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
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, 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?
The Product Development Intern together with the Product Development Manager will be delivering developments to the market meeting the quality, cost and timings expected. This requires close interaction with marketing, operations and operational service departments to ensure that developments are in line with marketing, procurement and operations strategies.
As an intern you will be responsible for driving projects forward and be involved in projects at different stages of the innovation process.
During your time with us you will be exposed to both laboratories, pilot plant and factory environments. Through the internship you will build your technical knowledge where snacks are concerned, understand the steps of innovation and the importance of brands and consumers in shaping product design.
Please note: This Fixed Term Contract for 12 months and will require you to be on site at High Wycombe 5 days per week.
What will be your key deliverables?
- Supporting a number of new product development projects
- Working in the test bakery and supporting trials
- Be involved in projects across the spectrum of our snacking categories, from sweet biscuits to savoury snacks and from chocolate to cake
- The opportunity to have their own project under supervision of an PDM
- Develop product options to meet a marketing brief (meeting time, prime cost and quality criteria)
- Closely collaborating with process, central and packaging teams to create and deliver appropriate solutions to defined technical hurdles
- Presenting samples to marketing and translating feedback into recipe and/or process developments
- Ensure that all work is carried out in a safe and hygienic manner, following factory or bakery gmp’s
- Producing draft recipe costs for comparative purposes
- Support project manager and/or PDM in effective scheduling of project tasks and identification of resource requirements (time, money, people)
- Support project manager and/or PDM in the development of a project risk assessment, including contingency plans
- Raise any technical or project related issues that might affect quality, cost or time of delivery with PDM
What do you need for this role?
- Currently studying or have recently graduated from a Food Science/Nutrition Degree
- Experience in a food related industry is desirable.
- Good communication and time management skills
- Good presentation and IT skills
- Passion for food and innovation
- Self-motivated and driven
- Team player
- Strong leadership skills
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 collectively 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 inclusivity is 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 great strength. We’re 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.
