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🌟Join Superdrug Head Office- Make a Real Difference Every Day!🌟 📍Location: 🕒Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station. 💷Salary: Competitive 🎉Why Superdrug? Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities. We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun. Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling. The Lead BI Developer acts as the technical lead and scrum master supporting the retail and healthcare businesses of Superdrug and Savers, responsible for managing the workload of two pods of the Data & BI Team. Overseeing and building of core reporting and data solutions enabling retail and healthcare operations teams to optimise operations and service customers more effectively. 📅Here's The Exciting Bit… A Day Includes • Interacting with team members and stakeholders to scope work., • Understanding key focus of business areas to provide relevant solutions., • Innovating the use of our data and reporting solutions to drive insight and action., • Mentoring junior members of the BI team., • Managing and planning the workload of two pods within the team., • Reviewing and approving production ready output from the team. This Job Is a Good Fit For You If • You enjoy mentoring through sharing experience and demonstrating high performance, • You know you add value through understanding business need and applying it to technical solutions, • You understand how to apply and improve data governance and standards across our platforms, • You have experience working in an organisation in the early stages of data culture lifecycles., • You are experienced at providing constructive feedback to team members and understand personal development styles, • You have developed the ability to engage with non-technical colleagues and translate this to technical requirements and scopes, • You are motivated by consistent delivery to the frontline of the business by understanding where data can impact business operations to provide better service to customers What You’ll Need • You have extensive experience (5+ years as an individual contributor) in developing data and reporting solutions (Power BI with PL300 preferred)., • You will have considerable experience (3-5 years as part of a data organisation) using data tools and platforms in both warehouse and lake house/medallion architectures., • Expert understanding of key data architecture principles that form the foundation of data architecture and the governance principles that control them. Beneficial if this includes experience using tools such as Fabric and Databricks in both centralised and hybrid governance models., • You have experience leading the creation of data assets that service reporting and analytics tools, providing quantify-able value., • You will have significant experience interacting with business stakeholders to understand business requirements., • You will understand the core principles of agile, sprints and scrum delivery ways of working. Having experience of leading scrum teams whilst upholding the highest standards., • Your leadership experience will have equipped you to mentor and guide junior team members to improve performance 💡Here's What's In It For You • 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays), • 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend, • 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online, • Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station, • Company pension matching and bonus, • We offer Stream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, • Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK, • We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!, • Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes, • Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support, • Come and be part of something special! 🔒 For information on how we manage and store your data please go to

Commercial Finance Manager - Retail Croydon/ Hybrid working £60,000 - 80,000 + benefits Grafton Banks Finance is working with a successful UK based retailer, with head offices in Croydon, to recruit their new Commercial Finance Manager. This role will partner the retail stores providing insightful analysis and recommendations that drive business performance improvement. We are looking for a qualified accountant and an experienced Finance Business Partner. First class communication and analytical skills are essential. Ideally you will have experience in a product based business. Key tasks: • Serve as a business partner to Regional Managers, delivering insights on business performance and strategic recommendations for improvement., • Analyse and interpret financial data to identify trends, evaluate operations, and highlight areas for growth and optimisation., • Engage with cross-functional teams to support initiatives, leveraging data to inform decision-making and enhance retail finance strategies., • Produce accurate, timely management information to support decision-making., • Own the production of Monthly Board Packs, presenting key insights to senior management., • Collaborate with relevant departments to prepare annual budgets and periodic forecasts., • Lead, develop, and manage a high-performing finance team, including direct reports and a remote team in India. The role is hybrid working with 3 days in the offices 2 days from home. Salary is up to £80,000 + benefits including 12.5% bonus, private healthcare, and 25 days holiday. To be successful in this role you'll need to have an investigative and curious mind set and will need to have the confidence to challenge decisions and assumptions.

HR Assistant – Godstone, Surrey Be the Heart of an Outstanding People Experience Are you energised by helping others thrive? Do you bring structure, clarity, and a people-first mindset to everything you do? We’re looking for an HR Assistant who is passionate about creating exceptional employee experiences and supporting a growing, ambitious People function. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your HR career and help build the foundations of a high-performing HR team. About the Client Our client partners with businesses at every stage of their journey — launching, scaling, optimising, and achieving sustainable success. With a commitment to people development, operational excellence, and long-term growth, they work collaboratively across industries to deliver outcomes that make a real impact. The Opportunity As the HR Assistant, you’ll work closely with and report to the Head of HR. You’ll play a key role in delivering a smooth employee journey, supporting onboarding, managing people processes, and acting as a reliable point of contact for employees and franchise partners. Important note: For the first six months, as the HR function expands and new processes are implemented, the role will involve a significant amount of administrative work. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys organising, improving processes, and growing into a broader remit as the team develops. Key Responsibilities Help Create a Standout Onboarding Experience • Support the development and delivery of induction content and onboarding processes., • Coordinate with IT, managers, and training teams to ensure seamless new starter journeys., • Assist with organising and delivering induction sessions and onboarding events. Support Smooth and Effective People Processes • Complete right-to-work checks, background screening, and pre-employment compliance., • Manage employee lifecycle administration within the HRIS (Humaans)., • Maintain accurate, compliant employee data and support process improvements. Provide Friendly and Reliable Employee Support • Act as a first point of contact for new employees, contractors, and franchise partners., • Gather feedback to help improve the new hire experience., • Contribute to a positive, inclusive, and engaging workplace environment. Support Day-to-Day HR Operations • Process employee changes promptly and accurately., • Manage HR inboxes with care and professionalism, escalating where needed., • Provide admin support to the Head of HR, including meeting notes and project assistance (HR or L&D). Contribute to Compliance & Best Practice • Maintain documentation to support audits and regulatory requirements., • Assist in creating HR and learning materials. What You’ll Bring • CIPD Level 3 or Level 5 (or working towards), or a strong interest in progressing HR qualifications, • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, • Strong organisation and adaptability in a fast-paced environment, • High levels of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality, • Great written communication and attention to detail, • A valid driving licence (occasional travel required) Hybrid Working This role operates on a hybrid basis, with four days per week required at the Godstone,Surrey Head Office.

Area Education Communications and Outreach Manager, South London Salary £40,000-£50,000 plus car allowance £6000, annual bonus and benefits. Location - Hybrid across Croydon, Sutton and Merton Hours - 40 hours per week When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who sees the world in a similar way, to take up an exciting Area Education Communications and Outreach Manager role in our ECO team. Because of our responsibility when it comes to leading change, resourcing takes every single one of us, and this is how you can play your part. And if you're a driven, creative communications professional that cares about the environment and would enjoy working on recycling projects and engaging with the community to inspire change, this role will suit you perfectly. It doesn't matter if you're looking to overhaul the industry, or just do a good day's work. We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture. The role is based in Croydon, Sutton and Merton, with regular visits to the Kingston and Hammersmith & Fulham sites for internal and client meetings as well as the company's head office in Kings Cross. Veolia employs flexible working, both at home and in the office depending on the needs of the business. What we can offer you: • 25 days of annual leave., • Access to our company pension scheme., • Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers., • Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to., • 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household., • One paid day every year to volunteer and support your community., • Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential What you'll do This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced, creatively driven manager who is passionate about communications and the environment - someone who can demonstrate great leadership and project management, as well as people and budget management skills. The Area Education Communications and Outreach Manager will effectively manage and develop the communication and service development projects for contract and communication budgets for waste and recycling management contracts based in South London. The role reports to the Senior Communications Manager and sits within the regional senior leadership team. You will: • Develop and strategic annual communication plans that meet objectives and are deliverable, measurable, financially viable and agreed by client and contract management structures., • Be responsible for the management of Veolia and client reputation through the delivery of proactive and reactive media and social media engagement in line with processes., • Support and coach contract based officers within their own team to deliver plans and ensure that projects in their own area and across the region are aligned to be impactful and cost-effective., • Mentor Communications and Education Officers and managers, coaching them to improve their project planning, community engagement approach, and support them in achieving their personal goals., • Embed company culture (purpose and values) with own team and wider contract teams where needed. Compliance with all Health and Safety policies and procedures. What are we looking for? Essential : • Previous significant corporate media experience handling press enquiries, • Proven track record of achieving coverage in local and regional publications, • Experience translating content and key messages across multiple channels, • Understanding of social media, social advertising and digital communications, • Effective communication skills with experience in delivering behaviour change, • Experience in community engagement techniques and analysing results, • Strong stakeholder relationship building and customer management experience, • Project development and management experience, • Ability to contribute to and execute strategies supporting company objectives, • People and relationship management skills, • Performance management and effective delegation abilities Desirable : • Industry knowledge of recycling and waste management operations and practices, • Understanding of working with local authorities, • Experience in visual and textual content production across multiple formats, • Advanced understanding of data management and analysis, • Full clean UK driving licence (beneficial due to travel requirements) What's next? Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come. We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career. We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles. We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

If you are a current Jazz employee please apply via the Internal Career site. \n Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to \ntransform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing \nlife-changing medicines for people with serious diseases — often with limited or no \ntherapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading \ntherapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. \nOur patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development \nadvancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and \nneuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development \nlaboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to \nserving patients worldwide. Please visit\n more information. \n Technical Operations (TO) is the Jazz function that is tasked with the development, manufacture, and supply of medicines globally. Operational Excellence (OE) is a key strategic and enabling capability to drive engagement and effective growth within TO by creating a high-performance, innovative, and resilient organizational change capability to enhance its ability to deliver premium service across E2E value chains within the Jazz enterprise. TO now has the ambition to extend its current OE capability by building a world-class Enterprise Excellence (EE) capability that supports the TO function to be a high-performance, innovative, and resilient “Engine” to drive Jazz’s sustainable and profitable growth. This vision centers on creating capacity, capability, and agility to consistently deliver premium service across the E2E value chain, whilst protecting our license to operate. It will enable significant value creation and embed a continuous improvement culture supported by digital innovation. The new “EE Team” will drive measurable, tangible and timely performance improvement projects through a standardized project delivery and program governance framework, operational “Best Practice” (BP) knowledge sharing, employee OE capability development, and a companywide OE “Community of Practice (CoP).” This “EE Operations Lead” role will work for the “Head of Enterprise Excellence” and play a pivotal coordination and leadership role within this team, ensuring that demand management, resource allocation, communication and reporting processes operate seamlessly across the EE team. It will act as the central link between TO leadership, EE Team, OE practitioners, training providers, and all other external partners, This role will be truly instrumental in maintaining program cadence, transparency, and employee engagement across the enterprise. Essential Functions / Responsibilities * Operational Coordination and Demand Management * Manage forecasting, planning, prioritizing, and processing of incoming EE enquiries / requests for support. * Maintain an up-to-date demand pipeline, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and resource capacity. * Facilitate intake discussion / prioritisation review with leadership to ensure balanced workload distribution. * Resource Management and Mobilisation * Manage team resourcing, onboarding, and mobilisation across multiple business units and projects. * Track resource allocation, project assignments, and skill utilisation to support optimal team performance. * Coordinate new team member induction, including system access, documentation, and mentoring support. * Community of Practice (CoP) Leadership * Moderate the EE CoP activity daily, including approving membership requests and curating engagements. * Oversee planning and facilitation of sessions (Learning events, BP tool updates, case study presentations). * Partner with CoP “Champions” to drive practitioner engagement and share BPs across regions / functions. * Support BP solution adoption by organising “Knowledge Sharing” sessions with TO operational employees. * BP Solution and Knowledge Sharing * Support validation and management of a scalable BP solution portfolio to drive operational improvements. * Coordinate creation of consistent BP solution materials to support their adoption across the organization. * Create materials, feature/benefit statements, suggested use cases, and case studies for each BP solution. * Capability and Competency Development * Assess, validate, and implement training requests and development plans for TO and EE employees. * Coordinate and support delivery of structured education, training, coaching, and certification activities. * Ensure learning activities align with business priorities, track trainee progress, completion, and outcomes. * Monitor, manage, and report all training contractor costs / activities eligible for IDA or similar local funding. * Maintain accurate training records and provide reports on training demand, delivery, and trainee feedback. * Communication and Reporting Operations * Develop and execute communication plan, ensuring alignment with TO / BS&O communication strategy. * Maintain standard templates, cadences, and communication / reporting repositories (Teams, SharePoint). * Coordinate and produce weekly, monthly, quarterly and / or annual results reporting / updates, including: * Weekly: Internal newsletters, intranet posts, CoP updates, BP solution highlights, and recognition stories. * Monthly: Dashboards, project summaries, performance insights using Metronome, and training metrics. * Quarterly: Business reviews, presentations, maturity assessments, and training program impact reports. * Annually: EE team report, business impact summary, BP case studies, and award program coordination. * Continuous Improvement and Program Support * Support EE leadership with operational planning, KPI / metric tracking, and training performance reviews. * Partner with the Digital Enablement and Analytics teams to leverage dashboards, and key reporting tools. * Contribute to design / improvement of governance processes, templates, and communications frameworks. * Coordinate input to communications, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with brand standards. Routine Activities * Daily: CoP moderation, membership management, dashboard checks, and full triage of enquiry inbox. * Weekly: Update demand forecast, compile newsletter, support BP sessions, and OE training coordination. * Monthly: Consolidate KPIs, refresh Metronome data, distribute reports and track capability development. * Quarterly: Coordinate TOLT, quarterly performance, NLL meetings, BP adoption, and capability reviews. * Annually: Compile EE Annual Report, coordinate awards, summarize BP adoption and training outcomes. Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities * Strong organizational and coordination skills with proven ability to manage multiple parallel initiatives. * Solid understanding of Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement concepts. (Green Belt level desirable) * Experienced in program / operations management, ideally within either consulting, PM, or SS environment. * Exceptional written, verbal, and visual communication skills in both “Live” and “Asynchronous” environments. * Experienced in developing asynchronous communication. (Newsletters, dashboards, executive summaries.) * Proficient in digital collaboration and reporting tools (Metronome, SharePoint, Teams, MS Office, AI tools). * Strong planning, reporting, compliance, and tracking skills to manage training support IDA grant payments. * Skilled in customer service, internal stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and cross-functional coordination. * High attention to detail with a focus on accuracy, clarity, and visual presentations and other media types. * Ability to operate autonomously in a remote environment and manage competing priorities effectively. * Proactive, collaborative, and pragmatic mindset, able to drive structure / consistency in evolving processes. * Ability to travel up to 20% across UK, Ireland and Europe Note: During the EE Program start-up phase, it may be necessary to take on some additional responsibilities for business partnering and/or project support until such time as the EE team recruitment processes have fully completed and all business partner roles are fully staffed. Education and Licenses * Required: * Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or related discipline required (Or significant, appropriate business experience in similar roles. * Preferred: * Certification in Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or above). * Project Management qualification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent). * Experience in “Digital / OE / CI Transformation” programs or capability-building environments. * Prior experience working in pharmaceutical, biotech, or regulated industries is advantageous. Candidates should be prepared for approximately 20% travel across the UK, Ireland and Europe. #LI-Remote #LI-SP1 Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental and vision insurance, retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information on our Benefits offerings please click here: .

Technical Operations (TO) is the Jazz function that is tasked with the development, manufacture, and supply of medicines globally. This "EE Operations Lead" role will work for the "Head of Enterprise Excellence" and play a pivotal coordination and leadership role within this team, ensuring that dema