

pladis Global
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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The Challenge
We are looking for an enthusiastic Packaging Development Manager with a big passion for biscuits and confectionery to lead our ambitious innovation, sustainability and productivity agenda for pladis. We offer you the opportunity to join our team and contribute to our mission to bring ‘Happiness with every bite’.
The position entails
The position of Packaging Development Manager is part of the R&D team based in our historic Verkade factory in Zaandam. Reporting to the Head of Packaging EDM, this role is instrumental in developing and delivering the Category growth plan for pladis EDM region through the following key focus areas: Sustainability, cost saving and innovation.
The role oversees packaging development activities for Zaandam, co-manufacturing and co-packing sites supporting the Netherlands and Belgium business. The role will work with the extended team members across the broader organisation, as necessary, to deliver projects. Pladis is a dynamic and multicultural organization where you collaborate closely with marketing, product development, operations, supply chain/engineering and procurement in delivering our exciting portfolio to our consumers.
Your main responsibilities
What do you bring?
What we offer
Working for pladis means challenging jobs, career opportunities and an inspiring environment that allow you to enhance your personal development. pladis recognizes that the on-going success of the company depends on the continued development and engagement of our employees and pursues a fair and competitive remuneration policy, recognizing individual and team competencies and performance.
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Who are we?
Koninklijke Verkade, founded in , with amazing brands like Verkade en Sultana, is part of pladis since . pladis is one of the world’s leading snacking companies. We are the proud steward of over years of family baking and confectionery experience. A worldwide community with colleagues around the world. Each of us bring our experience in happiness. Each of us is unique, but we find each other as a family of bakers and chocolatiers, hardworking, with pride and purpose. After all these years we believe that biscuits and chocolate bring people together. We are pladis. We bake Happiness. Happiness with every bite.
pladis succeeds because of people like you. People who wake up in the morning excited to get to work. Who believe in themselves and their potential. Who want to grow as part of a global community of like-minded colleagues.
pladis colleagues care deeply about being the best. About winning, staying the course and never giving up. Whichever part of the world we’re in, whatever our role. Whether we’re baking, working in HR, finance, marketing or many other areas – we win as one pladis team.
And while we’re all unique, we share something in common. It’s the code by which we live and work. We call it our ‘Winning Traits & Behaviours’: Purpose Led , Agile, Collaborative, Positive and Resilient . Five aspects of pladis life that define who we are, how we interact and get things done.
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Interested?
To apply for this job, please send your letter of application and resume to pladis Global via our website. Questions? Please reach out to Rafael Graterol, Head of Packaging EDM, via email to: