Site Excellence Lead

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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Site Excellence Lead

Reporting to the Factory General Manager, the Site Excellence Lead plays a key role in delivering the overall site strategy and is accountable for the development and delivery of the site Excellence strategy aligned to the pladis Global excellence framework across the Aintree Site.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a strategically vital workstream, delivering a range of operational objectives, strategic projects and culture change. You will report directly to the Factory General Manager at Aintree. You will also coach, support and facilitate improvement initiatives through both Team Managers and Operator groups in line with the pladis global Excellence framework.

Whilst the role is site based in Aintree, travel to other sites and supporting projects at other sites will be encouraged, and this will support benchmarking across both the home site and other pladis sites! The role is not shift based but will require you to be flexible in supporting the delivery requirement of business / project initiatives.  

What will this role achieve?

Overall ownership and accountability for the site Excellence strategy that delivers improved safety, quality, service and cost. Participation in the development and execution of the sites culture change and programme and zero loss strategy will be a priority, as well as actively facilitating a team development of the Excellence principles. You will facilitate the delivery of medium to long term strategy to enable the factory to reduce it’s cost base through the site productivity agenda.

What will be your key deliverables?

• Act as a role model to always ensure the site H&S policy is implemented and followed and to encourage the importance of being mindful to potential hazards and ensuring a behavioural safety culture is developed and sustained on site.
• Accountable for mentoring, developing and leading team members to deliver continuously improving operating performance
• Responsible for developing and delivering site Productivity programme
• Responsible for ensuring that standard methodology is shared between pladis sites and implemented on own site
• Facilitate the development of the site strategic plan aligned with both site and pladis UK vision and objectives using the Policy Deployment process
• Ensure that all manufacturing metrics are well defined, understood and communicated to all
• Mentoring and developing teams/individuals at all levels on-site as part of the implementation and successful application of Excellence tools 
• Working closely with the Team Managers to ensure the ongoing sustainability of Excellence tools on site - ensuring that skill levels are maintained, and benefits realised 
• Conducting ‘narrow and deep’ interventions on specific areas as part of the site Productivity agenda 
• Responsible for the identification and submission of Capex. Projects related to plant efficiency. Where appropriate, lead these projects to completion.
• Deliver and support formal Excellence tools training on site

Bring your experience.

Essential

• Proven manufacturing experience with exposure to Excellence methodology
• Strong understanding of lean tools and techniques within CI and Leadership elements
• Experience of working in a unionised environment
• Experience of working in a cross functional team
• Good people skills – ability to communicate and influence people at all levels on site and the business 
• The ability to deliver multiple projects on time and in full
• In-depth OU and OE understanding and demonstrable improvement of losses
• Experience of operating in a FMCG organisation
• Motivated and passionate about Excellence, with a resilient character – you will be able to empower a team!
• Effective Communication and presentation skills 
• Experience of delivering multiple projects  
• Strong numeracy, literacy and IT skills 

Desirable

• Previous budget management experience
• Excellence plan implementation
• Capex understanding and systems
• Insights / HPB - understanding and developing behaviours
• Commercial Awareness
• Total Productivity Maintenance (TPM) understanding
• Black belt qualification

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 Car allowance, paid monthly
• Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) – this is the business’s annual bonus scheme.
• Opportunity to self-enrol into Health Cash Plan
• Private medical Insurance
• 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

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.