We are a combination of designers and chemists, engineers and entrepreneurs. We’re hard to define because what we’re doing hasn’t been done before. We create advanced packaging solutions that disappear, naturally.


The Role At Notpla, we create disappearing packaging carefully engineered for a healthy planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up developing and manufacturing packaging solutions from seaweed and plants that disappear naturally. We are currently looking to recruit a Research Scientist to join our innovative Research team to support our pivotal research and development with a particular focus on our rapidly developing films product. At Notpla, we strongly believe in our mission and our employees' ability to help us achieve our goals. We encourage everyone who joins us to develop and grow and take responsibility for your domain without micromanagement. Our objective is to foster a fantastic business culture that is reflected in our working policies and environment.Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our flexible working policy allows you to work at your own pace.We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear.The driving force behind every Notpla product is its research department. A highly innovative and talented team of individuals comprising graduates, experienced scientists, PhDs, and industry professionals, this diverse range of backgrounds has enabled the team to build a solid technical expertise capable of answering any question. As a team member, you will be encouraged to pursue your ideas, trusted in your role, and empowered to strive for the best. As a Research Scientist you will be responsible for the formulation development of natural, edible, biodegradable materials for packaging applications, working closely with the development team to push our products into the real world.  Your profile We are looking for an experienced scientist with a degree in Polymer Science or Engineering, Materials Science or Chemistry with a strong understanding of polymeric materials and extrusion technologies. You will have a demonstrable interest in natural materials and extrusion, ideally with hands-on experience working with plastics processing. You will also have at least a years experience working in an industrial research environment within bioplastics, polymer extrusion or polymer processing, or a PhD within a relevant discipline. As well as the above, your day to day responsibilities will also include:<ul><li>Identifying, sourcing and testing natural materials with specific target properties</li><li>Characterisation of materials performance using mechanical and physical techniques e.g.  tensile testing  </li><li>Preparation of samples using extrusion and other techniques </li><li>Working closely with the development &amp; scale up team to translate lab scale formulations to the larger scale, including participation in internal and external manufacturing trials where needed</li><li>Conducting shelf-life evaluation and quality analysis of prototypes and finished products </li><li>Benchmarking of Notpla formulations against industrial standards</li><li>Extrusion of natural material formulations through compounding and film formation</li></ul>If the above sounds like something you can see yourself doing, then please apply with a CV and cover letter and someone from our recruitment team will be in touch.  Salary Negotiable

Research Scientist

The Role At Notpla, we create disappearing packaging carefully engineered for a healthy planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up developing and manufacturing packaging solutions from seaweed and plants that disappear naturally.We are currently looking to bring in a Financial Planning and Analyst Manager to help our management team model the overall finances of the business. At Notpla, we strongly believe in our mission and our employees' ability to help us achieve our goals. We encourage everyone who joins us to develop and grow and take responsibility for your domain without micromanagement. Our objective is to foster a fantastic business culture that is reflected in our working policies and environment.Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our flexible working policy allows you to work at your own pace.We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear.The business services team is a versatile group that plays several roles within the business, including finance, HR, and impact. As our company rapidly grows, we must expand our finance team to meet the increasing demand from internal and external stakeholders. The team you will be joining is multi-talented and takes pride in providing excellent service to the business. They act as the foundation that allows our exceptional designers, engineers, scientists, and commercial and production staff to push the boundaries of our technology forward. Your profile We are looking for a talented and astute financial analyst or financial planning manager to join our team. Ideally you will be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and have experience building financial models and processes from scratch. You will also have a strong commercial acumen and the ability to easily discuss complex financial concepts. We would also expect you to have an accountancy qualification from CIMA, ACCA etc. As well as the above you will also be responsible for:<ul><li>Own business modelling and annual planning, updating as needed and providing insights to leadership</li><li>Work with technical teams to help them understand the commercial impact of their business line </li><li>Manage pricing strategies and work with the Product Managers and Head of Finance to develop pricing models </li><li>Creating monthly financial reports, board packs and investor reporting</li><li>Work with the Supply Team to ensure sufficient stock and effectively managed spend </li><li>Work with the Impact Team to ensure update to date carbon accounting and impact models</li></ul>If the above sounds like something you can see yourself doing, then please apply with a CV and cover letter and someone from our recruitment team will be in touch.  Salary £50,000-£60,000 + EMI Share Options

Financial Planning & Analyst Manager

The Role At Notpla, we create disappearing packaging carefully engineered for a healthy planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up developing and manufacturing packaging solutions from seaweed and plants that disappear naturally. We are currently looking to recruit a Sales Manager to work on our foremost product, food-to-go boxes and containers made from Notpla’s proprietary coated board. In this role you will be responsible for selling across the UK’s expansive food service industry.At Notpla, we strongly believe in our mission and our employees' ability to help us achieve our goals. We encourage everyone who joins us to develop and grow and take responsibility for your domain without micromanagement. Our objective is to foster a fantastic business culture that is reflected in our working policies and environment.Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our flexible working policy allows you to work at your own pace.We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear.This is an exciting time to join Notpla in the current role. The company achieved £1.5m revenue last year and expects rapid growth in the next 18-24 months. The commercial team is a talented group from diverse backgrounds, providing a wide range of skills to call upon to meet unique commercial goals and challenges. As a team traditionally arranged in a product-focused matrix structure, we have seen the need to create a deeper leadership structure incorporating market specialities as we grow and develop. As a National Account Manager you will be responsible for opening opportunities in the food service industry, selling Notpla’s revolutionary coated board in the form of finished products to distributors and end clients, and in the form of board to converters.  Your profile We are looking for someone with a proven track record of delivering on targets, within the foodservice industry. Although direct experience in selling packaging would be extremely beneficial, experience as an end user of single use packaging in the food service industry will definitely be considered. You will need to have excellent negotiation and communication skills and be able to form lasting and mutually beneficial partnerships with our large network of customers. As well as this you will need to have a knowledge of how to build and maintain a sales pipeline, all whilst being able to articulate the incredible benefits and impact of Notpla products. As well as the above you will also be responsible for:<ul><li>Managing and qualifying inbound enquiries, and leading introductory calls with prospective clients discussing the environmental, commercial and technical benefits of working with Notpla (supported by other relevant Notpla employees at relevant points).</li><li>Developing new business opportunities by conducting introductory calls with both qualified and unqualified leads.</li><li>Proposing, structuring and pitching commercial presentations to prospective new customers.</li><li>Influencing the ongoing development of the relevant product strategy, including the Where to Play and How to Win decisions.</li><li>Work with existing clients to understand any opportunity to scale and grow revenue, to ensure we are maximising the potential of every account.</li><li>Ownership of your own database of existing and prospective customers.</li><li>Work with our customers to collect feedback that can be used to continually develop our product range and capabilities.</li><li>Ownership of personal sales pipeline.</li><li>Negotiate deals with new and existing customers to extract the maximum amount of value for Notpla.</li></ul>If the above sounds like something you can see yourself doing, then please apply with a CV and cover letter and someone from our recruitment team will be in touch.  Salary Negotiable

National Account Manager - Food to go packaging

The Role At Notpla, we’re on a mission to make packaging disappear. We’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented start-up that was founded on the belief that nature knows best. We develop and manufacture naturally biodegradable packaging solutions, made from seaweed and plants. We’re looking to bring in a Sales Manager to focus solely on developing the market for our flexible film.  At Notpla, we truly believe in what we are trying to achieve and we believe in our employees' ability to help us achieve our goals, because of this, anybody joining Notpla will be given the opportunity to develop and grow. You won’t be micromanaged, we want you to take responsibility for your domain. Our common goal has created a fantastic business culture where everyone takes care. We know that we work better together and this is reflected in our environment and working policies. As well as exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla also offers competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses and subsidised social activities. We also offer a flexible working policy that allows you to work to your own flow. We are a social business with multiple clubs and events every week, and are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community all pushing together in the pursuit of making packaging disappear.  This is an exciting time to join Notpla, as our first flexible film has now reached the point of manufacturing readiness that we can go to market and start selling it as a via sustainable alternative to PE/PVOH films.. Our commercial team has traditionally been arranged in a product focussed matrix structure but as we grow and develop we have seen the need to create a deeper leadership structure that incorporates market specialities. The commercial team is a talented group that come from a variety of backgrounds, this gives a wide range of skills to call upon to help us meet our unique commercial goals and challenges. We have just launched our first commercial partnership with the film product and we're looking to expand this further in three identified markets - dry foods (meal kits or food-2-go), home care, and cosmetics. Your role will be to lead the commercialisation of this product in these markets, understanding that new materials have their own challenges to overcome, and to create long lasting profitable relationships that ensure we deliver our goals. Your profile We are looking for an experienced Business development professional who has industry experience in selling flexible films, ideally in one or more of the markets noted. You will have experience of building lasting partnerships with companies in the home care, cosmetics, CPG or FMCG industries and will understand what your partners want to see from a new material. It is imperative that you have great negotiation and account management skills and have the ability to articulate the impact of Notpla products. As well as the above your day to day responsibilities will include:<ul><li>Proactively Identify and pursue new business opportunities with consumer brands in CPG industries, and use your technical sales experience to win new business</li><li>Develop and own pipeline of relevant customers, working closely with the Product Manager to understand the strengths of the product and its potential market impact.</li><li>Managing and qualifying inbound enquiries, and leading introductory calls with prospective clients discussing the environmental, commercial and technical benefits of working with Notpla film. </li><li>Developing new business opportunities by conducting introductory calls with both qualified and unqualified leads.</li><li>Proposing, structuring and pitching commercial presentations to prospective new customers.</li><li>Influencing the ongoing development of the relevant product strategy, including the Where to Play and How to Win decisions.</li><li>Work with our customers to collect feedback that can be used to continually develop our product range and capabilities.</li><li>Work with the Product Manager and Chief Revenue Office to define pricing strategies. </li><li>Negotiate deals with new and existing customers to extract the maximum amount of value for Notpla.</li><li>Work with other Business Development Managers to help develop each others skill set through a culture of peer to peer feedback and coaching, and for potentially mentor and develop an emerging sales team. </li><li>Collaborate with R&amp;D, Marketing, Design, Production, and Impact functions to ensure the smooth execution of projects and sales plans. </li><li>Represent Notpla at events and communicate the brand's values and unique selling propositions to customers</li><li>Stay up-to-date with industry trends, competitor activities, and consumer preferences, and provide strategic recommendations accordingly</li></ul> If the above sounds like something you can see yourself doing, then please apply with a CV and cover letter and someone from our recruitment team will be in touch.  Salary Negotiable

Sales Manager - Flexible Films

The Role At Notpla, we create disappearing packaging carefully engineered for a healthy planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up developing and manufacturing packaging solutions from seaweed and plants that disappear naturally. We are currently looking to recruit a Product Designer to join the creative hub of Notpla. At Notpla, we strongly believe in our mission and our employees' ability to help us achieve our goals. We encourage everyone who joins us to develop and grow and take responsibility for your domain without micromanagement. Our objective is to foster a fantastic business culture that is reflected in our working policies and environment.Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our flexible working policy allows you to work at your own pace.We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear.Our creative engine room: the design team is responsible for generating innovative ideas that drive our product capabilities forward. It’s a dynamic group of creatives committed to embedding our values into everything we do. The team is primarily divided into product-specific sections but works collaboratively to design and create unique solutions.  Your profile We are looking for an inventive forward thinker; ready to spearhead novel product propositions using Notpla biomaterials. You will be capable of bringing your designs to life through crafting compelling visual and verbal narratives. You will need to be able to thrive in open briefs, embody a "thinking through making" mentality, and possess a keen eye for design excellence. You will need organisational skills that are second to none, allowing you to navigate working on diverse projects with ease. You will need to come from a product design background and will ideally have experience in creating novel, unique and practical physical products. As well as the above your day-to-day responsibilities will include:<ul><li>Concept Development: Individually and collaboratively with cross-functional teams to brainstorm, connect the dots and create innovative packaging concepts that create new value and align with Notpla’s values and strategic goals. You are a creative problem solver and proactively propose novel directions and imaginative ideas. </li><li>Physical Designs: Develop functional and visually compelling design prototypes and final product propositions to demonstrate the feasibility and desirability of new product ideas. This may involve various novel materials and making processes. and include physical prototypes as well as limited digital mock-ups.</li><li>Biomaterial Development: You innovate and create value not only at a product level but also on a material level. You work individually, as well as closely with the research team, to fast-track research through creative problem-solving and a rapid prototyping mentality. Creating novel biomaterial samples and testing material properties will be part of your job. </li><li>Visual Storytelling: Create engaging visual assets, including diagrams, illustrations, photography, and moving image, to convey the vision and potential of new products. Develop inspiring presentations and materials for internal and external stakeholders in a timely matter.</li><li>Building and nurturing relationships: You’ll be pitching and presenting to brands (among others) together with other team members, and think of ways to nurture and develop strong external relationships with stakeholders in the supply chain as well as commercial partnerships to bring concepts to reality.</li><li>Design Excellence: Ensure design work meets the highest quality possible in the given timeframe and creates value. Considering the designs from a holistic point of view reviewing its, aesthetic quality, functionality, usability/user experience, end-of-life and producibility. Continuously push the quality, refine and iterate on designs based on feedback and new insights.</li><li>Life-Centred Approach: Apply design thinking principles to empathise with users (businesses and end-users), understand their needs, and translate insights into innovative product solutions. You’ll be conducting various tests to validate product propositions from a functional, user and usability point of view and collect feedback for this.</li><li>Inspiration and Market/Design Research: You have a natural curiosity and proactively seek inspiration and references from wide-ranging areas. Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive products to inform and inspire your design process.</li><li>Cross-functional collaboration: You’ll be working closely with researchers, business development managers, designers, and other team members to bring biomaterial solutions into the real world.</li><li>Prototyping Tools: Utilise a range of design and prototyping software and hardware, staying proficient in the latest tools and technologies.</li></ul>If the above sounds like something you can see yourself doing, then please apply with a CV, portfolio (pdf or website) and cover letter and someone from our recruitment team will be in touch. Notpla Limited takes inclusion and diversity seriously. It is important for us that we live by our values and our policies outline how – We take care and We work better together. Salary Negotiable

Product Designer

The Role At Notpla, we are on a mission to make packaging disappear. We are an innovative sustainable packaging startup that was founded on the belief that nature knows best. We develop materials, design and manufacture a range of packaging solutions made from seaweed and plants that all biodegrade completely naturally. We are currently looking to hire a Social Media Guru to join our enthusiastic and growing marketing team.  At Notpla, we truly believe in what we are trying to achieve and we believe in the ability of our employees to help us achieve our goals. Because of this, anybody joining Notpla will be given the opportunity to develop and grow, you won’t be micromanaged, we want you to take responsibility for your domain. Our clear mission has created a fantastic business culture where you’ll be surrounded by like minded individuals who really care. We know that we work better together and this is reflected in our environment and working policies. Alongside great roles and a fun working environment, Notpla also offers competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, fantastic discounts with local businesses and a flexible working policy that allows you to work to your own flow. We are a social business with multiple clubs and events every week, and we are incredibly proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community all pushing together in the pursuit of making packaging disappear.  Your profile If you are interesting joining Notpla but haven't seen a role advertised that suits your experience. Please feel free to apply to this so we can keep your CV on file, should anything relevant come up.

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