International Opportunities

• France

  Having been acquired in 1998 by United Biscuits, after a period of decline in its sales, BN was re-launched in September 1999. It underwent a wholesale revision of its strategy in terms of its range portfolio, promotion and advertising support.

  In 2002 BN recovered its growth through powerful innovation right across its portfolios and also by the development of new occasions for eating their products, like breakfast with the launch of BN Matin.

  Between 2002 and 2009, Mini BN won market shares and attracted children of all ages with its tagline”distributor of smiles”. In 2009, BN gave its historical product the famous sandwich cookie a total revamp: the “choco BN” recipe is improved, tastier and with a better nutritional profile. The pack is now resealable for better conservation and freshness. There was also a new TV campaign to support this relaunch. The BN family has grown due to the launch of BN Crisp Chocolate-Nuts and Crisp Milk and biscuits with four crisp cereals (wheat, rice corn flakes and oat flakes) and gourmet flavours.

  With all its products, BN supports mums and children in their daily life with more education and more transparency on :

  • the importance of a balanced diet
  • the need for children to take physical exercise
  • key nutritional and environmental information

  BN today has all the resources to stand up to the competition in the biscuit market by offering a wide range of biscuits for kid’s breakfast or snacks. Whether it’s in the home or outside, BN gives children the energy required to blossom.

  To view more information about BN, please visit www.chezbn.fr

  For opportunities within Northern Europe, please send your CV, and a covering letter detailing your career aspirations to unitedbiscuits-255093@cvmail.com

• Belgium

  Delacre was founded in 1891 and is well known for its wide range of indulgent biscuits in both France and Belgium. The core of the Delacre product portfolio consists of various high quality biscuit assortments, in which luxury chocolate biscuits such as Tea Time and Namur dominate.

  Delacre is known for its original and iconic biscuits such as Cigarettes Russes, which is mainly targeted for use with desserts and Sprits which is a family treat.

  The Delichoc range, biscuits covered with a chocolate tablet, take an individual position in the Delacre portfolio, benefitting from a high brand awareness amongst consumers in both markets.

  In 2010 Delacre started an aggressive NPD programme on adult treat biscuits involving new technology (cream depositing) and appealing to a major consumer trend for treat enjoyment and multi sensation through multi texture. The first two launches are Dôme Truffé and Délice Noisettes.

  For further information about the Delacre range, please visit www.delacre.be

  For opportunities within Northern Europe, please send your CV, and a covering letter detailing your career aspirations to unitedbiscuits-806286@cvmail.com

• Netherlands

  The authentic Verkade brand consists of a large assortment of Dutch classics, such as San Francisco, Café Noir, Knappertjes, Nizza and Maria biscuits for the whole family. In recent years the launch of UB products such as Digestive, Tarwebiscuits (Digestive Chocolate) and Digestive Crunchy (HobNob’s) have successfully contributed to the growth of the 124 year old brand. Verkade received the retail ‘Brand of the Year’ award in 2008 and 2009.

  Starbrand of the company is the Sultana brand. Sultana has become the icon brand for the healthy I.B.M. (in-between-meals) segment in the Netherlands, addressing the snacking needs of the contemporary consumer. Its innovative healthy snacking range encompasses products such as Fruit Biscuit, Volop, a deliciously flavoured ginger bread for on the go, and Sultana Hartig, the first savoury biscuit in the Dutch market. Sultana Hartig was awarded ‘Most Sustainable Introduction’ in 2009.

  For further information about the Sultana range, please visit www.sultana.nl

  And for the Verkade range, please visit www.verkade.nl

  For opportunities within Northern Europe, please send your CV, and a covering letter detailing your career aspirations to unitedbiscuits-187590@cvmail.com. It is essential that you speak fluent Dutch to apply for any role within our Northern Europe site.

• India

  UBI is the international business unit of the UB Group. UB International’s role is to identify growth opportunities outside of our core UK and Northern European markets. To further accelerate this international growth, India has been identified as a key drive market and significant investment has been made in local production capacity in Himachal Pradesh in Northern India.

  The role of UB India is to drive accelerated profitable revenue growth for the UB Group and to help further enhance United Biscuits as a multinational corporation. India is the main hub for distributing products to the domestic market together with neighbouring countries including Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Some products are also being supplied to the Middle Eastern countries.

  Our factory in Kala Amb is supported by a corporate head office in New Delhi incorporating Finance, Sales, Marketing and Logistics functions. The factory started operations at the end of 2009 and is producing McVities products including digestives, cookies and sandwich creams.

  UB is always looking for talented, motivated and committed individuals to join the team. If you have experience of working in a factory/manufacturing environment, have specific biscuits experience and are interested in working with us in India, please send an email together with your CV to UBIndiarecruitment@unitedbiscuits.com. You will be contacted directly by our local HR team, should there be a suitable vacancy.