Global Packaging Expert - Chiswick Park Station, United Kingdom - pladis

pladis

Verified Company

Chiswick Park Station, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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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The pladis organization model is based on 5 regions with full accountability of their own P&L

UK & Ireland
Western Europe & Emerging Markets (WEEM)
Turkey, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (TREECA)
Middle East, North Africa and India (MENAI)
North America

We have a few global functions, supporting all regions, to leverage size, expertise and best practices. Among those functions stand Global R&D and Procurement.

R&D and Procurement work hand in hand on many initiatives to create strong competitive advantages for pladis, at global and regional level, including:

Product Innovation
Sustainability (i.e. environmentfriendly initiatives)
Productivity, through product reformulation

Specifically on packaging, we need to develop further our expertise with the aim of generating extra productivity and implementing a strong roadmap on sustainable packaging.

The Global Packaging Expert will be dedicated to support the Global Packaging team (Procurement) as we build strong and mid-term Sourcing Strategies.

They will also interface with:

All regional R&D teams to ensure their full alignment
Suppliers to capture the best practices on the market and monitor project implementation

The position will report directly within R&D to the position of VP Global Innovation & Technology, and dotted-line to the Global Category Lead for Packaging, within Procurement.

It is expected that this position will spend roughly 75% of their time to drive Packaging productivity & expertise and 25% to develop (jointly with the Global Sustainability leader) and monitor the implementation of a strong Packaging sustainability roadmap.

The Global Packaging Expert's key responsibilities include:

EXPERTISE

Build and formalize a strong expertise around food packaging, through toolkits which can be shared with Regional R&D and Procurement teams
Train newcomers in the Packaging Category teams (Procurement) to ensure a minimum level of expertise as part of their onboarding
Participate in regular business reviews with our key Packaging suppliers (jointly with the Category lead) with the aim of capturing any new technological solution / progress.
Attend international fairs to scout the latest technical update.

PRODUCTIVITY

Contribute to the elaboration of the Category Sourcing Strategy with regards to Materials Productivity, developing a strong pipeline of reformulation / rationalization projects over a rolling 2 yearforward period.
Participate to regular productivity workshops with factories and also our suppliers to enrich our 2year pipeline
Monitor the technical implementation of this roadmap, support local R&D or factories when there is a gap of expertise to ensure projects are delivered on time.
Establish project guidelines for worldwide projects (i.e. materials to be tested, max. gauge reduction to be considered depending on the manufacturing technology / material type ) and share best practices between factories about the technical implementation of worldwide projects.
Design / Review the methodology to approve Packaging suppliers and materials (documentations, sampling and testing protocols, approval range, etc) across pladis to ensure consistency and performance.

SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING

Contribute to the elaboration of the Packaging sustainability roadmap for pladis, jointly with the Global Sustainability Leader (Communications department)
Embed this roadmap within the Packaging Category Sourcing Strategies to ensure full implementation of those initiatives
Align regional R&D teams around our sustainability roadmap while monitoring progress in every regions.
Participate to regular sustainability workshops with our key suppliers to enrich our sustainability roadmap and follow the evolution of technologies and regulations across pladis geographies
Report to the leadership, jointly with the Packaging Category Lead, the progress made on our sustainable packaging roadmap.

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