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During almost 25 years in business, consumer behaviours have changed beyond recognition and so have our customers. This pace of change will never stop, and we relish in this challenge.
If you're passionate about driving change, pushing boundaries and making a real difference, then you've come to the right place. Explore our current vacancies to find your perfect role and embark on a journey to help shape the future of the FMCG industry.
We are an international and diverse business, with offices globally, across the UK, South Africa, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Vietnam. We cherish our multi-cultural and dynamic teams.
Our creativity, expertise and determination with the strong relationships we continue to nurture will propel us through challenges, wherever we find them. We will deepen our knowledge and broaden our flexibility to push new boundaries and find new ways to add value in all we do. Our own value is in the quality of our people, and as a result, they are the defining qualities of our brand.
We truly believe that our business is only as good as our employees, so we are hugely committed to developing our employees to achieve their goals.
When you join the business, you will complete an in-house induction programme and as part of your 3, 6 and 12 months plan you will have regular reviews with your line manager, where you will have a clear development plan, catered to your specific needs and requirements in the business.
As part of our wellbeing initiatives, we are investing in our teams to improve awareness in mental health and to ensure we are offering ongoing support to our global employees at Solent.
My working life has always involved being in a creative role, starting as a designer and progressing very quickly into a career of product development with a rewarding period of working within education teaching art and creative skills to special needs children.
Through my working life I’ve had the privilege of working with Anthony Balkin, being one of my first bosses who took me under his wing and guided me through my start of life within Business. The direction of my career coincided with an opportunity Anthony presented and after finding out more about the infrastructure and culture at Solent, and way the staff are appreciated it was hard not to accept the offer of joining. One of the most exciting aspects for me was the innovative approach to product within an ever-changing world where social responsibility and sustainability is crucial.
I feel like I’m ‘seen’ within the company and have the full support of the teams around me from offices in the Far East, technical and the design studio I feel like I am part of a big family all with the same goal. Personally, I have the opportunity to grow, develop and learn new things continuously, even after 4 years with Solent I’m still excited by the potential and opportunities ahead.
The endless opportunities of moving into new and exciting categories and new licences excited me the most. The pleasure of working daily with a creative and committed design team that support me every step of the way and help bring the vision to life.
My drive comes from the reward of seeing my product and ranges delivered into market. Nothing feels more fulfilling than seeing the ranges I’ve developed on shelf in store or being promoted by the licenses & celebrities I get to work with.
Before joining Solent, I gained retailer and manufacturing experiences from several industries, in the role of product sourcing and development with extensive product categories like raw materials, packaging, formulated products, softlines & hardlines. When an opportunity came up to join Solent, I decided to return this fast-moving industry and challenging environment to develop my career.
To me, health & beauty and household is a fascinating industry and Solent has helped develop my career in the area of trading. Working at Solent has been an amazing journey so far, providing me with a great platform to thrive in my professionalism, always showing me a clear direction to achieve milestones in my career development.
Utilising my knowledge to support counterparts and achieve our goals together is hugely exciting. My biggest source of inspiration and motivation is the endless curiosity that drives me to explore new ideas, learn from diverse perspectives and continuously improve.
Before joining Solent, I studied Fashion Marketing and Media at The University of Winchester having previously worked as a Fashion Design apprentice in London. I was seeking a role in a growing company where I could develop expertise across a range of products and accounts, with a balance of creativity and business management.
Joining Solent as a graduate Product Assistant during the Covid-19 lockdown, time has flown by! I have gained a vast amount of experience from various departments and customer accounts (from foods and bags to formulated beauty and household) – I have expanded my areas of expertise since day 1 – the opportunities are endless which has been invaluable to progress in my career within the last 3 years. At Solent I am empowered and trusted to manage accounts and strategic projects, whilst building product roadmaps and developing products I love to use.
My biggest source of motivation is seeing the products shine on shelf and being used and loved on social media. It is so exciting to see others use our products as part of their routine from an initial idea on paper to a real-life product!
As a business, we’re passionate about the charities we support and partner with. We encourage our global employees to take part in volunteering or fundraising opportunities to help make a very real difference to the lives of the people our charities support.
Solent are proud supporters of Honeypot Children’s charity in the UK. As a national young carers’ charity, their countryside respite houses and range of support services give young carers, with responsibilities beyond their years, the chance to be a child again.
Through fundraising events and volunteering days, we have helped to support and maintain the charitable houses Honeypot operate across the country. Solent are also extremely proud to gift a birthday card and Christmas present to every child the charity supports each year.
