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Introduction

About Ella’s Kitchen

Part of the Hain Celestial Group family of brands, Ella's Kitchen’s mission is to help little ones grow up happy, healthy, and never hungry. Set up in 2006 by Ella's Dad Paul Lindley, the company prioritises health and nutritional value, but never at the expense of taste or convenience. Ella’s Kitchen strives to be good in every sense, offering healthy, handy, and fun food that doesn’t cost the earth. In 2016, Ella’s Kitchen certified as a B Corporation, a global movement of pioneering companies that are using their business as a force for good. By certifying as a B Corp, it reinforces that the business is meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

We are looking for someone brilliant who believes in our mission and can live and breathe our values of winning together, owning it, fostering inclusion and being curious.

At Ella’s Kitchen, we are guided by our values; they set the tone of our culture and we look out for newbies who will be a natural fit to our values and complement and contribute to our business.

About The Hain Celestial Group

Hain Celestial Group is a leading health and wellness company whose purpose is to inspire healthier living for people, communities and the planet through better-for-you brands. For more than 30 years, our portfolio of beloved brands has intentionally focused on delivering nutrition and well-being that positively impacts today and tomorrow. Headquartered in Hoboken, N.J., Hain Celestial’s products across snacks, baby/kids, beverages, meal preparation, and personal care, are marketed and sold in over 75 countries around the world. Our leading brands include Garden Veggie™ snacks, Terra® chips, Garden of Eatin’® snacks, Earth’s Best® and Ella’s Kitchen® baby and kids foods, Celestial Seasonings® teas, Joya® and Natumi® plant-based beverages, Greek Gods® yogurt, Cully & Sully®, Imagine® and New Covent Garden® soups, Yves® and Linda McCartney’s® (under license) meat-free, and Alba Botanica® natural sun care, among others.

Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion
At Ella’s Kitchen, we are committed to promoting and enabling a positive culture where everyone can be themselves and diversity of thought is welcomed.

We give a full and fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can support you in the right way.

Location: Near Henley-on-Thames – you’ll be able to work flexibly between home and our lovely Barns (minimum of 2 days per week)

Reports to: Senior HR Business Partner (Runs Making People Happy)

Contract: 12 month fixed term contract (the role could be full time or four days per week)

Purpose of role:

• Based at Ella’s Kitchen you will be working as part of the International HR team to provide generalist HR advice and support, both to the Ella’s team and wider Hain International Commercial and R&D teams

Role activities / responsibilities:

Find new buddies for our team (Recruitment

Work with the UK Recruitment Partner to manage recruitment processes for Ella’s roles and roles in the wider Hain UK commercial and R&D teams, focusing on providing exceptional experiences for candidates and hiring managers

• • Work with hiring managers to identify role requirements, update job descriptions and interview tasks, and ensure all roles are set up accurately in Workday
  • Collaborate with the wider HR team to promote internal promotion and cross business progression
  • Attend first round interviews where needed. Work with the Recruitment Partner and hiring managers to co-ordinate candidate feedback and ensure that all aspects of the recruitment process are inclusive and support the needs of all applicants
  • Work collaboratively with our Friends (Marketing) team to create content to promote our employer brand via social media channels
  • Liaise with the HRSupport team to manage the offer process within the budget parameters and ensure candidates are engaged throughout the onboarding process

Look after our internal talent (Learning + Development)

• Work closely with our Operations (Clockwork) and Sales (Deals) teams and the Demand Manager to drive improvement in forecasting activities
• Maintain relationships with retail partners and distributors where relevant
• Manage New Product Development (NPD) forecasts collaboratively with the Deals team. Ensure regular communication with the Clockwork team
• Manage the demand plan on a regular basis, communicating any changes, observations or issues to the Demand Manager and Clockwork team as required
• Manage and drive the product overstock/low life process with the Clockwork team

Creating an internal love brand for our Buddies (Employee Engagement

• Supported by the Senior HRBP, promote our annual global engagement survey to encourage 100% completion rates and participate in listening sessions to identify areas for improvement and action needed
• Oversee our internal buddy forum, Show + Tell in the absence of the Senior HRBP; promote conversations on necessary topics + distribute feedback to relevant project teams

Culture Champion + Wellbeing

• Live and breathe our values every day, championing ways of working and having fun that inspire everyone in the Barns with our values

• Support and coordinate our annual wellbeing calendar

• Actively engage with and act as an HR representative in our employee resource groups e.g. Fun Stuff Team, D+I Allies, Mental Health First Aiders, Culture Club

• Manage and track the wellbeing budget

• Be the wellbeing champion to promote all necessary initiatives + ensure uptake is successful

Our People Data

• Be a Workday champion and provide employees with on-site system support and assist with the adoption of new ways of working within the Workday system
• Work collaboratively with the HRSupport team to ensure all relevant data is correct and maintained within Workday
• Pro-actively communicate any technical issues to the Workday support team
• Support managers with any queries/stats/questions about our people demographics i.e. sickness absence
• Administration of Ella’s specific processes relating to newbies, leavers, absence, benefits, pay changes, amendments etc and liaise with the HR Support and Payroll teams as needed
• Manage + administer monthly benefit information in accordance with the payroll + liaise with the providers on joiners, leavers and general queries
• Facilitate all newbie onboarding check-ins to obtain feedback + promote the benefit provisions available

HR Projects

• Project manage key cultural development programmes alongside the Senior HRBP
• Work with the rest of the Happies (HR and Facilities) team, and engage relevant team members, along the journey to ensure projects are fully aligned to the business and our mission

Generalist HR Bits + Bobs

• Act as an HR generalist answering general people queries and supporting HR activity across the business
• Work with the HRBP and wider HR teams to update HR policies in line with legislation changes and company policy
• Ensure all legal training from Hain is rolled out and completed in the appropriate timeframes
• Be a Happy People champion in all relevant activities
• Management of HR invoice processing and credit card spend

And what you’ll get in return:

• Bucket loads of training and development, supporting your career pathway
• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• A Box of Treats, including private medical, dental, pension, life assurance, 25 days holiday and the ability to buy more, high street discounts, to name but a few!
• A really awesome place to come to work every day… our beautiful Barns in the Oxfordshire countryside

You will need:

• • Experience of working in a similar role – Part or fully CIPD-qualified would be an advantage
  • Experience of providing generalist HR support with a good understanding of employment law and its application across a range of business functions.
  • Strong attention to detail, super-duper organisation skills with a logical/methodical approach
  • A real passion for people and no stranger to throwing yourself into a varied and busy generalist People role
  • A commercial outlook and an understanding of the needs of a growing company
  • Strong knowledge and experience with MS Office including Excel and Powerpoint
  • Fantastic communication skills
  • Professional, confidential and trustworthy
  • Experience of working for an FMCG business will definitely be a bonus

Experience of the following would be advantageous:

• Experience of using Workday
• Benefits administration
• Providing generalist HR advice

And what you’ll get in return:

• Bucket loads of training and development, supporting your career pathway

• Competitive salary
• A Box of Treats, including private medical, dental, pension, life assurance, 25 days holiday and the ability to buy more, high street discounts, to name but a few!
• A really awesome place to come to work every day… our beautiful Barns in the Oxfordshire countryside

Please click on the Apply button below to submit your application (this will take you through to the Hain Celestial careers site).

Purpose of role:

• To be lead Category manager for UK Grocery Accounts
• Deliver insight from all available retailer data sources that drives tangible business results
• Contribute to creation of a ‘Category-First’ mentality at Ella’s Kitchen
• Equip and encourage the business to make category

Role activities / responsibilities:

• Category Leadership with Top 4 Grocers (50%)

(Accounts to be confirmed during interview)

1. a. Build category relationships with the internal and external customer teams so that you understand the needs, motivations, and aspirations of both businesses, producing win:win category recommendations…
2. b. …Use all available data sources to do so:
   1. i. Be the expert when it comes to IRI data, understand their performance, and identify their (and our) category opportunities for growth
   2. ii. Overlay Kantar consumer metrics to hone analysis and recommendations
3. c. Be a key part of range planning processes
4. d. Utilise Space Planning to:
   1. i. measure space to sales
   2. ii. highlight opportunities
   3. iii. bring range recommendations to life

• Other retailers (30%)

(Accounts to be confirmed during interview)

1. a. Build relationships with other grocery retailer teams (internally and externally) so that you understand the needs, motivations, and aspirations of both businesses, producing win:win category recommendations…
2. b. …Use all available data sources to do so:
   1. i. Be the expert when it comes to IRI data, understand their performance, and identify their (and our) category opportunities for growth
   2. ii. Overlay Kantar consumer metrics to hone analysis and recommendations
3. c. Be a key part of the range planning process in these accounts.

• 3) Internal Focus (20%):
  1. a. Help curate, develop and deploy our Ella’s Kitchen Category Vision internally, leading the entire organisation towards a ‘Category-First’ mentality.
  2. b. Equip our commercial teams so that they can mine their own ad-hoc data, and help them to think wider than Ella’s when measuring success (our ‘tail’ vs the Category ‘tail’)
  3. c. Champion how Mums and Dads behave when shopping in all internal discussions (e.g. NPD Funnel and the development of sell-in 1-pagers & decks), which will include leading category inductions.
  4. d. Ensure that our (Friends) qualitative insight is developed beyond brand and thus, along with continuous quantitative data sources (IRI / Kantar / Dunnhumby), equips us with best in class sales stories for NPD and range architecture
  5. e. Provide ad hoc support on ROS, Distribution and Category inputs for NPD projects.

You will need:

• To embrace, embody and exude all that is special and unique about Ella’s Kitchen

• Excellent commercial skills

• An understanding of Category Fundamentals vs Management vs Leadership

• Proactive ‘do-er’, keen to be involved in the success of the team

• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast paced environment

• Relationship building skills – getting the best out of others to achieve the plan

• The ability to influence others through your flexible style

• Great communication skills

• A results focussed mindset with the ability to “never never give up” and find solutions to challenges

• Experience of online retailing

• Passionate about systems with the ability to utilise technology for continuous improvement

• Passion for the brand and what Ella’s stands for – improving children’s lives through healthy relationships with food.

Experience of the following would be advantageous:

• Nielsen Answers
• IRI Plussuite
• i2C
• Dunnhumby
• Kantar
• Space Planning
• Retailer relationships, ideally with top four supermarkets

And What You’ll Get In Return:

• Bucket loads of training and development, supporting your career pathway
• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• A Box of Treats, including private medical, dental, pension, life assurance, 25 days holiday and the ability to buy more, high street discounts, amazing wellbeing events, Give It A Go days… to name but a few!
• A really awesome place to come to work … our beautiful Barns in the Oxfordshire countryside, but the flexibility to achieve a good work/life blend

Purpose of role:

To drive Ella’s Kitchen sales and associated category growth in our retailer accounts through the implementation of shopper and online strategies, which ultimately drive the 3 Ella’s Kitchen strategic business pillars. To continue to influence Ella’s Kitchen being the favourite food brand of little people up to 5 years.

Role activities / responsibilities:

• Develop our annual media plans in Morrisons, Boots, Waitrose and Ocado in close collaboration with the Sales, Marketing and Category teams; ensuring they are both strategic and creative! Align plans with retailer’s event calendars to drive against category vision metrics via increased footfall.
• Ensure all shopper activation delivers against the shopper strategy, to win the buying decision.
• Understand each retailer‘s strategy and how we can partner to deliver it.
• Tie media negotiations into overall account commercial agreements to make savings on rate cards. Be all over budget management; keeping a track of spend, POs and invoices.
• Support and help activate key strategic and NPD projects as directed by Making Friends in Shops.
• Dig in to the data and work with the category team after a campaign to understand the ROI it delivered to Ella’s and take learnings forward into future plans.
• Work with Sales and category teamies to identify and implement ecommerce best practice and future opportunities.
• Work with your Shopper Marketing Teamies, Product and Brand team to develop best-in class NPD launches in to the market.
• Inspire our agency partners and comms team to always think about the Ella’s shopper within strategy and campaigns. Partner with them to drive implementation of our plans and ensure that comms and trade plans are aligned.
• Research, recommend and share new in-store and retailer media developments + ideas, to help us deliver “cool stuff” in-store and through .com.
• Embrace, embody + exude all that is special and unique about Ella’s Kitchen and make sure this comes to life in the barns by acting as a brand ambassador + ensuring the brand is always being portrayed in the best way possible.

You will need:

• Shopper marketing experience and a good understanding of the UK retail environment
• Ideally digital skills in e-commerce or advertising
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills
• Creativity and ability to ‘think differently’
• Ability to juggle and prioritise tasks
• Fantastic communication skills
• Drive and initiative to be a self-starter
• A relevant degree (or equivalent qualification)
• A real passion for the Ella’s brand and willingness to throw yourself into a varied and busy role
• Demonstrable ability to live and breathe our values: Win Together, Be Curious, We’re Childlike, Own It and Foster Inclusion.

And what you’ll get in return:

• Bucket loads of training and development, supporting your career pathway
• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• A Box of Treats, including private medical, dental, pension, life assurance, 25 days holiday and the ability to buy more, high street discounts, amazing wellbeing events, Give It A Go days… to name but a few!
• A really awesome place to come to work … our beautiful Barns in the Oxfordshire countryside, and the flexibility to achieve a good work/life blend

Purpose of role:

Devise & lead the Portfolio Strategy (via the Portfolio team) to ensure our products continue to meet the needs of parents & carers in our UK & ATW markets.

Role activities / responsibilities:

NPD/EPD Pipeline Delivery (50%)

Accountable for the Ella’s Kitchen portfolio plan, and creating a product pipeline (starting from idea generation via insights all the way through to in-market launch), and range architecture that fuels the Ella’s growth ambitions.
Own, curate and run the ‘Discover’ phase of innovation development (i.e. the front-end innovation process)
Direct leadership responsibility for the Portfolio Team (who lead individual projects in the pipeline).
Lead, influence and motivate the cross-functional Pipeline team to gain alignment on, and delivery of, our NPD/EPD.
Direct strategic packaging design in line with brand guidelines across all NPD projects.
Ensure all NPD initiatives support Ella’s ‘Impact’ (CSR) activities
Work with the Projects Controller to track current and future innovation delivery versus plan and drive corrective action if required.

Strategy Setting (20%)

Support the Marketing Director and work collaboratively with Snr Marketing Manager (Comms) to develop and activate Ella’s Kitchen brand strategy in line with wider business strategy.
Drive, influence and gain alignment on Ella’s product strategy throughout the business.
Develop and own Ella’s global packaging strategy.
Co-lead the creation of our rolling, 3Y, total business plans (alongside cross-functional peers).

Commercial Leadership (20%)

Develop a deep understanding of the category, its dynamics and history (and lead your team in doing the same). The Portfolio team should be the ‘go-to’ for what is going out there, why it is happening, and what we plan to do about it!
Be an expert in shopper quant data, and lead your team in developing a rounded perspective on data management and interpretation.
On a day-to-day basis balance the longer term need for working on big, strategic plays with the ‘right here, right now’ commercial reality of quarterly sales delivery through our portfolio.
Identify the right agency roster for Ella’s, owning and running our agency relationships and motivating our partners to deliver game-changing insights that support the business plan.
Plan and oversee the insights, design + packaging budgets to support the delivery of the business plan.

Champion our Brand + Values (10%)

Excite and energise The Barns, customers and partners with Ella’s Kitchen’s inspiring innovation.
Work with the Group Communications Manager to ensure alignment between product and campaigns strategies.
Role model our brand values as a senior member of the Ella’s Kitchen team, setting an example of Ella’s-ness for your colleagues.
Collaborate with cross-functional peers on business-wide projects (on an ad hoc basis) to deliver total business priorities.

You will need:

• To embrace, embody and exude all that is special and unique about Ella’s Kitchen
• Be truly business minded in your approach to projects and products
• Have a creative and imaginative approach to innovation, product development and problem solving
• Commercial acumen with the ability to understand the complex financial issues, a strong grasp of shopper data and an ability to make data-led decisions
• Great team management skills from coaching at an individual level to project team management
• Strong Product/Portfolio Management experience
• Knowledge of NPD with a successful record of developing products from concept to launch across different markets
• Experience of commissioning and using insight to guide product development
• FMCG experience would be preferable
• Influencing skills – the ability to persuade others of the commercial and brand value of our product proposition
• Demonstrable ability to live and breathe our values: We Want to Win, We’re Business Minded, We’re Childlike, We Think Differently, We’re Good to Each Other
• Passion for the brand and what Ella’s stands for – improving children’s lives through developing healthy relationships with food

And What you’ll Get in Return:

• Bucket loads of training and development, supporting your career pathway
• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• A Box of Treats, including private medical, dental, pension, life assurance, 25 days holiday and the ability to buy more, high street discounts, a yummy breakfast every morning, pamper days, Give It A Go days… to name only a few!
• A really awesome place to work whether over Teams or in our beautiful Barns in Oxfordshire!