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Digital Marketing Executive   Zertus UK & Ireland (Homebased around Leeds, Manchester or Liverpool)   Who are Zertus?   Zertus UK & Ireland is made up of Humdinger Foods, Kinnerton Confectionery, and Lir Chocolates. We manufacture a range of products within the snacking and chocolate categories and have various manufacturing sites and offices across the UK and Ireland. Our goal is to create innovative and distinctive products that delight our customers. We are the UK & Irish division of Zertus GmbH, which has headquarters in Hamburg and over 2000 employees across Europe!   Are you in the Digital marketing sector looking for a new challenge or have you just completed your marketing studies ready to take the next step? Then this is the role for you! We are looking for a Digital Marketing professional who is dependable, innovative, positive & and courageous to join our in-house marketing team.   About the role.   The successful professional will work closely with market unit marketing/brand teams to ensure all consumer-facing touchpoints are correct and of a high standard. They will also ensure all marketing activities are of the highest quality to enable both brand and sales growth.   At Zertus UK&I we have some amazing benefits including homeworking allowance and Paycare (https://www.paycare.org/ )   (Please see more benefits at the bottom)   Salary:£26,000 - £28,000 (depending on experience) Hours: 37.5 hours, Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:30 Holidays: 25 days + Bank Holidays Location: Home Based around Leeds, Manchester & Liverpool

Production Operative   Kinnerton - Sherburn in Elmet   About the role   The role involves manual handling/lifting such as picking, packing and other production duties. The role also requires strong communication skills. You must be willing to learn new skills and able to meet targets working towards daily production plans. In this role, you will be working with a variety of chocolate manufacturing/ factory machinery and will be expected to work across various areas helping to bring our products to life! Types of technologies include – Egg / Ball Moulding, Coating / Polishing, Drop Moulding Buttons and Hard Panning.    In the first few weeks, you will be trained in Level 2 Food Safety.    Shift available: mix of 12-hour days and nights. You MUST be able to work both. All shifts include x1 30-minute breaks and x2 15-minute breaks.   Week 1: Sunday to Tuesday 18:00 - 06:00 Week 2: Monday to Tuesday 06:00 - 18:00 & Wednesday to Thursday 18:00 - 06:00 Week 3: Wednesday to Friday 06:00 - 18:00   Pay rate: £11.42  

IT Service Desk Team Leader   Who are Zertus?    Zertus UK & Ireland is made up of Humdinger Foods, Kinnerton Confectionery, Lir Chocolates and the Sun Valley Nut Company. We manufacture a range of products within the snacking and chocolate categories and have various manufacturing sites and offices across the UK and Ireland. Our goal is to create innovative and distinctive products that delight our customers. We are the UK & Irish division of Zertus GmbH, which has headquarters in Hamburg and over 2000 employee’s across Europe!    We're seeking an experienced IT support professional to join our group IT team. This is a brand new role, leading a team of two Service Desk Technicians to ensure the team provides an excellent IT service to employees across the Zertus group.   This role is Monday - Friday, 08:30 - 16:30 per day and is based at the Kinnerton Confectionery offices in Fakenham, Norfolk.

Hygiene Operative   Kinnerton - Sherburn in Elmet   About the role   Kinnerton Confectionery is looking for someone with Hygiene Operative experience, who can maintain high standards of cleaning and housekeeping preferably with experience within a food manufacturing environment, however, full training will be given.   Shift Pattern: 37 hours   Tuesday - Friday 06:00 - 16:00   Payrate: £11.42

NPD Technologist, Kinnerton Confectionery (Fakenham)   Kinnerton is no ordinary brand. We were the first brand to offer character chocolate in the UK, back in 1978 under the brand Kinnerton Kids. Since then we have gone from strength to strength, placing us as one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of seasonal goods, producing millions of delicious advent calendars and Easter eggs every year!  We have two UK manufacturing sites in Fakenham (Norfolk) and Sherburn-in-Elmet (North Yorkshire), a London Hub space in Camden, and offices in Hong Kong!     We are also part of the Zertus UK & Ireland Snacking & Chocolate Market Unit partnered with other food manufacturers across the country. We have a unique offering to our customers with our nut-safe promise and our commitment to product innovation. We’re also the masterminds behind NOMO chocolate, a delicious free-from and award-winning chocolate range.    We're seeking an NPD Technologist to join our team, based at our chocolate factory in Fakenham, Norfolk. This is a brilliant role for all foodies who are interested in the technical aspects of product development. You will work within our innovative NPD team, supporting administrative duties which aid the development of our delicious new chocolate products under Kinnerton brands and for our retail customers.    This role is full time, Monday - Friday, 08:30 - 16:30 per day.

Hygiene Team Leader  Kinnerton Confectionery - Sherburn in Elmet   Monday to Friday - 08:30 - 16:30 Salary: £27,300   Here at Kinnerton we are looking for a Hygiene Team Leader who will be responsible for ensuring the site is always cleaned to the highest standards; achieving or exceeding customer expectations. You will work with a team of Hygiene Operatives to drive a continuous improvement whilst striving for best practice and compliance to retailer Codes of Practice. The Hygiene Team leader will work closely with the production staff, planning and the QA team.