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About Vive Foods Vive is a fast-growing FMCG brand and food manufacturer based in Leicester. We create great-tasting snack bars under our own brand, Vive, and also manufacture for a growing number of partner brands. Our sales are primarily direct-to-consumer online, alongside listings with leading retailers and tastemakers including Ocado, Planet Organic and Dunelm. The business is growing rapidly year-on-year. Vive is founder-led, highly commercial, and execution-focused. We operate in a hands-on environment where ideas move quickly into action and individuals are trusted with real responsibility. This role primarily supports Vive Foods (around 80%), with the remaining time supporting another business owned by the Founder — an NHS orthodontic practice based in Nottingham. The Role We’re looking for a high-calibre, commercially minded Founder’s Associate to work directly with the Founder and Managing Director. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role sitting at the centre of the business. You’ll help turn ideas into execution, keep commercial and operational priorities moving, and bring structure and momentum to a fast-growing company. You’ll often be given a problem or objective rather than step-by-step instructions. The expectation is that you can work out how to solve it, who to involve, and how to drive it through to completion. If you want real exposure to how a founder-led FMCG business operates — and enjoy solving real problems — this role will suit you. What You’ll Be Doing Commercial & Operational Execution • Track and follow up on key commercial conversations, proposals, and opportunities, • Support customer and partner enquiries, ensuring momentum is maintained, • Coordinate with suppliers, agencies, and partners to keep priorities on track, • Take ownership of ambiguous or ad-hoc projects and work out how to deliver them effectively, • Identify inefficiencies and implement better systems, tools, or ways of working, • Research suppliers, software, competitors, or opportunities and present clear recommendations, • Manage the Founder’s inbox, diary, and travel as needed, • Prepare meeting notes, action lists, and ensure follow-through, • Provide operational and administrative support to another business owned by the Founder You’re likely someone who: • Is highly organised and comfortable managing multiple moving parts, • Enjoys solving problems and working things out independently, • Thinks commercially, • Is confident communicating with internal and external stakeholders, • Is tech-literate and interested in building efficient systems, • Can switch between detail and big-picture thinking Backgrounds that could be a good fit include (but aren’t limited to): • Operations, commercial, or project roles, • Startup or scale-up environments, • Consulting, account management, or coordination-heavy roles, • 💰 Salary: £30,000 – £40,000 depending on experience, • 🎟️ A front-row seat to building and scaling a fast-growing FMCG brand, • 🤝 Direct exposure to the Founder and real decision-making, • 📈 A role that will evolve as the business grows, • 🌱 Informal, friendly, high-performance working environment, • 🏖️ 28 days’ holiday including bank holidays 📧

A government agency in the United Kingdom is seeking an Operational Research Analyst to work within the Operational Research Unit.

We are looking for an Operational Research Analyst to join the Food Standards Agency’s Operational Research Unit, a small but influential team that supports vital decision making across the organisation. In this role, you will deliver high quality operational research and analytical work that dire