Head of Procurement Excellence, UK&I
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.
What will this role achieve?
The Procurement team is made of 120 professionals working across the world to create competitive advantage for pladis through mid-term sourcing strategies and strong supplier relationships. Our 2025 Procurement vision aims at delivering more value for the business along 5 key business deliverables: Supply Continuity, Cost Out, Cash Flow optimisation, Sustainability and Supplier Innovation!
Within UKI Regional Procurement, the Head of Centre of Excellence reports directly to the UKI Procurement Lead, who in turn reports into the UK Managing Director. You will drive (in alignment with Global Packaging Procurement team) the Packaging Category (70 M£ spend).
What will be your key deliverables?
- Policy and Compliance: Ensure procurement activities align with organisational policies and regulatory requirements.
- Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with internal partners to understand their procurement needs and expectations in the delivery of change projects.
- Performance Management: Monitors and reports on procurement performance and implement improvements as necessary.
- Risk Management: Identify and manage procurement risks to protect the organisation’s interests through supplier financial evaluation tools.
- Leads all aspects of the End-to-end Source to Pay (S2P) process, ensuring compliance and continuously improving the process.
- Sourcing Guideline Ownership: Develop, implement, and maintain sourcing guidelines to ensure fairness, transparency, and value for money.
- Operational Procurement: Manage purchase, supplier relationships, contract management, and invoice processing.
- Leads Productivity Governance: Manage productivity governance by setting efficiency goals and implementing strategies to improve efficiency.
- Custodian of Procurement Tools and Systems: Oversee procurement-related tools and systems, ensuring effective use and user training.
- Sustainability: Act as a single point of contact for sustainable procurement information and guidance.
- Transformation: Lead Regional procurement transformation projects.
Bring your experience.
Essential
- Experience in Procurement (with shown success in running a Category at regional or global level, in a worldwide organisation).
- Ability to deal with ambiguity within a complex and multicultural environment.
- Shown ability to work with cross-functional teams, with a collaborative mindset.
- Natural leadership & influence skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Ability to be hands on operationally as well as building a long-term strategic vision.
- Advanced Excel & Power Point skills.
- Available to work in Chiswick 3 days a week (Preferable) travel on request to factories & suppliers.
Desirable
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency in another language.
- Previous work experience in matrix procurement organisation.
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.
- Final interview based on Leadership Success Model Assessment/role competencies.
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.
- Discounted gym membership – Carlisle and Chiswick only.
- Discount and Cashback Scheme.
- 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, 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.
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