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, resilientand positiveto succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaborationand 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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As a member of the HR Service Centre team, the Recruitment Coordinator delivers a professional, high‑quality recruitment service to colleagues and candidates across our UK factory sites. The role manages the end to end recruitment process from posting vacancies, arranging aptitude testing and interviews, creating offer paperwork and managing pre-employment clearances.
Please note, this role is on a 14 month FTC
A key element of the role is building strong relationships with key stakeholders, providing an excellent service through clear communication, collaboration, and timely engagement with both hiring managers and candidates.
Build proactive, collaborative relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and HR Business Partners to deliver an excellent end‑to‑end candidate experience.
Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including vacancy creation, advertising, candidate screening, interview coordination, assessment/testing, offer management, and accurate record keeping.
Post and promote vacancies across pladis careers, Indeed, and other approved employer branding platforms to attract high‑quality candidates.
Partner closely with site contacts and stakeholders to ensure a consistent, positive, and engaging experience for all candidates throughout the hiring process.
Provide clear guidance and coaching to line managers on recruitment processes, best practices, and system usage within pladis.
Respond to candidate and hiring manager queries promptly and professionally, ensuring timely communication at every stage.
Support stakeholders to meet agreed responsibilities and recruitment timelines.
Effectively use HR case management tools and Workday to support a smooth, compliant, and efficient recruitment process.
Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date recruitment trackers for all live and closed vacancies, ensuring visibility and data integrity.
Drive performance against agreed recruitment KPIs and key metrics, including time‑to‑hire, candidate experience, and process efficiency.
Lead and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, using feedback and data insights to enhance recruitment processes and candidate experience.
Essential
Excellent relationship building and customer service skills
Ability to remain effective and adaptable in a fast‑paced environment.
Effective communicator
Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks and partners
Experienced user of Microsoft Office
Solid attention to detail.
Focus on continuous improvement - ability to identify, share and raise suggestions
Good decision making and problem-solving skills
Desirable
Experience of working in recruitment or a comparable customer service, or operational role within a high‑volume environment.
Broad knowledge of Recruitment processes
Understanding of legislative changes that affect HR
User of SAP HR / Workday or other HR databases
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.
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.
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 27 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.
