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About the Role

This 12-month fixed-term contract role provides analytical and operational support to the Sourcing Team, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of packaging waste compliance obligations. It involves working with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and external providers on Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), Self-Managed Organisational Waste (SMOW), and international packaging compliance, including PPWR. The role focuses on maintaining data accuracy, supporting supplier engagement, identifying reporting gaps, and embedding effective compliance processes.

Responsibilities

Support the successful delivery of New Look’s packaging waste compliance obligations, working closely with external service providers to ensure accurate, timely and complete reporting for PPT, EPR, SMOW and relevant international packaging requirements.
Maintain supplier data and contact records, coordinating the onboarding of new suppliers with external service providers and ensuring information remains accurate and up to date.
Collate, validate and analyse supplier intake data to support forecast and actual reporting requirements, including obligation calculations and external submissions.
Work collaboratively with Tax, Distribution Centre, Retail, Procurement and Supplier teams to obtain the data required for compliance reporting and to resolve any gaps, queries or discrepancies.
Create and maintain supplier tracking reports, using analysis to identify trends, gaps, non-compliance risks and opportunities to improve supplier engagement and reporting performance.
Review and validate third-party provider data and reports, liaising with service providers to ensure accuracy before submission to HMRC, DEFRA or other relevant authorities via the Tax team.
Provide analytical and administrative support for PPWR requirements, including reviewing supplier documentation, identifying reporting gaps and supporting supplier follow-up activity.
Support the communication, implementation and monitoring of current and future packaging legislation requirements, including PPWR roadmap activity and supplier readiness.
Monitor supplier performance and engagement, using targeted outreach to drive improvements and supporting compliance charge processes where required.
Maintain annual compliance workflows, monitor key reporting deadlines and ensure Ways of Working documentation remains accurate, current and fit for purpose.
Attend relevant regulatory webinars or briefings, assessing the impact of changes on current processes and escalating key updates where required.
Provide administrative support for the supplier slippage process and wider sourcing operations activity as needed.
Support wider Sourcing Team projects and general administrative tasks to help ensure the effective day-to-day operation of the function.

Requirements

Strong analytical capability, with experience working with large volumes of data, validating information, identifying discrepancies and translating findings into clear reporting outputs and actions.
Advanced Excel and Microsoft Office skills, with the ability to collate, manipulate, analyse and present data accurately from multiple sources.
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple reporting requirements, deadlines and workflows.
Confident communicator, able to work collaboratively with internal stakeholders, suppliers and external partners to obtain data, resolve queries and escalate risks where needed.
Able to work independently, prioritise workload effectively and support continuous improvement in compliance reporting processes.
Experience in regulatory, compliance, audit or data-led reporting processes would be advantageous.
Knowledge of packaging compliance requirements such as PPT, EPR, SMOW and PPWR, and/or experience in a retail, sourcing, supply chain or head office environment, would be beneficial.

Skills

Excel
Microsoft Office
Data Analysis
Reporting
Supplier Management
Communication
Organisation
Attention to Detail
Problem Solving

Location

London
Weymouth

Work Type

12 month FTC

Benefits

40% staff discount
Friends & family discounts
Access to reward platform for external discount and offers
Private pension scheme
Virtual GP access for you and your children
Life assurance policy from day one
Buy more holiday scheme
Extra paid day off on your birthday
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Shared parental leave (eligible after 2 years’ service)
Interest-free season ticket loans
Cycle2Work scheme

About the Company

New Look has been a feel-good fashion brand for over 55 years, making style accessible and fun through its website, mobile app, and over 300 stores in the UK.
The company operates by living its values: play to win, customer obsessed, we are one, and it starts with me.
New Look believes fashion should be a force for positive change, caring about its employees and the planet.
The company celebrates inclusion and diversity and is proud of its inclusive culture and talented team members.
New Look prioritizes employee development, offering training to support progression.
New Look prides itself on being a flexible employer, accommodating various work patterns.