Packaging Technologist

Packaging Technologist

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

£30,000 - £40,000 plus market leading benefits

B Corp certified company

Hybrid & Flexible Working & Dog friendly office!

Wanting to work for B Corp certified organisation who genuinely offers excellent career development, excellent holidays, pension, free car parking, free gym, private healthcare and so much more?

Our client is a well-established distributor that is dedicated to delivering high-quality and innovative products. They are now seeking a Packaging Technologist on a 12-month fixed term contract. The business is well respected and successful - Its success is based on great products, hard work, flexibility, and innovation and delivering results.

Job Purpose:

To support packaging development and execution.

Responsibilities:

This role deals with a wide variety of work tasks including, but not limited to the following:

• Responsible for end-to-end packaging creation - build and nurture relationships with factories and printers globally; liaising with factories and internal teams to build and finalise the scope; liasing with Head of Procurement regarding B Corp initiatives; briefing factories, requesting quotes, managing testing process and production of mockups. Some negotiation on packaging elements may be required.
• Responsible for packaging die lines - scoping and assessment of die lines from factories and managing through across all pack formats; liaising with artwork team to ensure brand guidelines are adhered to; requesting print specs from printers and communicating to repro house.
• Own and maintain packaging database: - ensure that accurate and timely collection of packaging data which fulfils; central point for all specification and substrate data; own the collection of detailed substrate information from suppliers.
• Sustainability/Packaging Innovation - driving B Corp agenda from packaging perspective; driving recyclability, packaging reduction and sustainable solutions; tracking trends and insight to fuel next generation packaging.

• Retailer requirements and understanding shelf specifications and how these impact packaging suitability and development.
• Support Innovation team on the 3-5-year pipeline sufficiency and own the packaging requirements to deliver this effectively.
• Technical team with reviewing and updating packaging specifications.

The successful candidate will need to have previous experience working in a similar role - preferably within an FMCG environment.

You will have excellent communication and organisation skills as well as the ability to multi-task.

Our client is looking for someone with a can-do attitude, who has the eagerness, passion and drive to succeed in a demanding and challenging environment were accuracy and attention to detail is key.

My client offers competitive salaries and great benefits including: free gym, generous holidays, pension, free parking, healthcare.

Based in South Manchester, not far from Manchester Airport they also have great public transport links.

Apply online or further information please contact one of our specialist consultants quoting reference NJR14639