Team Assistant

And while we’re all unique, we share something in common. It’s the code by which we live and work. We call it our ‘Winning Traits & Behaviours’: Purpose Led, Agile, Collaborative, Positive, and Resilient. Five aspects of pladis life that define who we are, how we interact, and get things done.

Why Join Our Team?

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 savory biscuits, wafer, cake, and chocolate.

Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of our 16,000-strong global workforce spans 27 bakeries across 11 countries and is united by our purpose; to bring happiness with every bite. 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.

As an organization, we work hard to combine our treasured heritage with a contemporary culture based on our ‘winning traits and behaviors’: Purpose-led, Agile, Collaborative, Positive, and Resilient.

Pladis succeeds because of people like you. People who wake up in the morning excited to ‘bring it’. This means to bring not just your talent, skill, and energy, but your whole identity. We strongly believe in the power of a diverse workplace and work tirelessly to make diversity and inclusion a cornerstone of our business identity and a driver of our growth.

What Will This Role Achieve?

You will work with Senior Leaders within our Global Commercial Team & Godiva Team, which sits within our Global Functions, to support their teams, enabling them to operate effectively to deliver business objectives. The support you will provide may be varied due to the unique requirements of each team.

Activities may include conference organization, travel arrangements, diary management, PO management, team meetings, and meeting preparation. Overall, you will need to be extremely proactive, collaborative, and a standout team player, able to multi-task to support individuals and the team!

To provide a wide range of administrative tasks to Vice Presidents & Directors within the Function and their teams. Responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating and setting up meetings; booking rooms, organizing catering
• Diary management; organizing and scheduling meetings
• Organizing travel arrangements (UK and International), including visas, accommodation, transport, etc.
• Processing of expenses
• Payment of invoices
• Updating spreadsheets and databases
• Producing reports, presentations, minutes, action logs, templates
• Planning, organizing, and hosting of internal and external events, corporate lunches, and dinners
• Being a central liaison point for internal/external parties
• Data, project, and financial administration - tracking changes and processes
• Coordinating team deliverables and timelines and prompting actions as and when required
• Providing all-round administrative support for the team

Skills / Experiences and Qualifications

• Able to build good, collaborative working relationships with a range of people
• Advanced Word, Excel, and Outlook skills - with an openness to utilize AI technologies for effectiveness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Flexible and proactive approach to work, able to multi-task and deliver a varied workload
• Attention to detail
• Excellent coordination, organization, and administration skills
• Eager to learn, flexible on working hours, open-minded, and team-work oriented
• Ability to problem-solve
• Ability to remain calm and focused under pressure and work within strict deadlines
• Ability to adapt quickly to change
• Previous experience in a similar role

Diversity and Inclusion

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.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit a 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.