Labour Co-ordinator

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 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 pathway, 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, it is 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.

What will this role achieve?

We are currently recruiting for an exciting key role at our Carlisle factory site. The Labour Coordinator is an important role, with the primary goal of ensuring we have sufficient labour to keep the factory running! Reporting into the Labour Manager, this role will interact with stakeholders across the factory, from shopfloor workers to management, and we are looking for someone who is proactive, forward thinking and works to a high level of accuracy and speed. This is a collaborative role, working collectively site teams to ensure the provision and deployment of skilled and number balanced labour.

What will be your key deliverables?

• Work with the site teams to ensure base data and framework set up is maintained to deliver 90% auto deployment and accurate labour utilisation reporting.
• Auditing key elements confidential data to high accuracy.
• Setting up, developing processes that support the flow of labour availability and requirement data into SAP
• Be a key champion of our labour management (LM) processes and ensuring adequate training documents are provided and kept up to date.
• Ensuring robust trained cover of LM deployment and reporting processes.
• Liaise with the Team Managers to ensure they have sufficient skills and absence cover within their team, making any adjustments as required.
• Support the Occupational Health and Wellbeing team, Human Resources, and Team Managers with managing the rehab and restrictions process and those within it.
• Work collectively with Operational Planning, the manufacturing and site supply chain team to ensure schedule smoothing to optimise labour utilisation.
• Reliably work as part of a cross-functional team to meet site metrics
• Have an in-depth knowledge of the end-to-end processes on site.
• Have the capability to provide cover for other key supply chain roles on site by developing a robust understanding of all other systems and processes.
• Understand and interpret various systems and reports to determine tonnage and volume to be rolled and collaborate with the planning team to mitigate any upcoming risks and clearly communicate any capacity issues or constraints on a daily, weekly, medium basis.

Bring your experience.

Essential

• Knowledge of basic principles of a food manufacturing environment
• Proven cross functional impact and understanding from a previous role
• Knowledge of SAP is an advantage
• Experience if using Microsoft Office packages
• Strong administration skills with the ability to analyse data quickly and efficiently
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Brilliant stakeholder management at all levels

Desirable

• Basic Food Hygiene Training experience
• Experience of using Absence Manager
• A learning mindset and agile thinking would be advantageous
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment

What will the interview process be?

• 1st stage interview – 45 minutes competency-based interview based on our company values and your experiences.
• 2nd stage interview – 60 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?

• 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
• 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

Working Pattern

This role is Monday to Friday on a Double Days rotating shift pattern

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.