Packaging Technologist

Packaging Technologist Location: Deeside / Hybrid working (2 - 3 days per week onsite) Hours: 8am - 5pm, with 30 minutes for lunch Salary: DOE Benefits: * 25 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays * Private Healthcare provision following successful probationary period * PRB scheme Company: Working for a global packaging and branding agency on one of their major FMCG retail clients Role: You will be responsible for the delivery of Own Brand Packaging on shelf for a fast paced and dynamic client, with a scope that covers technical aspects, including fit for purpose, quality, on-time and accurate packaging specification. You will drive supplier provision and client approval of physical packaging associated with NPD and EPD, in-line with the client's stage gate process. You will work with all stakeholders to deliver to a set of best working practices that ensures timely and accurate delivery of all services to this client and ensure all expectations are met. * Engage with and drive supplier interaction on packaging for NPD/ EPD activity. * Build, manage and report on project-based approach. * Lead basic day to day packaging agenda within NPD/ EPD gate process and engage with cross functional stakeholders to provide support in delivering packaging project activity. * Communicate accurately, with credibility to internal and external stakeholders. * Liaise with key external client partners (product and packaging suppliers) and shape activity to meet client packaging needs. * Working with Trading managers and product suppliers to ensure suppliers are briefed with clear packaging and print requirements including timings for NPD and EPD * Working with Trading Managers, suppliers and packaging suppliers to ensure packaging sample submission to the brief in-line with product submissions. Manage the feedback on samples for further iterative packaging development as required. * Working with Trading Managers, suppliers and packaging suppliers to ensure packaging sample submission to the brief, in-line with product submissions for sign-off. Post product and packaging sign-off * Ensuring correct packaging specification on all systems. * Print and packaging assurance vs requirements through to launch. * Ongoing to manage any packaging quality issues with actions and outputs through to completion and close out with relevant internal and external stakeholders. * Work collaboratively with the Trading, Merchandising, Technical, Development and Packaging Innovation teams. * Stakeholder engagement will be with, but not exclusive to: Trading Managers, Packaging Innovation, Program and Packaging Delivery Manager, Packaging Artwork Project Managers, Packaging Design Team, Product suppliers, Packaging suppliers, Packaging material suppliers. Requirements: * Basic experience in a packaging role. * Demonstrable professional experience working to manage packaging across a range of substrates/ materials and product categories * Previous exposure to FMCG environment * Driven - delivers at pace * Excellent communicator, at all levels, who is organised and calm under pressure * Friendly, approachable and flexible * Must be capable of removing barriers effectively * Team player * An openness to change and challenge, as well as ability to think out of the box * Ability to multitask and prioritise time allocation across multiple stakeholder groups and active tasks. * Tenaciousness, positivity, flexibility, confidence and determination are all vital attributes for this role. Apply: Please email your full CV details to us. All applications are strictly confidential, and your details will not be shared without your consent. Key words; packaging technologist, packaging development, NPD , new product development / packaging specialist / structural packaging design / packaging / print / retail / FMCG