Packaging Development Manager - North West England - £40k to £50k basic + benefits

Posted 7 hours 48 minutes ago by Harrison Scott Associates

£80,000 - £100,000 Annual
Permanent
Not Specified
Engineering Jobs
England, United Kingdom
Job Description
Job Title: Packaging Development Manager

This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment - Greg Nelson -

Head of Print recruitment - Neil Pearson -

Head Paper recruitment - Gary Young -

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies -

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.

A leading manufacturer in the world of personal healthcare products has a new opening. They are looking for a Packaging Development Manager with experience working for a large multinational organisation.

Responsibilities

Your role will be to identify, develop and drive implementation of packaging technology solutions that add value to the company and its customers. This will be measured by business parameters such as consumer satisfaction, operations improvement, environmental sustainability, sales growth, and profitability.

  • Primarily
    responsible for packaging development initiatives related to existing/new items
  • Responsible
    for packaging development initiatives and execution within the UK
  • Key
    roles and responsibilities: Interface with suppliers, customers, and other
    internal functions such as Strategic Sourcing, QA, and Finance to develop and
    implement packaging in support of customer business objectives
  • Responsible
    for working with suppliers and other external resources to identify potential
    design and technology opportunities for packaging
  • Responsible
    for developing and maintaining knowledge of critical consumer and operational
    issues as well as key packaging technologies
  • Work
    with suppliers, creative agencies, and other sources to develop a range of
    creative options for packaging
Skills & Experience
  • Packaging
    technology and/or business/packaging strategy development
  • Knowledge
    of packaging forms, coatings & conversion processes
  • Strong
    technical competencies in packaging science including knowledge of structural
    design and manufacturing processes
  • Experience
    with project management tasks and timeline development
  • Ability
    to connect abstract thoughts and ideas and materialise into an actionable
    long-term packaging strategy
  • Experience
    working with multi-functional teams to formulate objectives and action plans
  • Analytical
    approach to problem solving and decision making
  • Excellent
    communication and facilitation skills

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Being the largest recruitment company in print, packaging and paper we receive new vacancies on a daily basis. The software we use to "skill match" can "read" a word document but not a PDF. You will be considered for many more positions if your CV is in word format.

The following section is OPTIONAL however if you have the time it would help tremendously in us matching you to over 300 positions (the average number we have at any one time).