Global beauty retailer The Hut Group has today announced the creation of 500 new jobs across its manufacturing and distribution sites.
The fast-growing Manchester-headquartered company said in recent weeks it has experienced a surge in demand for its health, beauty and nutrition products across its brands, including Myprotein.com and Lookfantastic.com.
This has given the company ‘the confidence to bring forward its recruitment plans from later this year.’
THG is creating more than 500 permanent positions across manufacturing, fulfilment and logistics.
The majority of the roles - around 350 - will be created at THG’s 1m sq ft manufacturing and fulfilment centre based in Warrington, Cheshire.
The rest will be created at THG’s manufacturing and fulfilment sites in Wroclaw, Poland and Kentucky, US.
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Should the increased demand for THG’s health and beauty brands continue, THG will look to create more roles, beyond the 500 announced today, in the weeks ahead.
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The Group is particularly welcoming applicants in the north west who have recently lost their jobs as result of the economic pressures surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak.
Matthew Moulding, founder and CEO of THG, said: “Some of the region’s biggest employers have had to make incredibly tough decisions in recent days, leaving a worrying number of people out of work at such a vulnerable time.
“Our message to those affected is that we will look to do whatever we can to help, and so we are bringing forward our recruitment plans. We are now hiring across our manufacturing and logistics sites with immediate effect.
“We need you and would be thrilled to provide you with a new opportunity at this incredibly challenging time.”
The Group is also seeing record demand for its technology and operating platform, where THG takes brands direct to consumers over the internet for Nestle, P&G, Walgreens, Nintendo and many others.
The company said it is currently ‘reviewing resource planning for this area of its business and may soon announce further significant opportunities in this area.’