R&D Packaging Specialist

For our Client, multinational company, one of the largest food product manufactures in the world, we are looking for candidates for the position of:

R&D Packaging Specialist

Your responsibilities:

• identify packaging needs from the business, production facilities, and customer complaints and transform them into packaging improvements.
• translate packaging challenges in a defined need for new materials and capabilities.
• define, design, and implement packaging improvements, taking all internal/external factors into account.
• drive cost reduction through rationalization of packaging materials and supplier diversification.
• assess requests from a technical point of view, and discuss the feasibility of projects with Operations, QA, Engineering, Sourcing, and R&D.
• initiate and lead the implementation of new packaging materials, and concepts on BC production line(s).
• define appropriate trial protocols and lead trial execution, collection of results, and analysis.
• align and inform all departments on project progress, roadblocks, and next steps.
• be SPOC in one or several packaging families / topics, in the region.
• train people on current packaging concepts and processes.
• regular travel +/- 25%

Requirements:

• technical degree in Science or (packaging) engineering or equivalent by experience
• minimum 5 years of experience in the field of developing packaging concepts and launching packaging projects in an industrial environment
• project management skills.
• fluent in English, additional languages are a plus
• experience and knowledge of 2D visualization software packages is a plus
• good packaging knowledge, partly built in the food industry (B2B or B2C)
• ability to translate ideas, offered solutions, and concepts into a functional packaging concept running on a packaging line
• ability to manage multiple projects autonomously, setting the right priorities

Offer:

• annual bonus based on your work results
• lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
• private medical care in Lux Med
• Fit Profit sports card
• Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund
• group life insurance
• hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month
• free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter
• daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
• relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs
• treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station