Environmental Consultant-Jobs in Großbritannien

Apply locations: High Wycombe, Chiswick Park

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 3 Days Ago

Job requisition id: JR25864

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 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 unrivaled opportunities to learn and make an impact.

What will this role achieve?

This is a very exciting opportunity to support the Regulatory Compliance Manager to ensure the legal compliance of all pladis products sold within the UK and Ireland.

In a time-pressured environment and often tight timescales, your goal will be to provide sound regulatory information and advice to support product launches and redesigns in a timely and efficient manner, ensuring compliance with local regulations and pladis policies.

What will be your key results?

1. Ensure regulatory compliance of pladis brands in accordance with sales market, with regard to product formulation, pack copy generation, and artwork sign-off, in line with pladis policies.
2. Working closely with R&D, convert recipe details into pack copy information to appropriate legal formats for intended sale market, using internal IT system.
3. Work closely with P2M and translation agencies to ensure timely preparation of information across multiple markets.
4. Review and sign-off artwork designs against relevant pack copy for legal compliance for market. Ensure multi-lingual labels are checked and approved by translation or food law agency.
5. Understand pladis allergen matrices and apply accordingly to ensure packs are labelled with the accurate allergen warnings.
6. Represent the Regulatory Affairs team where appropriate with project team meetings with a specific remit to advise on compliance implications.

What do you need for this role?

Crucial

1. Qualifications: Degree in Food Science, Food Technology or other food science-based degree.
2. A knowledge/understanding of EU Food Legislation, guidelines, and codes of practice.
3. Excellent attention to detail.
4. Good communication and influencing skills.
5. Proven project management and implementation skills will be essential, as well as the ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
6. High level of digital literacy & proficiency in using web-based specification systems.
7. Strong numeracy skills.
8. Proactive demeanour.
9. Works autonomously, but also a good teammate.

Please note: this role will require 1 day per week on site at our High Wycombe location.

Preferred

1. Experience using SAP, Interspec and/or Hamilton Grant.
2. General awareness of the biscuit industry.
3. Knowledge of ingredients, process methods, and factories producing biscuits.

Our winning traits and behaviours

1. Purpose-Led - Energised by our promise to deliver happiness to the world with every bite.
2. Agile - Ever evolving, never satisfied and never standing still.
3. Collaborative - Willing to work collectively for mutual success.
4. Resilient - Quick to adapt to change, fast learner and persistent in the face of setbacks.
5. Positive - Self-motivated, optimistic, adventurous, and inspiring.

Diversity and inclusivity 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 encouraging 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 candidates 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.