L&D Partner No7BC

Contract: Permanent

Location: Nottingham

Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker

Who we are

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 - were 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.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity as an experienced L&D Partner sitting as part of both the No7 Beauty Company Partnering Team and in the Boots and No7 Learning and Development Team.

Fully dedicated to the No7 Beauty Company and Global Sourcing Teams this a role with global accountability with a blend of strategy partnering design and delivery.

Within No7 our focus is firmly on staying on top as the number one Skincare brand in the UK and growing our international business and we have no signs of stopping. Our business continues to be on an exciting journey of change and transformation in which this position will play a pivotal role.

To be successful in this team you will need to feel motivated and at home in a fast-paced environment have an interest in the Beauty Industry and a desire to always elevate the business one step higher.

You will dual report into the Head of L&D and the Head of HR No7 and sit at the heart of the people agenda for the No7 Beauty Company and Global Sourcing where you will gain an understanding of the businesses collaborating with the Leadership Teams and People Partners to design and deliver the global capability plan and bring the Colleague Promise to life.

This role would suit an experienced L&D Partner or Manager ideally from but not limited to a CPG background with experience in a matrixed global organisation with strong stakeholder management skills who is looking to extend their experience or looking at taking on their next big challenge.

Key Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Partnering Team steer shape and deliver the capability plan for both No7 Beauty Company and Global Sourcing that enables the organisations to meet their in-year objectives. Influence and help shape the longer-term people strategy for the area developing creative learning solutions that drive performance and engagement.

• Develop and deliver innovative blended learning solutions including face to face and digital methodologies ensuring that they are accessible for colleagues across multiple geographies.

• Build strong and collaborative relationships with other L&D and Talent colleagues and across the Partnering Team to ensure a joined-up approach across the function and bringing insight about wider organisational activities ensuring No7 Beauty Company and Global Sourcing are aligned and connected in the broader capability and talent strategies and plans.

• Scope requirements and deliverables for third party suppliers managing key relationships to deliver high quality outcomes including strategies for learning and usage engagement adoption and sustainment. Maximising impact and effectiveness of learning.

• Diagnose learning needs and drive data driven decisions to apply effective methodologies or approaches to uncover capability gaps and enable learning that has a demonstrable and positive impact on business outcomes.

• Utilise and continue to develop your passion expertise and skills into strengthening leadership and capability so that we drive better outcomes for colleagues customers and consumers. Bringing in external insights staying up to date with industry trends and emerging tools and approaches.

What youll need to have

• Significant experience of different leadership and talent development approaches and methodologies with strong facilitation and coaching skills especially with senior leaders.

• Subject matter expertise along with a genuine curiosity of trends ideas and innovation in leadership and development and ideas of how to apply them appropriately to business context to improve learner experience and learning impact at every stage of the process - from marketing through to embedding and sustaining learning.

• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills to collaborate align and support the introduction of people development solutions that have a broad reach across multiple geographies.

• Strong project and programme management skills to scope design implement and evaluate learning and development that is learner and business focused on time and to budget.

• Collaboration as One Team delivering a cohesive connected learning offering. Look for opportunities to align and reinforce business objectives through the learning they develop and manage.

• Understand the business and commercial strategy and translate that into relevant and impactful learning objectives that are outcome focused and have an evidenced impact on the business colleagues or consumers.

• A proactive problem-solving mindset with a focus on root-cause analysis and creative solutions.

• Strong drive for results attention to detail and the ability to work at pace.

• A keen interest in the Beauty Industry.

It would be great if you also have

• Experience working a global or highly matrixed CPG organisation.

• The ability to present confidently with strong facilitation skills.

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 option to buy additional holiday 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 to find out more. Exclusions may apply eligible roles only.

Whats next

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.