<div class="earcuposdescription"><div class="earcuposdescriptionnote"><p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-GB">Join our team and be part of a company that truly lives its values. With our expertise and commitment to innovation, we aim to build trust and make health and wellness accessible to all. By fostering inclusivity and care, we work collaboratively to improve the well-being of our colleagues, customers, and communities.</span></span></p><p>Holland &amp; Barrett is&nbsp;undergoing large scale transformation across all functions of the business. Global&nbsp;Own Brand development is a key element to this. The vision for the business is to become the trusted partner for over 100 million people globally, to achieve their personal health and wellness goals, adding quality years to life.</p><p>You will play a pivotal role in supporting the Global Product Team to develop and launch a wide range of products to support customers health and wellness needs.&nbsp; You will support the product development team in key administrative and practical tasks to support the development of products through the coordination of key activities throughout the stage and gate process which facilitates landing successful NPD.</p><p>This is an excellent&nbsp;opportunity for recent graduates or someone with retail or product/brand experience to kickstart their career in a fast-paced retail environment offering excellent career progression.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p></div></div><div class="earcuposdescription"><div class="earcuposdescriptiontitle">The Role</div><div class="earcuposdescriptionnote"><ul><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Supports Product Developers and Programme Managers with&nbsp;key administrative tasks to support the team in driving and delivering against the NPD calendar including product analysis, project management tracking and reporting.</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Organises and support a wide variety of events including press events, internal stakeholder showcases and engagement sessions including stock ordering, marketing coordination, and full end to end set up.</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Facilitate and lead key internal benchmarking session for the team to stay up to date with all retail launches.</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Carry out market research and competitor research to support the product developers. product development strategy.</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Coordinate with the product developers all tastings both internally and externally including supplier meetings.</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Liaise cross functionally on all product information and samples to ensure we maximise every NPD launch including marketing, digital, social and PR</span></li></ul></div></div><div class="earcuposdescription"><div class="earcuposdescriptiontitle">The Person</div><div class="earcuposdescriptionnote"><ul><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Excellent PowerPoint, Excel and Word skills</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Experience supporting a team or hands on work experience</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Similar product development assistant experience from within retail or a brand is desirable</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Experience in organising information, or physical events is desirable</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Passionate about product, brand and the retail market</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fantastic communication &amp; organisational skills</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Comfortable with juggling multiple timelines and working in a highly agile environment</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A strong team player, adept at building effective relationships and stakeholder management.</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Highly accountable and great at problem solving.</span></li></ul></div></div><div class="earcuposdescription"><div class="earcuposdescriptiontitle">What we offer</div><div class="earcuposdescriptionnote"><p><span style="font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Our Benefits</strong>&nbsp;for this role include, but not limited to:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">H&amp;B Employee Discount - 25%</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Pension company&nbsp;contribution</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Exclusive&nbsp;benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">And many more!</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues' unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&amp;B.&nbsp;</span><br></em></span></p></div></div><div class="earcuposdescription"><div class="earcu_posdescriptionnote"><p><span style="font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr"><em>Holland &amp; Barrett </em><em>does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Please do not forward resumes to our job alias, employees, or any other company location. Holland &amp; Barrett is not and will not be responsible for any fees if a candidate submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless otherwise agreed with respect to specific open position(s).&nbsp;</em></span></span></p></div></div>