Talent & Engagement Coordinator

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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What will this role achieve?

The Talent & Engagement Coordinator plays a key role in supporting the effective delivery of talent, engagement and development activity across UK&I, ensuring initiatives are well-coordinated, consistently executed and experienced positively by colleagues and managers.

Reporting into the Head of Talent, the role works closely with Learning, Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners and the wider Talent Team, acting as an execution and coordination engine that helps plans land well and deliver impact.

The role also partners with Global Talent colleagues to support the delivery of global initiatives (such as the Engagement Survey and Management Excellence Survey) ensuring local coordination, data accuracy and strong follow-through.

This is a delivery-focused role, not a strategic or governance position. The emphasis is on coordination, execution, insight and momentum.

Key Accountabilities

Talent & Capability Coordination

Support the Head of Talent and Talent Team in coordinating talent and capability initiatives across UK&I.

Work closely with Learning and the L&D CoE to support planning, scheduling and delivery of development activity, particularly soft skills and manager capability programmes.

Co-ordinate assessment days, career conversations activity and internal talent processes below leadership level, working in partnership with Talent Acquisition and HRBPs.

Maintain trackers and oversight of agreed talent activity, providing regular updates and insights to the Talent Team.

Employee Engagement & Survey Delivery

Co-ordinate UK&I delivery of engagement related activity, including the annual Engagement Survey and Management Excellence Survey, in close partnership with Global Talent colleagues.

Support local survey administration, communications, timelines and data accuracy.

Review and analyse engagement data, identifying themes and insights to support action planning at local and functional level.

Support tracking of engagement actions and progress, helping ensure sustained momentum rather than one off activity

Global Talent & Top Employer Initiatives

Act as the UK&I coordination point for agreed global talent initiatives, working with Global Talent counterparts to support alignment and delivery.

Coordinate and support Top Employer activities, including data collation, validation, submissions and follow up actions, working with relevant HR and CoE stakeholders.

Ensure deadlines, inputs and outputs are clearly managed and communicated.

Communication & Delivery Support

Support the creation and coordination of clear communications related to talent, engagement and development activity.

Ensure initiatives are translated into clear, practical actions that land effectively with managers and colleagues.

Support onboarding and colleague experience activity where it links directly to engagement and talent priorities.

Operational Support & Insight

Maintain accurate data, trackers and documentation related to talent and engagement activity.

Collate insights and learning from activity delivery to inform future planning.

Support HRBPs and HR Generalists by providing coordination, data and practical input into projects and change initiatives where required.

Skills & Experience

Essential

Experience coordinating or supporting HR, talent, engagement or development initiatives.

Strong planning, organisation and follow through skills.

Comfortable working with data, trackers and deadlines.

Clear and confident communicator.

Delivery focused, practical and detail orientated.

Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders.

Desirable

Experience working with engagement surveys or global HR initiatives.

Exposure to manufacturing or operational environments.

CIPD Level 3 or working towards CIPD Level 5.

Ways of Working & Behaviours

Collaborative and supportive

Organised and reliable

Outcome focused

Curious and improvement minded

Professional and approachable

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.

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.