careers at innocent
Here at innocent, we’re on a mission to make it easier for everyone to get more fruit and veg into their bodies. We started back in 1999 and since then we’ve gone from selling a few smoothies at a music festival to becoming one of Europe’s biggest drinks companies with around 1,000 people (and the B Corp seal of approval).
It’s nice to be able to say things like that but we’re not patting ourselves on the back just yet. We want to show everyone that it’s possible to be a successful business while looking after people and the planet too, so we’re trying to get better in pretty much every way. And that’s where this job comes in.
what you'll be doing
you'll have
- Experience with operational excellence methodology and building a lean culture in supply chain operations.
- A track record of managing and delivering complex projects or workstreams through effective governance.
- The ability to maintain oversight on many projects, identifying interdependencies and blockers for escalation
- Strong people leadership skills, with a collaborative and proactive approach in building relationships across all levels of the business to engage stakeholders from the outset and ensure we’re always meeting key business needs.
- A strategic mindset that able to consistently assess and balance project priorities and business needs to make the best choices and recommendations for the business.
- Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills. Able to flex your natural style to appropriately keep stakeholders informed appropriately.
- Experiences implementing large-scale process improvement and new processes or tools.
- Nice-to-haves: experience with finance and lean certified (green or black belt, or similar level).
you'll get
- To be at the heart of our supply chain, influencing our process choices as we continue our transformation across multiple manufacturing sites and countries served.
- The opportunity to continue developing your project management and people leadership skills, delivering far-reaching change across the business.
- Great exposure to multiple stakeholders as the owner of process improvements and the satisfaction of seeing these improvements directly impact the bottom line.
- Travel occasionally to our factory, the blender, in Rotterdam.
We want innocent to be a great place to work, so we do lots of stuff to make people feel at home and try to make sure everyone’s career is shaping up the way they want it to. There are plenty of opportunities to have a go at something new or take things further.
In exchange for helping us do business in the right way, you’ll get a solid rewards package that includes a salary (phew), private healthcare, a target-based bonus, and a bunch of other nice things like a day off on your birthday. And yes, you get free smoothies.
We also know that not all our drinkers come from the same background, or think the same – so why should we? At innocent, we want to be a great place to work where a diverse bunch of people from all backgrounds can turn up and thrive. When we hire, we want all the juice, bits, and pulp that make you who you are.
Even if you don’t think you can tick all the boxes, if the job sounds right for you, come and throw your hat in the ring.
Probably best to get your skates on though, as we might close this early if we get loads of applications.