Packaging Innovation Technologist
Castleford, England, United Kingdom
We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Packaging Innovation Technologist to join our packaging team.
The role of the Technologist would be our in house specialist on packaging, providing a dedicated technical packaging research & development resource for delivering innovation and packaging improvement projects.
Responsibilities:
Role would concentrate on technical packaging development to facilitate the innovation pipeline
Provide technical packaging solutions to deliver against a consumer led brief
Technical expert working solely on all packaging related R&D projects
Working with suppliers and wider HARIBO group to proactively identify new packaging solutions for future innovation
Proactively work with new and existing suppliers to identify packaging innovations to improve our existing portfolio including; identifying opportunities in line with business requirements such as plastic reduction, cost engineering and consumer led functional improvements. As well as legislative requirements including extended producer responsibility.
Embraces stakeholder management, including keeping Marketing, Procurement and Production up to date with project progression.
Responsible for liaising with Operations and Supply Chain to facilitate packaging trials and manage technical roll out to bring innovation to fruition
Collaborates with Marketing to facilitate the development and launch of NPD through the Stage and Gate process
Responsible for liaising with global R&D stakeholders to facilitate international collaboration and learning
Proactively identify opportunities to improve packaging development processes including trial management
Skills / experience:
Packaging R&D experience within FMCG industry including packaging material expertise
Proven experience of working on a product concept and providing packaging recommendations on optimum delivery
Ability to proactively identify and escalate project risks
R&D project management and delivery of R&D projects in line with launch timings
Cross functional stakeholder management
Proactively work with Marketing to identify future pipelines
Experience of successfully implementing the technical delivery of products in line with innovation platforms
Understanding of working with a stage and gate process
Experience of working with consumer research and interpreting research results
Leading packaging trials and product sign off
Ability to make commercially based decisions and build business cases for investment sign off
Problem solver, keen on seeking solutions when feasibility is a challenge
If this role sounds of interest to you, and you would like to put yourself in the mix.. Apply at the link below.