Talent Acquisition Specialist

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 now has a strong in-house Talent Acquisition Team, I am now looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join the team to support with all corporate and supply chain roles at pladis. As well as our day to day recruitment we are also working on a number of projects to improve employer brand, build recruitment process awareness and provide support to our managers on everything recruitment. We are a team that works closely together, have a positive and resilient way of working as well as being collaborative and encouraging. What will this role achieve? This is a great opportunity to be a part of a successful team within pladis. Talent Acquisition is a key focus and with continuous improvements and support we work together to provide the best in class service to our candidates and stakeholders. This role reports into the Talent Acquisition Manager as a direct report into the HR Leadership Team. We are happy for this role to be based in Liverpool or our Chiswick Park offices 3 days per week with 2 days from home. What will be your key deliverables?

• Be responsible for providing world class end to end candidate and stakeholder management recruitment experience experiences - managing all activity, both internal, external and referrals through our hiring processes
• Partner and manage relationships with key stakeholders, understand the requirements of roles and the pladis culture to ensure good candidate fit.
• Think creatively and implement a programme to build our employer brand, awareness of pladis and talent attraction methods in the external market.
• Support the development and implementation of key initiatives and processes to ensure we bring in the best talent into the business with a key focus on Diversity and Inclusion
• Work with our PSL agencies to deliver specialist talent requirements.
• Source candidates – post roles internally and externally, utilise job boards, social media and online resources to engage and contact appropriate candidates.
• Carry out initial applicant screening for roles, including CV sifting, telephone interviews and all candidate communication including feedback.
• Hold others accountable for fulfilling their steps in the hiring process.
• Support the production of timely and accurate management information for the organisation to advise decision making on all staffing and management recruitment including new entry programmes.
• Alongside the Lead Recruiter, be responsible for the delivery of emerging talent recruitment plans and ensure that recruitment assessment centres are delivered on time, in full and within budget.
• Actively seek opportunities to continuously improve recruitment service provision in pladis and ensure that pladis remains abreast of industry changes and best practice
• Provide recruitment expertise to specific projects as required i.e. apprentice recruitment, assessment centre development.

What do you need for this role?

• Demonstrable experience of working in in-house recruitment
• Experience of Workday system is desirable
• Excellent relationship building and customer service skills
• Have proven partner management experience and be a strong external ambassador for pladis.
• Positive attitude and resilience
• Effective communicator with internal partners, external agencies and candidates
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks and partners
• Proven ability to make it happen and deliver exceptional results under tight deadlines

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. 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.