysis and implementation of their portfolio pricing, system uploads and approvals
• Assist and support the buyers in preparing the necessary files to enable a smooth AOP/Budgeting process and support with the monthly financial updates
• Support the Buying team by extracting the portfolio specifications in a report/useable format on a monthly basis – this is key when large scale tenders are being run
• To ensure procurement and other key business processes are adhered to
• Build a strong working relationships with the UK&I packaging team members as well as key stakeholders across the pladis business.
• Collaborate closely with Procurement Finance to ensure that reported numbers are accurate

What will this role achieve? 

The role of the Procurement Analyst – Plastic is to provide timely and accurate reports to the buying team and in so doing enable the team to have the analytical tools to carry out their role as efficiently as possible 

As part of a career development plan, the role of Procurement Analyst – Plastic, opens up the opportunity to ‘own’ your specified buying Plastic Sundries categories, creating your own strategies for each of the categories, developing productivity ideas and driving value for the business. The caveat to all of this that it is critical to continue to deliver the same high quality service to the UK&I packaging team expected in the ‘pure role’ of the Procurement Analyst 

What do you need for this role? 

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a real hunger and desire to truly ‘Own It’ and in so doing gain invaluable experience in working within a dynamic procurement function. The role requires a minimum level of travel, there may occasions when the role holder will be required to visit UK sites or suppliers. 

Crucial: 

• Good interpersonal skills and an ability to work across a wide partner and supplier base is essential.
• Very strong project, analytical, quantitative and organisational change capabilities
• Advanced skills in excel for large scale reporting, using sophisticated formulas
• Knowledge of SAP or a similar system an advantage
• Ability to deliver outstanding results

Desirable 

• Languages – French or Dutch or other EU language valuable

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
• 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 are 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 outstanding strength. 

We are 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.

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