Sustainability Co-Ordinator

New Look Group; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

New Look Group invites applications for a sustainability role focused on delivering their Kind to Our Core Strategy. This position involves leading product processes, supporting external reporting, and fostering data management within the sustainability team. Candidates should have a relevant degree and prior experience in sustainability, ideally within fashion. Enjoy various employee benefits including generous staff discounts and additional leave.

Benefits

40% staff discount

Access to reward platform

Virtual GP access

Life assurance policy

Extra paid day off on birthday

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Interest-free season ticket loans

Cycle2Work scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience within a sustainability role ideally in fashion retail.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel.
• Ability to travel for work, where needed.

Responsibilities

• Leading product processes including approvals and data management.
• Managing supplier setups and factory registrations.
• Creating regular sustainability-related communications for colleagues.

Skills

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

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:

Using your developing knowledge and skills of environmental and social sustainability, you will work with the sustainability team to deliver our Kind to Our Core Strategy and broader sustainability objectives within regular business responsibilities. You will be focused on supporting the Junior Manager & Manager, contributing to wider team targets, reporting and data management, all in line with our Kind to Our Core Sustainability Strategy and overall business objectives.

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
• 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:

• Leading Kind product processes including approvals and data management
• BMD engagement – leading on progress review meetings with all Buying teams
• Supporting external reporting through third parties including Textile Exchange CFMB
• Supporting our Transparency Targets, gathering and maintaining lower Tiers information
• Building knowledge of more sustainable materials, ESG and sustainability
• Managing and coordinating supplier setups and factory registrations
• Regular monitoring of audit uploads, missing reports, audit analysis and highlighting high risk factories – all countries
• Maintain and update monthly factory list; refresh public factory data lists on a biannual basis
• Represent New Look at industry events where required
• Contribute and help deliver across environmental and social projects
• Creating regular sustainability related communications for retail colleagues and running sustainability breakfasts for support centre colleagues
• Maintain and manage data systems including Higg, Transaction Certificate tracking, Bette Cotton Platform etc.
• Support materiality assessment development
• Regularly collect industry news and assist the department in research exercises; creating reports, presentations and updates for the team and wider business where required
• Monitor sustainability team inboxes, raise queries and respond where required
• Assist with creating and delivering training to the wider business on different aspects of sustainability
• Support the Junior Manager, Manager and Head Of in project management and data preparation
• General support on all reporting and data management for sustainability targets and KPIs
• Supporting data analysis of large data sets to gain insight into supply chain performance

Who you are:

• Previous experience within a sustainability role or has had work experience, ideally within a fashion retailer or sustainability consultancy or NGO
• Passion and interest for sustainability, the environment, human and labour rights
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel
• Excited by data, including analysis, measuring impacts and creating reports; attention to detail
• Good researcher, ability to collate and summarise information well
• Collaborative way of working, building relationships across teams and externally
• Interpersonal and communication skills, operating at different levels
• Can demonstrate a proven track record of working and managing similar agendas
• A degree in a relevant field
• Ability to travel for work, where needed

Why New Look?
We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change . We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.

Please ensure that your CV is in simple format e.g. Microsoft Word when applying using your CV to ensure smooth applicationprocess.

• Job Family ASC010 - Supply Chain and Logistics Generalist/Multidiscipline