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📣 A bit about the role. Do you love collaborating with a diverse set of teams to deliver critical and high-impact projects, to help build one of Europe’s fastest growing DTC brands? If your tail is wagging, keep reading… As part of the Strategy team, reporting to the Head of Strategy, you’ll play a key role in bringing Butternut Box and our sister brand Marro, to new markets across Europe and beyond. You’ll help make sure we bring the highest quality to everything we do at Butternut, to allow us to continue to scale over the years and decades ahead. We’re building a multi-generational business and this role will be pivotal to making that happen. We're looking for a self starter with extremely high attention to detail, an organisational powerhouse, who is able to influence and motivate a variety of teams each with varying priorities. You'll have ownership of our international market launches from the very beginning and will be responsible for managing them until they're integrated into the wider business. You’ll play a key role in making judgements and the freedom to continually question and optimise the way that we do things, to help us always strive for better. If you’re someone who is comfortable with a dynamic workload, thriving on complex stakeholder management and throwing yourself into chunky projects to get them delivered, we want to hear from you. 🌿 In this role, you can expect to: Plan and deliver new market launches, guiding teams from all across the business to deliver successful outcomes (70%) • Manage multiple international launch projects at once from kick-off to Day 1 launch, identifying interdependencies, mapping out timelines and ensuring risks don’t materialise into blockers., • Ensure the long term ambitions of Butternut and Marro are being prioritised in decision making throughout a launch (thinking on a 10 year time horizon at least), • Champion and celebrate the wins of your peers in the project teams, keeping everyone engaged and excited about launches (helping dogs and cats live happier and healthy lives is exciting) 🙌., • Manage day-to-day action tracking and stakeholder comms and reporting., • Facilitate the necessary project meetings and working sessions to keep everyone aligned., • Manage and present company-wide communication on major project milestones., • Once a market is up and running, act as the representative of that market in all global forums until a country manager and local team are fully onboarded and integrated into the business., • Act as an ambassador of our Butternut culture in all you do, channelling this into new markets but leaving space for localisation and cultural nuance. Bring rigour and quality to our international expansion process (30%) • Design and codify delivery playbooks, templates and tools to support ‘best practice’ project execution for Butternut globally, including the smart use of AI to make our launches more efficient., • Seek ways to improve on our company operating processes and rhythm, helping us to run more efficiently and stay on track towards company goals as we become increasingly international., • Ensure that resources (ie. time, people, budget) are managed efficiently whilst keeping quality, our customers and the brand a priority. 👋 A bit about you. • Experienced and assured in your abilities (must have 5+ years of experience in a strategic role, ideally leading on complex programmes with multiple stakeholders)., • Relevant experience managing multiple high visibility cross-functional projects (simultaneously) from start to finish - this could be internally or in a client facing role as a consultant or project manager., • Holds exceptionally high standards for operational excellence and makes things happen., • Excellent communication skills - ability to present information and stakeholder expectations succinctly and clearly, in the best way to suit and influence your audience., • A highly analytical problem-solver - not afraid to roll up your sleeves and get stuck into a complex question., • Excellent at managing stakeholders, including Senior Leadership - demonstrated ability to work with a variety of teams with different ways of working (such as Brand & Creative, Marketing, Product Development, Procurement & Supply Chain, Digital Product, Technical, Ops.), • A good understanding of commercial and financial KPIs, ideally in a DTC setting, and the impact actions may have on them., • Highly skilled at Excel, Google Sheets, Google Slides / Powerpoint and project management tools required to build out timelines and track tasks and actions., • Ideally, holding a Project Management qualification - Prince2, Agile PM, APMP, PMI or similar. However, for the right person Butternut would sponsor this. 📢 Our interview process: • Application review, • Initial call (45 minutes): Introductory chat with our Recruiter., • Take home task: This will be sent to you via email and will be used to understand more about your technical skills., • Technical interview (45 minutes): Remote interview where you’ll be asked a number of scenario and competency based questions., • Final interviews (45 minutes) : In person interviews in our office in White City where we will want to understand how your values align with our business values. 🐶 A bit about us. At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions. #LI-Hybrid As a B-Corp certified company; you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company who care about our people, product and our impact on the environment. Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us. 🙌 A bit about what we offer. • 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service, • 5 paid 'paws' days per year to support to learning and/or wellbeing, • £500 personal learning & development budget, • Butternut Box employee discount, • Enhanced parental leave (52 weeks’ maternity leave inclusive of 26 weeks fully paid and 6 weeks fully paid paternity/secondary leave), • BEST OFFICE EVER, • Flexible working hours and work from home options, • Cycle to work scheme, • Pension with NEST, • Private Medical Insurance with Vitality, • Private Dental Insurance with Bupa, • Time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss, • Paid sabbaticals for squad members with 5 or more years at Butternut, • Discounted gym access through MyGymDiscounts, • Lots of office dogs (Ajax, Brio, Basil, Chorizo, Lenny, Jasper, Peggy, Pip and many more….) ❗️A few things to note: • Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives., • As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance., • We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career. #LI-Hybrid

The Role At Notpla we’re at the leading edge of sustainable innovation, creating natural alternatives to single-use plastic packaging that’s carefully engineered to create a healthier planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up who develop and manufacture uncompromisingly natural packaging solutions from seaweed and plants. We are currently looking to bring in a Technical Project Manager to work on the technical category management of our flagship Ooho product and the rest of our edible packaging solutions. This is an exciting time to join Notpla, right on the brink of a record-breaking year for revenue and on-track for major growth in the next 18-24 months. Bolstering confidence in our financial performance, we have just secured a Series A+ fundraise for £20million, enabling us to scale our growth and environmental impact faster than ever. The Technical Project Manager will work directorly with our Chief Technology Officer to help define the technical direction of our range of edible packaging solutions. You will work with the Category owner to ensure that we are able to deliver the technical specifications required to meet our partners requirements, liaising with the technical team to ensure that everything is delivered on time and in full. Led by strong values, all Notpla employees are encouraged to take responsibility for their domain, giving a high level of autonomy. Our aim is to build an inspiring culture that's reflected in our working policies,environment and employees. Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our office first hybrid working policy allows you to work in the manner that maximises your productivity, while still creating a vibrant and collegiate work environment.. We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear. Your profile We are looking for a Technical Project Manager with a desire and the experience to continue to work on hands-on maintenance and development of machinery. You will need to come from a mechanical or process engineering background, whilst having experience of running large, multi partner technical projects. As well as this you will need to have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. This is a rare opportunity for a passionate and hands-on engineer, to take ownership of both project management pieces but also the development of processes and manufacturing techniques, whilst continuing to work hands-on with our bespoke in-house machinery. As well as the above your day to day responsibilities will include: Technical project management of our edible packaging range. Working with external suppliers and manufacturing partners to develop processes and manufacturing techniques. Liaising with our in house technical team to ensure technical delivery of all of our projects. Being the link between the formulation and ingredient requirements and the manufacturing process needs. Maintenance both planned and reactive of our in house manufacturing machinery. Working with the category owner to define the technical road map of the products. Working with the category owner to assist in the commercial development of the products. Identify and assess technical risks, ensuring proactive mitigation and resolution strategies. Chair dedicated technical meetings with technical resources, separate from standard project updates, to discuss technical progress against agreed milestones, challenges, and improvements. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the technical community. Ensure technical standardization and best practices are consistently applied across the category (SOPs, Project & Trial planning, reporting). Salary £40,000 - £55,000 + EMI Share Options About us Notpla is a family of regenerative packaging materials, made from seaweed and plants. Behind these products is a company of the same name, deeply committed to making the planet a healthier place. Winner of the prestigious Earthshot Prize, Notpla are famed for their innovative, scalable alternatives to plastic. These include the edible liquid bubbles - Ooho, their seaweed-coated food containers, single-use films and rigid materials. To date, their solutions have already replaced 16 million pieces of single-use plastic from entering our environment. Notpla Limited takes inclusion and diversity seriously. It is important for us that we live by our values and our policies outline how – We work better together. Notpla is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

At Notpla we’re at the leading edge of sustainable innovation, creating natural alternatives to single-use plastic packaging that’s carefully engineered to create a healthier planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up who develop and manufacture uncompromisingly natural packaging solutions from seaweed and plants. As a National or EU Account Manager (depending on background) you will be responsible for building Notpla’s revenue stream through foodservice sales, utilising a combination of existing partnerships and new relationships, to get Notpla’s plastic free packaging solutions into stadiums, restaurants, corporate canteens… everywhere! This is an exciting time to join Notpla, as we are right on the brink of a record-breaking year for revenue and on-track for major growth in the next 18-24 months. We launched our foodservice packaging into the market in 2023, sold 12 million items in 2024 and hope to double that in 2025. Bolstering confidence in our financial performance, we have just secured a Series A+ fundraise for £20million, enabling us to scale our growth and environmental impact faster than ever. Our Sales team sits within our revenue function, working closely with the marketing, business development and finance teams. Led by strong values, all Notpla employees are encouraged to take responsibility for their domain, giving a high level of autonomy. Our aim is to build an inspiring culture that's reflected in our working policies,environment and employees. Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our office first hybrid working policy allows you to work in the manner that maximises your productivity, while still creating a vibrant and collegiate work environment. We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear. We are looking for someone with direct experience of packaging solutions into the food service industry. You will ideally come with the contacts and relationships required, to help us build further revenue and to expand our market share. The ability to speak multiple languages would be a big advantage. As well as the above, your day to day responsibilities will include: Working with national, regional and international distributors to drive demand for the Notpla product range. Sourcing new potential customers, and responding to incoming leads via the CRM or from the senior leadership team. Working with the design team to drive new SKU production by presenting customer feedback and expectations. Working with the Chief Revenue Officer to give feedback on pricing strategy and proposing commercial rebates or financial incentives as necessary. Creating new business for Notpla by utilising your industry contacts to open up new opportunities for our food service products. Tracking and reporting progress of potential clients on the CRM and in cross-functional team meetings. Develop and operating a comprehensive market map of the potential clients and partners for Notpla, to ensure we are maximising our business development opportunities. Negotiable

Envelope Labour Solutions are recruiting for an experienced TECHNICAL SALES MANAGERS, with experience in the BUILDING ENVELOPE/FACADE sector. The role covers the North-West of England sales area Our client is a ,multi-national, family run business, looking to further expand their operations to match ever increasing demand. Specialising in the manufacture and sale of air and wind proofing products in the building envelope sector. Our client strives for a world of zero energy loss buildings, and would like you to be part of that. As a Technical Sales Manager you will engage with main contractors, subcontractors and building envelope consultants, while also network within the industry. Your primary focus will be on façade solutions, helping window, drylining and SFS manufacturers or installers. Your main responsibility is to identify new projects and establish connections with key stakeholders to secure business. Leveraging your industry knowledge and networking flair, you sell high-standard products and services. Through CPDs, specification advisory and on-site toolbox talks, you will provide immediate technical advice and hands-on product training to our valuable customers. With determination and enthusiasm, you will manage the Greater London Area and invest in long-term relationships to achieve a sustainable increase in sales. Become part of the family and help us reduce the worldwide demand for energy. Package: Salary Manchester/North-west Area: £50 -£60k Plus Car & fuel card £15 daily lunch allowance (tax free) Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Pay: £50,000.00-£60,000.00 per year Additional pay: • Commission pay Benefits: • Company car, • Company events, • Discounted or free food, • Free or subsidised travel Schedule: • Monday to Friday Education: • Bachelor's (preferred) Experience: • building envelope: 5 years (required), • reading and understanding design plans/drawings: 3 years (required) Licence/Certification: • Driving Licence (required) Work Location: Remote Manchester/North-west Area: £50 -£60k Plus Car & fuel card £15 daily lunch allowance (tax free) Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Pay: £50,000.00-£60,000.00 per year Additional pay: • Commission pay Benefits: • Company car, • Company events, • Discounted or free food, • Free or subsidised travel

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