pladis Global
HR Sustainability Manager - UK&I
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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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What will this role achieve?
The Inclusion, Diversity & Equality (IDE) and Wellbeing Manager will lead, build, and deliver the UK&I IDE and wellbeing agenda across all UK&I operations - spanning six Supply Chain sites and the Corporate Head Office.
This role will be responsible for turning our IDE strategy and wellbeing commitments into clear, actionable programmes that create an inclusive, equitable, and healthy working environment, ensuring colleagues across all sites feel they belong, can thrive, and can reach their full potential.
The role will work closely with HRBPs, site leadership teams, the UK&I Leadership Team, and global IDE partners to ensure IDE and wellbeing is embedded into everyday culture and leadership behaviours.
What will be your key deliverables?
IDE Strategy Delivery
- Translate global and regional IDE ambitions into a UK&I delivery plan aligned to business strategy.
- Own the IDE roadmap for UK&I, ensuring clear priorities aligned to representation, inclusion, and equity.
- Lead key initiatives across talent attraction, development, retention, equitable processes, and inclusive leadership.
- Partner with Supply Chain sites to embed IDE principles into workforce, recruitment, and local engagement plans.
Wellbeing Strategy & Programmes
- Design and deliver a UK&I wellbeing plan aligned to physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing pillars.
- Implement wellbeing tools, education, campaigns, and support pathways for colleagues across offices and factories.
- Embed preventative wellbeing practices, using data and feedback to identify risk hotspots and interventions.
- Oversee UK&I Wellbeing Champions network.
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Data, Insights & Reporting
- Lead UK&I IDE and wellbeing data collection, analysis, and reporting (e.g., representation, engagement, attrition, ER themes, wellbeing usage).
- Provide quarterly insights to the Director of Talent and UKLT to guide decisions and measure impact.
- Ensure accurate tracking against IDE targets and wellbeing KPIs.
Leadership Capability & Education
- Deliver IDE and wellbeing capability-building for leaders and line managers, partnering with L&D.
- Lead rollout of Inclusive Leadership training and IDE Essentials for all UK&I colleagues.
- Support leadership teams with guidance on bias mitigation, equitable processes, and inclusive behaviours.
Governance & Policies
- Own and maintain UK&I IDE and wellbeing policies aligned to global standards (e.g., IDE policy, Dignity at Work, Reasonable Adjustments, Wellbeing).
- Provide subject matter expertise on inclusive and equitable working practices.
- Ensure all initiatives comply with legal and ethical standards.
Networks, Engagement & Communications
- Partner with employee networks (e.g., Being Me) to plan and deliver engagement events and awareness campaigns.
- Lead IDE and wellbeing activations for key moments (IWD, Pride, Mental Health Awareness Week, Disability Inclusion, etc.).
- Work with Communications to amplify colleague stories and strengthen inclusive employer branding.
Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
- Work closely with HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, L&D, Reward, H&S, and Site Directors to embed IDE and wellbeing into processes and culture.
- Act as UK&I representative in global IDE councils and working groups.
- Support sites to adapt central plans to local needs, ensuring consistency and impact.
What do you need for this role?
Essential
- Demonstrable experience delivering Inclusion, Diversity & Equality and/or wellbeing programmes, ideally in a multi-site or operationally complex organisation.
- Strong understanding of UK legislation related to equality, workplace adjustments, and employee wellbeing.
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving cultural change.
- Ability to analyse data, identify insights, and translate into clear actions.
- Strong facilitation and training delivery skills.
Desirable
- Experience in FMCG, Supply Chain, or manufacturing environments.
- Coaching or mental health qualifications (e.g., MHFA).
- Experience working with employee networks or communities of practice.
Capabilities & Behaviours
- Purpose-driven approach to creating inclusive workplaces.
- Strong relationship builder across factory, office, and leadership environments.
- Confident communicator able to inspire, educate, and challenge constructively.
- High integrity, discretion, and emotional intelligence.
- Agile, proactive, highly organised, and able to prioritise across multiple workstreams.
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Success Measures
- Improved representation and inclusion scores across UK&I engagement surveys.
- Clear, measurable progress against IDE targets.
- Increased colleague awareness and adoption of wellbeing resources.
- Strengthened leadership capability on inclusive behaviours.
- Positive feedback from Supply Chain sites and corporate functions.
- Consistent experience of inclusion and wellbeing across all UK&I locations.
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 with others 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 inclusion 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 fostering 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.
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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.
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