Closing Date: 9th December
Location: Nottingham
Contract: Permanent / Full time, Monday-Friday
Recruitment Partner: Frankie McCallister-Lyas
About the role:
Welcome to Soap & Glory™ Foresight & Ideation – an exciting team at the heart of the No7 Beauty Company. As customers are changing, so are we! We are consumer obsessed and focus on truly understanding our customers’ needs to develop world-class products that build brand love. We lead and inspire belief working with cross-functional partners in R&D, Insights, Packaging, Regulatory, Creative Fuel House, and Commercial we unlock high-quality launches born from category leading R&D.
The Product & Ideation Assistant plays an integral supporting role for the total team to deliver the innovation masterplan. This role is a key point of contact for the team, agency partners and key stakeholders, ensuring proactive support and clear communication.
Key Responsibilities:
• Operational Excellence
• Lead the coordination and product set up of all NPD
• Create and maintain robust, and accurate, product directories
• Deliver the Big Choices
• Support the translation of trends, insights, and brand purpose into clear opportunity spaces
• Development Stimulus
• Support team by creating best-in-class product benchmarking analysis across all product and brand touchpoints (claims, formulation, packaging, activation etc.)
• Hypable Product Creation
• Stay constantly inspired through cultural signals, social media, and the latest in product and commercial ideas
• Supplier & Partner Oversight
• Support the selection and management of key development partners (fragrance, formulation, packaging, design)
• Uphold standards of creativity, innovation, and technical delivery.
What you’ll need to have:
• Strong market and product awareness
• Analytical thinker who can interpret data into concise product comms
• Proficient in all No7BC platforms (e.g. SAP)
• Proven ability to communicate effectively across teams.
It would be great if you also have:
• A passion for all things beauty
• Previous experience on beauty category.
About No7 Beauty Company:
No7 Beauty Company is made up of five iconic brands - No7, Liz Earle, Soap & Glory, Botanics and Sleek MakeUP. We believe in creating the best in beauty for everyone - we’re innovators with a passion for challenging perceptions with ground-breaking products, proven results and positive impact.
We have built a reputation on scientific innovation, whilst being environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. We are an equal opportunity employer, empowering our team members to be their authentic selves as we share a culture where diversity, equity and inclusion are at the centre of everything we do.
Our benefits:
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous discount on our own brands and partner businesses
• Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - go to no7company.jobs/working-here to find out more.
(Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by No7 Beauty Company and may not be accurate)
What’s next:
If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion, you’ll be notified by email.
Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
Location:
Nottingham, Nottingham
Job type:
Support Office
Work hours:
Full-time
Contract type:
Permanent
