R&D Packaging Scientist I - AMEA Region

The Clorox Company; Argentina; Hybrid; ARS 1,100,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) program (international)

Health benefits

Flexible work environment

Learning and growth opportunities

Half-day Fridays

Job summary

Clorox is seeking an R&D Packaging Scientist to lead packaging innovation for the AMEA region. You will work across Global R&D, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Sustainability, and external partners to translate regional needs into scalable packaging solutions.

Hybrid role combining hands-on lab work with data‑driven decision making, you’ll drive design validation, testing, and scale‑up for impactful consumer products.

Responsibilities

• Drive packaging innovation: develop solutions that meet functional, regulatory, sustainability and brand needs across AMEA.
• Execute with technical excellence: own end-to-end packaging development from concept to production.
• Own technical specifications: manage fill weights, cube data, diagrams for all packaging levels.
• Advance sustainability commitments: partner with Sustainability to hit 2030 packaging goals.
• Support commercialization: develop SOPs, run trials, analyze results, enable scale-up.
• Collaborate across functions and markets: work with Global R&D, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and partners.
• Strengthen packaging capability: share knowledge and raise technical standards across the organization.

Skills

Packaging development

R&D leadership

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Statistical methods

Job description

Clorox is the place that’s committed to growth – for our people and our brands. Guided by our purpose and values, and with people at the center of everything we do, we believe every one of us can make a positive impact on consumers, communities, and teammates. Join our team. #CloroxIsThePlace

Your role at Clorox:

Join a dynamic global R&D team and play a key role in developing and optimizing cleaning products across the AMEA region, focus on packaging development.

As an R&D Packaging Scientist at Clorox, will enable superior packaging innovation that drives profitable growth by delivering optimized solutions that delight consumers, elevate brand equity, and improve the consumer experience through sustainability and design. This role supports the AMEA region, partnering across diverse markets and with internal and external manufacturing networks to translate regional business and consumer needs into scalable packaging solutions. You will leverage an engineering mindset and collaborate with R&D Product and Process Development, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sustainability, and external manufacturing partners to investigate future technologies, identify sustainable packaging opportunities, and overcome technical hurdles. From day one, you will contribute to products used by millions of people while continuing to develop your technical and leadership capabilities across trusted consumer brands.

In this role, you will serve as the technical lead for projects from concept through commercialization, partnering with global cross-functional teams, suppliers, and external manufacturers to deliver consumer-focused innovations, support business growth, and drive cost savings.

This position combines hands‑on laboratory execution with data‑driven decision‑making, leveraging statistical tools, experimental design, and technical risk assessment methodologies to develop robust products, optimize manufacturing processes, and ensure successful commercialization.

In this role, you will:

• Drive packaging innovation: Develop innovative packaging solutions that deliver a superior consumer experience while meeting functional, regulatory, sustainability, and brand requirements across AMEA markets.
• Execute with technical excellence: Own end-to-end packaging development, including conceptual design, prototyping, mechanical and chemical performance testing, consumer testing, laboratory validation such as drop, vibration, and ship testing, component tooling qualification, scale‑up, production, manufacturing, and supply chain implementation.
• Own technical specifications: Create, maintain, and manage packaging specifications, including fill weights, pallet configurations, cube data, and assembly diagrams for primary, secondary, tertiary, and display packaging components.
• Advance sustainability commitments: Build a strong partnership with the Clorox Sustainability team and provide technical guidance to help the AMEA business progress toward 2030 corporate packaging goals, including virgin plastic reduction, increased post‑consumer recycled content, and 100% recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging.
• Support commercialization: Develop and apply SOPs, test methods, and best practices. Lead pilot and production trials for new packaging components, analyze results, troubleshoot issues, and provide recommendations that enable smooth scale‑up and successful product launches.
• Collaborate across functions and markets: Partner with Global R&D hubs and with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sustainability, and external manufacturing partners across AMEA to interpret data, meet project objectives, improve efficiency, and manage technical risk.
• Strengthen packaging capability: Bring technical curiosity, ownership, and a continuous‑improvement mindset to packaging innovation, while sharing knowledge and helping raise technical standards across the organization.

This role partners extensively with regional and global teams, suppliers, and manufacturing partners. Candidates should be comfortable participating in meetings outside of standard business hours once to twice per week, to support collaboration with stakeholders in China, and other Asia‑Pacific locations.

Workplace type:

Hybrid

Our values‑based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive.

Key Competencies

• Consumer and customer focus.
• Technical excellence and engineering problem solving
• Innovation and technical curiosity
• Cross‑functional and multicultural collaboration
• Stakeholder influence and clear communication
• Ownership, accountability, and bias for action
• Adaptability and learning agility
• Project organization and prioritization

Benefits we offer to help you be well and thrive:

• Competitive compensation
• Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international
• Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well‑being
• Flexible work environment, depending on your role
• Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing
• Half‑day Fridays, depending on your location