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Purpose of role:

Support the Senior Technical Manager with ensuring that products for Ella’s Kitchen are compliant with all of the relevant safety and quality standards. Ensure that all of the necessary documentation is up to date and complete.

Role activities / responsibilities:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Co-manufacturer relationship

• Build, manage and maintain a relationship with one of Ella’s Kitchen co-manufacturers, supporting on EPD/ NPD projects and ongoing technical support; embedding our ways of working in the process.
• Work closely with co-manufacturer to identify risks, opportunities for improvement and possible preventative measures throughout the manufacturing process.
• Recipe system input, specification and QAS management.

2. Continuous improvement

• Maintain high levels of customer satisfaction by investigating finished goods quality or technical matters, raise required non-conformance and implementing solutions to the issues raised.
• Work with the Operations and NPD team to review cost management and identify savings. Develop and initiate plans to achieve these savings and incentives.

3. Regulatory

• With guidance make sure our finished goods comply with all relevant safety, quality and legal regulations.

• Ensure the technical information on new product packaging is compliant with all relevant safety, quality and legal regulations.

• Help contribute to developing, communicating, and implementing relevant technical standards such as EU Organic Standards and BRC accreditation.

• Lead annual organic audit.

You will need:

• A degree in Food Science / Technology or Biology
• Brilliant knowledge and capability with using MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Strong attention to detail and organisation skills
• Self-motivated

Conditions of the Role

• Travel Requirements: ability to travel to visit both domestic and overseas suppliers
• Work Environment: office based x 2 week

And What You’ll Get In Return:

• Bucket loads of training and development, supporting your career pathway
• Competitive salary
• A generous holiday allowance and the ability to buy more, and a programme of amazing wellbeing events
• 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

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Location: Near Henley-on-Thames – you’ll be able to work flexibly between home and our lovely Barns

Reports to: Group Portfolio Manager (Senior Makes Friendly Stuff)

Purpose of Role

Take ownership of a segment of the portfolio with best-in-class range management. Ensuring that our products continue to meet the needs of parents & carers in our UK & ATW markets.

Role activities / responsibilities:

Portfolio Management:

Understand the portfolio dynamics and shape a 3-year EPD/NPD strategy.

• Use category and shopper data to understand Ella’s and competitor portfolio dynamics and make informed recommendations to enhance the portfolio’s performance.
• Monitor commercial and performance metrics across the portfolio and convert findings into actions, such as delist proposals to maintain portfolio relevance and efficiency.
• Stay closely connected to consumer insights by monitoring research, feedback, and behavioural trends, and translate those insights into actionable recommendations that strengthen portfolio decision making.

EPD + NPD project Delivery:

Manage and support on EPD + NPD projects for the UK + Around the World as required by:

• Specific ownership of projects that fit into sub-segment of the portfolio
• Creating compelling propositions for products and packs that deliver against our Business Strategy and Masterplans and are routed in insight
• Championing our consumers by keeping them front of mind – be Kids First always!
• Working with the innovation team to create compelling and commercially viable ‘8P’ briefs.
• Owning the delivery of stand-out packaging (design + pack format) for your projects through the gate process.
• Owning on-pack messaging and claims ensuring they meet our claims guidelines and are relevant and motivating for Parents + Carers

Ready to sell delivery:

Setting our innovation up for success by:

• Work with the Group Portfolio Manager to develop inspiring sell-in stories for our retail partners, giving our product ranges the best chance of success.
• Maintain portfolio playbook and deliver NPD handover sessions to Customer Experience, Comms, GSWD and Shopper Teams.
• Develop and deliver performance reports which pull together consumer, category, commercial and operational data to ensure we correctly evaluate the success of a launch and maintain focus on the SKUs.

Other Stuff

• Own and maintain all Portfolio Induction materials for both internal teams and external stakeholders
• Champion the assessment of portfolio performance across internal and external sources, identifying gaps and improvement opportunities to share with the wider portfolio team
• Be an active member of the wider Friends team by collaborating and contributing your passion and ideas.
• Support the wider friends team activities as required (e.g. monthly team meetings).

You will need:

• To embrace, embody and exude all that is special and unique about Ella’s Kitchen
• Product Management experience within FMCG
• Great organisational skills and attention to detail. Ability to juggle multiple tasks at once.

• Experience of using data and insights to guide product development
• Have a creative and imaginative approach to innovation, product development and problem solving
• Excellent influencing skills – the ability to persuade stakeholders of the commercial, consumer and brand value of a product proposition.
• A real passionate team player with the ability to work cross-functionally and with our friends outside of Ella’s
• Demonstrable ability to live and breathe our values: Win Together, Own It, Be Curious, Foster Inclusion, We’re Childlike

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

What you will get in return:

• Bucket loads of training and development, supporting your career pathway
• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• A Box of Treats - our fantastic benefits package
• A really awesome place to work whether over Teams or in our beautiful Barns in Oxfordshire!

Please click on the button below to apply - this will take you through to the Hain Celestial careers page where you'll be able to submit your application

Purpose of role:

Support portfolio managers with best-in-class range management. Ensuring that our products continue to meet the needs of parents & carers in our UK & ATW markets.

Role activities / responsibilities:

EPD + NPD project Delivery:

Support on EPD + NPD projects for the UK + Around the World as required by:

• Manage end‑to‑end artwork execution and repro after concept sign‑off, ensuring packaging is compelling, accurate, and compliant across all projects.
• Ensure your packaging projects come in on time + on budget.
• Support portfolio managers in continuously scanning for inspiration, trends, and opportunities to drive future innovation
• Support portfolio manager on projects from ideation through to launch, championing them through the internal development process
• Championing our consumers by keeping them front of mind – be Kids First always!

Ready to sell delivery:

Setting our innovation up for success by:

• Working with key partners + internal teams to ensure 3D + optimised images are within brand guidelines and readily available for retailers + distributors. Ensure product information is correct on retail channels.
• Championing the voice of the consumer throughout the Barns, organising inspiring launch parties and tastings for colleagues in the barns.
• Support the portfolio managers and deals (sales) team in Retailer sell-in sessions

Communications

• Provide ad-hoc support to the Communications team, including copywriting, creative execution and assistance across campaigns and digital channels.

Other Stuff

• Be an active member of the wider Friends team by collaborating and contributing your passion and ideas.
• Support the wider friends team activities as required (e.g. monthly team meetings).

You will need:

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

• Demonstrable evidence of experience + passion to build a career in Marketing
• Ability to excite and energise the people around you
• Great organisational skills and attention to detail. Ability to juggle multiple tasks at once.
• Bags of creativity!
• A real passionate team player with the ability to work cross-functionally
• Demonstrable ability to live and breathe our values: Win Together, Own It, Be Curious, Foster Inclusion, We’re Childlike

• 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, our fantastic benefits package
• A really awesome place to work whether over Teams or in our beautiful Barns in Oxfordshire!

Please click the button below to apply - it will take you through to the Hain Celestial careers page where you 'll be able to submit your application

Purpose of Role

• Responsible for - Interim Packaging resource
• Location - Based at Ella’s Kitchen near Henley on Thames but will require travel to other Hain locations in the UK and EU – you’ll be able to work flexibly between home and Hain locations
• Reports to - Senior Director R&D Global Baby/Kids, and Senior Director Global Packaging
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• A key part of this role will be about managing a portfolio of productivity and cost saving initiatives, demonstrating those that will deliver the most value for Hain International and Ella’s and ensure this is where resource is focussed. As well as supporting on the investigation and identification of new formats to support innovation and best in class finished goods. At the same time as supporting to ensure that all packaging for Hain International and Ella’s Kitchen is fit for purpose and compliant with all of the relevant safety and quality standards, as well as the Hain Packaging strategy. This will be conducted through cross-functional leadership with the procurement, marketing, production and technical teams.

Role activities / responsibilities:

• Manage and prioritise an evolving plan of initiatives to improve current packaging performance, productivity and quality trends across the Hain International sites.
• Consult on further opportunities for improvements in efficiency, cost and complaint reduction
• Working with the interim resource build a network across the Hain production sites to help implement the necessary changes for improvement and identify further initiatives for performance and cost improvement
• Provide advice to ensure we deliver on our packaging RAG sustainability targets and packaging reduction.
• Work closely with your Procurement colleagues to ensure you are part of the early conversations on packaging changes and that changes are managed through a consistent process.
• Prioritise business continuity challenges e.g. pouch supply as they arise to ensure that the business is continually and consistently able to meet the demands of its customers
• Work with the wider Global packaging team on sharing and implementing best practice improvements and processes to ensure that full compliance is ongoing and activate systematic reviews
• Identify gaps within the current packaging specifications and guide those responsible to ensure that they are up-to-date and useable.
• Ensure packaging sustainability initiatives are mapped to the Hain Packaging Strategy. Provide guidance to teams on delivering Packaging Strategy technical projects.
• Support the Hain businesses with innovation as part of the new product development process, delivering new packaging materials or processing technologies, and transferring existing innovative materials into alternative packaging formats.
• Provide support to the Product Development, Process Managers and Technical Managers throughout the launch procedure to ensure that packaging remains fit for purpose
• Be aware of the changing regulations that impacts safety and sustainability across the EU and UK and ensure that the businesses are responding accordingly with the right decisions

• Create strong and collaborative relationships with suppliers and co-manufacturers to deliver the packaging portfolio
• Encourage your procurement and technical colleagues on managing the performance of our packaging suppliers’ and co-manufacturers through setting and regular review of their KPI and audit program.
• Manage the interim packaging resource to ensure completion of tasks within the required time frame.
• For Ella’s own and lead the packaging technical reporting in relation to our retailer’s requirements and various partnerships and regulations (WRAP UK plastic pact, EPR)
• Be a voice in the discussions on the optimum solution for data reporting for Hain International and Ella’s Kitchen

You will need:

• A food or packaging-based degree (or equivalent)

• At least 5 years’ proven experience of working in technical operations within a food production / manufacturing environment, ideally with packaging experience.

• Experience of packaging innovation projects and delivering complex solutions across a wide manufacturing base

• Excellent attention to detail and organisation skills
• A passion and drive for food, health and quality ingredients and packaging as well as sustainability
• A real passion for innovation and newness and willingness to throw yourself into a varied and busy role that will develop your career
• The ability to coordinate, manage, and execute multiple complex and multi-disciplined projects with minimal supervision.
• Confidence to challenge things that don’t feel right and the ability to offer solutions and recommendations to make things better
• The ability to build strong relationships to get things done and resolve issues across the business and with suppliers and customers
• MS office skills e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Ability to inspire others and take them on a journey with you
• Be willing to travel to visit both domestic and overseas suppliers
• 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

Nice to have:

• Great track records in achieving sustainable packaging development
• Great technical understanding of packaging solutions and ideas within a circular economy

• A strong knowledge of all health & safety standards and legal regulations relevant to food manufacturing, product development and/or packaging.

• A strong technical understanding in relation to NPD, packaging and manufacturing of food and the quality systems associated with these activities (eg BRC).
• Great presentation skills

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, our fantastic benefits package
• A really awesome place to work whether over Teams or in our beautiful Barns in Oxfordshire!

Please click on the link below to apply - this will take you through to the Hain Celestial careers page where you'll be able to submit your application