Packaging Specialist F/m

At Purina, pets are our passion, safety is our promise and progress is our pledge. We work smarter, not harder. As a result, we’re widely known as a ‘Best Place to Work’. We make some of the world's most popular and trusted food brands and are committed to advancing the science, health and food products for pets.

**Position Snapshot**:

- Permanent contract
- Nestle Purina
- Issy Les Moulineaux (92)
- MSc / pHD in packaging or print technology, engineering, materials science or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Packaging Development
- Attractive package, caring management, flexible working hours or remote work, allow you to evolve in a pleasant environment. You benefit from training throughout your career, aimed at promoting your development towards different roles within the Group.

**Our Proposition**:
Drive the execution of packaging development and maintenance projects for a given packaging primary technology, including its secondary, tertiary pack and palletisation (packaging format).

Responsible to define the strategy to implement packaging Innovation and Renovation projects, product performance and TDC savings projects while ensuring compliance, target cost, target quality and target speed are met. Drive Local Packaging Specialist's development leveraging functional competencies and help building development plans.

**A day in the life of a Senior Packaging Specialist role**:

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Implementation of I&R, sourcing and Major initiatives**

Collaborate with marketing and other functions to build strong Packaging solutions delivering brief needs.

Deliver lean packaging design for relevant packaging format. Ensure appropriate involvement of Technology Platforms and Engineering teams for assigned format and ensure risk assessment defined for factory trials with the appropriate stakeholders.

Preassess the Concept requirements against NPPE product guidelines (Menus) to ensure fit for speed. Development and Industrialisation of approved briefs to meet I/R Strategy and Total Delivery Cost (TDC) objectives.

Develop Packaging specifications including primary, secondary and palletisation patterns for assigned format to meet consumer, quality and process needs.
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Packaging leadership**

Lead packaging and supplier developments for assigned packaging format within the team to ensure sustainable optimised TDC along the complete value chain.

Identify and implement TDC savings initiatives. Validate new packaging materials with factory trials for manufacturing qualificaton, ensure material availability.

Provide technical expertise to drive issue solving to factory packaging specialists and to support central team for the development of new products and equipment’s.

Act as technical interface between factory and Marketing to turn initiatives into tangible committed actions.

Provide inputs and support capex needs for I&R or Capacity expansion projects for assigned packaging format. Provide inputs and support line commissioning and packaging validation for Capex. Proactively network to share information across factories, PTC and central. Provide packaging material expertise into relevant training documentation and UOS.
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Right Quality**

Lead packaging development for the assigned format to meet the defined quality targets and 360 product performance. Actively participate in 360 quality reviews to continuously improve our product performance and maintain our competitive advantage in the market place.

Ensure compliant packaging developed through the I and R process to meet internal and external regulations by technical support of the suppliers.
- **Continuous improvement**

Deliver individual and team objectives as defined in the relevant documents - roadmap, Blueprints. Lead and participate to Problem Solving activities (GSTD / DMAIC) / projects within factory and central organisations.

Monitor KPI's which are related to Packaging quality and Packaging performance and drive corrective actions in the factories. Identify, Support & implement packaging related cost improvement initiatives for appropriate factories.

**What will make you successful**:

- You are passionate and motivated to achieving success ensuring health and safety and environment are never compromised
- You have minimum 5 years of experience in R&D or Operations
- You are an ambassador of Continuous Improvement
- You can lead or work in/drive complex cross functional teams as well as work alone
- You have the ability to work in cross functional team as well as work alone
- Your English is fluent, SAP knowledge is an advantage

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