Packaging & Labelling Coordinator

By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other. 

The Role:

To ensure a smooth day to day continuity of supply of New Look Labelling and Packaging from nominated suppliers to New Look’s specification and to maintain accurate reporting to facilitate the retrieval of rebates.  

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU:

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Private pension scheme
• Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave.
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
• We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust

What you’ll be doing:

• Works closely with the Sourcing Operations Manager to identify priorities and work in line with company calendar. 
• Establishes and maintains relationships with packaging suppliers to enable and achieve the best possible service from them.  
• Oversees the maintenance of a central library /database of all components/ materials/ sizes/ tested combinations/ prices and overall gatekeeper of issuing briefs for new designs globally.  
• Manages critical paths for label and packaging projects 
• Writes clear briefs based on templates and communicates efficiently across all stakeholders. 
• Ensures supplier packaging manuals are up to date and regularly maintained.  
• Technical interface with packaging suppliers to maintain reporting systems. 
• Accountable for ensuring rebates are tracked each month keeping finance informed and rebates are achieved (circa £1.5 m per annum). 
• Provides finance with guidance on budget planning and monthly spend.  
• Raises GNFR purchase orders, tracking spend and approving invoices. 
• Executes monitoring of lead times and resolving any issues within the packaging supply chain to support speed to market of product to store/multi-channel. 
• Oversees monthly stock reviews are provided to BMD to prevent slow moving stock or stock shortages to prevent any delays to intake of goods.  

Who you are:

• An understanding of customer:  experience in providing customer service to internal and external customers and building strong relationships. 

• Ability to engage stakeholder internal and external. Developing negotiation skills. Resilient and not afraid to challenge for improvement. 

• Organised and able to manage own time.

• Be able to understand financial impact of packaging programmes and the linkage between packaging and buying practices. An appreciation of end-to-end supply chains and manufacturing processes. 

• PC literate - Excel, Word, Power point, Outlook and open to learn and help develop new platforms  

• Knowledge of reporting and able to interpret results concisely. 

• Creative problem solver. Adept at troubleshooting problems, co-ordinating and executing activities on multiple complex projects ensuring alignment with corporate goals and compliance with all regulatory requirements. 

• Self-starter, able to recognise the need to keep all informed and identify emerging risk.