There will be a virtual ZEA Creditors Meting -13th December 2023.

Please use the link below to join the meeting :

Teams Meeting

"Our CSR ambassadors are making the difference with their local sustainability programme" - Ibai Jimenez - CSR & Sustainability Lead 

As a group, we value and encourage local initiative, while we expect our operating companies to adopt standards and tools that emerge from joint CSR projects.

A key to the success of our CSR & Sustainability programme has been the creation of an internal network of CSR ambassadors from over 26 countries. This move is part of the company's commitment to encouraging local initiatives while ensuring that its operating companies adopt standards and tools that emerge from joint CSR strategy.

The role of the CSR ambassadors is to share information, collect feedback, and promote awareness and commitment to CSR topics with their local colleagues. These ambassadors have voluntarily joined the community and have demonstrated their enthusiasm and commitment to the cause. They were selected by the local management teams to ensure that they had the support of their local colleagues.

We acknowledge that the creation of this internal network of CSR ambassadors is a significant step toward achieving our sustainability goals.
The establishment of this network of CSR ambassadors in 2020 was a clear indication that Zeelandia Group takes its sustainability commitments seriously. The network will provide a platform for exchanging ideas and sharing best practices, ultimately leading to more sustainable business practices.

As a leading producer of baking ingredients, we recognize the need to promote sustainable practices in the food industry. With the creation of this internal network of CSR ambassadors, we are well-positioned to achieve our sustainability goals and make a positive impact on the environment.

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Zeelandia supplies its customers with quality products that are produced in safe, sanitary and tightly controlled processes which are designed to meet product and customer specifications consistently.

Based on high standards:

• Legal requirements
• Our own internal high quality and food safety ambitions
• Specific customer demands
• GFSI standards such as: IFS, BRC and FSSC22000
• Claim standards such as: halal, kosher, RSPO, UTZ, gluten free, biological
• Other applicable food safety and quality standards.

Recently the European Commission proposed to remove titanium dioxide (E171) from the closed list of allowed additives in the EU.

Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is a naturally occurring oxide of titanium, sourced from minerals. It is used in a wide range of goods, such as toothpaste and hygiene and pharmaceutical products. Titanium dioxide is also widely used in the food industry as an additive (E171), because of its colour and opacifying properties. In bakery, it is being used in e.g. water-based bakery fillings, instant custard mixes and various white coverings.

In the last few years however, the use of E171 in food products has been the subject of debate. In the European Union titanium dioxide will be deleted from the 1^st of January 2022 from the allowed list of colours in foodstuff and from the 1^st of July there is a complete ban for putting on shelves products containing titanium dioxide.

For the last years Zeelandia has been working on developing solutions without titanium dioxide. We are prepared with our technical solutions and we adapted and developed numerous products free of TiO2. We are able to offer solutions without the additive well in time to assure compliance with the new EU legislation.

If you have any questions on this topic, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We will support you and give advice on your recipes and products.

Will you be our new Trainee?

What’s in it for you?

We are offering our trainees a great opportunity to get into action. During our 3 years traineeship, we offer you the amazing chance to develop yourself for a future leadership / senior specialist role. You will have all the possibilities to explore different areas of expertise, for example within the Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, ICT, Export, Marketing, and R&D. You will cooperate with international colleagues and build a global network with high exposure to industry experts & senior management. During this process, you will be taking a deep dive into our international operation group and the markets we serve. You will experience a steep learning curve all the way and build depth and breadth of knowledge & skills. We encourage you to unleash your potential with broad experiences. Because only by doing so, you will accelerate your growth and turn your talents into future success.

The traineeship

• You will start in an existing function/role/project within an OpCo (Operating Company of Zeelandia) or within the group organization.
• Besides the role, you will work with colleagues and other trainees on an (international) assignment/project.
  
  

The ideal trainee has the following profile

• You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• You have a maximum of one year of working experience.
• You have a high proficiency in English both spoken and written.
• You like working in an international company with a lot of different stakeholders and cultural differences.
• You have a high drive to challenge yourself and are eager to step out of your comfort zone.
• You have a pioneer mentality and you feel comfortable and positively challenged when not everything is sorted out.
• You feel at home in a continuous improvement environment.
• You take ownership and responsibility for your own development.
• You are broadly employable in different roles within the company:
  • On operational/tactical/strategical level.
  • Within a function or general.
  • Willingness to work internationally (to travel and/or work/move temporarily to other locations).

• You are willing to travel, work and live abroad.

What do we offer?

Besides the benefits that come with this traineeship, we offer you a good remuneration package, a good work-life balance, and a challenging program in an ambitious, international and dynamic environment where you have the opportunity to make a difference. We would like to start as soon as possible with our traineeships and we will consult with you about the starting moment.

Interested?

If this sounds like you, please send your resume and cover letter by email: apply@zeelandia.com. For questions regarding the interview process please contact rene.westerbeek@zeelandia.com
We also welcome you to discover Zeelandia traineeship experience from our trainees: bryce.henckel@zeelandia.com

Learn more about Zeelandia

The Royal Zeelandia Group is a family-owned company that is founded in 1900 and is still headquartered in Zierikzee Netherlands. Over the years Zeelandia has become a global player in the bakery ingredients business. Today, over 3,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to developing our bakery products and services tailored to local tastes and needs all over the world. Zeelandia has operations in over 30 countries and sales in about 100 countries.

Together with our customers, we explore the world of bakery. Thinking differently, we find inventive ways to create bakery success. We are constantly searching for new opportunities and new ingredients to improve products and processes.

As the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to evolve, we want to assure you that Zeelandia is taking all the necessary proactive and preventative measures to make sure that any possible disruption of our service to you that might occur under these circumstances, is minimised.

Our corporate crisis team continuously monitors the development throughout all the countries in which we operate. In close contact with our national teams, taking into account local situations and national regulations, we make sure that appropriate action plans both locally and globally are in place safeguarding the health and safety of our staff, our business relations and the communities in which we operate while ensuring business continuity towards you.

Precautionary measures towards our personnel and locations already include extensive travel and meeting restrictions, guiding employees in their daily habits to prevent infection, with health and teleworking policies in place, strict guidelines for accepting truck drivers and contractors and with no other visitors allowed to our production sites.

Preventive measures towards the continuity of our production, supply chain and distribution to our customers include an intergral production back-up plan aligned across our global Zeelandia production network, a full inventory, continous monitoring and sourcing plan for all future ingredients and raw materials supply, building additional stock for supplies that are deemed essential and continuously coordinating logistics to safeguard the delivery of your products.

We deeply value the business we do together and you can be assured that we continue to take our responsibility and actions to safeguard our supply chain and service to you in these matters.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or specific concerns so that we can address these with you directly.