Authenticity, Entrepreneurship, Partnership and Positivity

Blue Yonder began life in the late 90’s when Unilever’s favoured delivery company went bust. Our founder, Jonathan, was a driver for that firm.

Entrepreneurial by nature, he asked if he could do the driving – then he did it better and faster. Over the next 20 years he worked his way up the value chain, building one of the UK’s leading R&D insight companies. Now our Chief Innovation Officer, Jonathan continues to follow his first love; ideas and doing things faster and better.

His entrepreneurial mindset remains critical to our culture. Platforms, tools, innovations aside, it’s the mindset that makes us different.

We like to think we’re innovative, creative, fun, interesting, and decent kinds of people to work with. But you should judge that for yourself, when we meet 😊.

We work hard to make sure we pay well. We offer generous holidays. Healthcare is an option for senior roles. We have a very flexible maternity policy. We share profits.  If the company does well everyone benefits. In the last 3 years we have been able to share tens of thousands of pounds with the whole team.

We were flexible before the pandemic, and now we’ve embraced hybrid and flexible working. We make sure we come together regularly to learn and stay close as a team. But we also empower and trust our people to get the job done with flexibility so it works for them.

Flexibility is important to wellbeing and mental health. It’s about finding the right balance for you. As well as a supportive line management and mentoring structure, we also offer an independent Employee Assistance Programme. It’s a phone line available in case any of the team ever need someone to talk to… about anything at all in, or out of work.

We don’t have set hours, because we’re not a shop. It’s more about making sure the work gets done between us to a high standard. We use tech to communicate and make sure everyone gets plenty of time to enjoy what matters most to them outside of work.