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 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.
This is a critical role supporting strategic projects, implementing best practices, and driving new approaches within the sensory and consumer science domain. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in design thinking, packaging research, and quality by design methodologies.
The role requires an individual who is competent and skilled at working across cultures and functions and collaborating to deliver with others. They need to be able to work effectively with external partners to identify appropriate opportunities and drive development of innovative solutions, best practice approaches, and systems.
The role demands strong technical and interpersonal capabilities to:
* Build and manage sensory capabilities globally.
* Set the agenda within R&D and Quality & Food Safety, to raise the consumer research profile.
* Secure global alignment to consumer success criteria and research principles/design and global findings plans.
* Deliver consumer science learning plan in support of global innovation projects and the smaller regions who do not have their own CTI capability, which represent significant financial opportunities for pladis.
The ideal candidate will have excellent core technical skills, and be able to understand the needs of the business, our consumers, and customers to drive an exciting product agenda. You will be a self-starter, possessing a drive for results.
A few global functions support all regions to leverage size, expertise, and best practices. Global R&D is required to create new processes and best practice in a range of functional disciplines and drive continuous improvement to ensure we stay at the forefront in these areas. Specifically in the area of Sensory Science, we need to:
Strengthen our Sensory Science Capability:
* Develop new sensory science methodologies particularly related to breakthrough product innovation.
* Deliver CTI guidance for the regions related to implementation of global projects in lead markets.
* Lead the CTI Community of Practice.
The position will report to the Director – Product Design, Taste and Sensory Science. It is expected that the incumbent will work with their counterparts in region and with the Global Growth and Insights team, along with other regional R&D colleagues to effectively deliver innovation that wins with our consumers.
The role is highly visible and will require the ability to lead a team & work cross functionally across leadership teams.
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.
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