Site Hygiene Manager

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
Click “Apply” to get started. 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 – new flavours, new concepts and new ways to share happiness. Our strength is not only in our products, but 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? We have an exciting opportunity in our Site, Quality, Security & Environment (SQSE) team at Wigston reporting to the Group Manufacturing Standards Manager. This role offers responsibility for the maintenance of everyday hygiene standards for the site and for the management of the site cleaning operatives. You will ensure complete adherence to the pladis Cleaning Management System (CMS), such that high standards of production area hygiene are always maintained. You will also have accountability for the management of site-based production area cleaning contractors and/or pladis Cleaning Teams. The management of waste removal contractors for the site and support the application of lean techniques to ensure ongoing efficiency improvements.
What will be your key deliverables?

• Manage all cleaning activities that take place in and around the production area and for maintaining everyday standards of hygiene across the site
• Responsible for achieving budgeted figures
• Planning and prioritising work and ensuring maximum use of resources
• Delivering conformance to plan (cleaning schedule compliance)
• Responsible for compliance to Health & Safety requirements where they relate to cleaning activities carried out by pladis and contractors
• Identification, measurement, and publication of key performance indicators where they relate to cleaning and cleaning contractor activity

What do you need for this role? Crucial

• Proven experience in a Hygiene role ideally in a FMCG company
• Good knowledge of Food Safety and Health & Safety legislation and its application
• Effective at building relationships with strong interpersonal skills
• Working autonomously and as part of a team towards a common goal
• Computer literacy-Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Self-motivation
• Ability to work closely with people of all different levels across the site
• Audit Cleanliness
• Level 2 Leadership and management
• Machinery and equipment safe use and practices
• Pest awareness
• COSHH awareness
• Food & Drink Safety Passports
• NVQ Level 2 Cleaning Support Services

Desirable

• Experience in a similar manufacturing environment
• Managing Hygiene Systems
• Auditing skills

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 phenomenal 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 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.