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 UK&I is home to iconic brands McVitie’s, Jacob’s and Carr’s. These brands make sweet and savoury treats that consumers everywhere recognise and enjoy! 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 Global 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?
This role will be responsible for leading the digital transformation initiatives within the finance department, ensuring that all financial processes are streamlined and optimised for efficiency, playing a pivotal role to enable our growth journey.
What will be your key deliverables?
Strategic Planning & Vision – lead the strategic roadmap for finance data transformation for the next 3 years with IT, including building the business case for capital approval. Likely to include but not limited to:
Automate the allocation of costs lines into products such that actuals and forecast can be analysed (sku profitability)
Leveraging AI for optimisation of promotions working with an external partner
Work with IT and Finance Reporting manager to develop and implement current excel reporting into a suite of Power BI tools that require no or minimal human intervention
Process Improvement – review and prioritise processes for simplification/ digital transformation across the finance function
Technology Integration – leveraging of technology to automate processes and flow of information. Including leading the scoping of SAP upgrade for the UK&I finance function working with IT and global colleagues to create an investment case assessing breadth of depth of upgrade opportunities
Change and Project Management – management and embedding of the process and system improvement
Stakeholder Engagement – Engage with stakeholders across the business, both inside and outside of the finance function
Bring your experience
Essential
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Ability to influence and work collaboratively across the organisation.
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Ability to work effectively with ambiguity, and able to drive agenda forward.
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Creative thinking
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SAP Finance experience (desirable across ECC6 and S4/HANA)
Desirable
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Previous Finance Transformation Experience
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Demonstrate experience of bringing new ways of working to simplify working practices whilst delivering on the day job
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Accountancy qualification desirable but not essential (ACCA/ACA/CIMA)
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.
Top Skills
What We Do
pladis is one of the world’s fastest growing snacking companies and home to much loved brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ülker. pladis also owns regional brands Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more products across sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake, and chocolate.
pladis also owns regional brands such as Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, BN, Verkade and many more, delighting consumers with products across the snacking category including sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake, chocolate, gum and candy.
Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of its 16,000-strong global workforce spans 25 factories in 11 countries, and is founded on collaboration, agility and resilience.
As a responsible business, delivering the highest quality products and exceptional service, pladis’ products have the potential to reach more than four billion people across the world.
pladis people are passionate about collaboration and creation, using consumer insights and trends to fulfil its promise of bringing happiness with every bite. This passion, combined with rapid speed to market, enables the company to bring its products from idea to on-shelf quickly, so they are available for consumers all over the world.
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