CDD - Chef de Projet Développement Packaging et Industrialisation

LVMH Group; France; Hybride; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Sephora Collection, part of the LVMH Group, seeks an experienced packaging specialist to lead technical packaging initiatives within a fast-moving beauty environment. You will collaborate across Marketing, Formula development, and Procurement to ensure viable, cost-conscious designs and successful scale-up.

The role requires a strong background in packaging with at least seven years in the field, and willingness to travel as needed to contract manufacturers and supplier sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical packaging roles, ideally in the Beauty industry.
• Academic background as specified (packaging, chemistry, mechanical engineering or related).
• Ability to operate in fast-moving projects and entrepreneurial environment.

Responsabilités

• Collaborate with Marketing and Formula development on briefs, advising on feasible designs and cost targets.
• Work with Procurement to meet briefs while maintaining gross margins.
• Conduct risk assessments and provide project feasibility (function, manufacturability, tooling costs, timing).
• Oversee tooling development, validate drawings, and provide printing area guidance.
• Establish homologation plans and perform necessary testing to verify success criteria.
• Lead aesthetic development (color matching, decoration) and approve artwork files.
• Manage industrialization and line trials at contract manufacturers to ensure quality.

Connaissances

Packaging experience

Problem-solving

Travel flexibility

Interpersonal communication

Formation

Scientific Bachelor's degree (packaging, chemistry, mechanical engineering, or relevant discipline)

Description du poste

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At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.

Since its inception in 1969 in Limoges, France, and as part of the LVMH Group since 1997, Sephora has been disrupting the prestige beauty retail industry. Today, Sephora continues to break with convention to drive its mission: champion a world of inspiration and inclusion where everyone can celebrate their beauty.

At Sephora Collection, Sephora's own brand, we bring together talent and expertise to design on-trend, reliable, effective and mindful products. Our mission: to offer everyone the opportunity to love and celebrate their unique beauty. Sephora Collection has 250 highly engaged employees in France, and a global impact that extends from Europe to the Middle East and right across the Americas and Asia. We are an authentic brand - free, vibrant, and always on the move. At Sephora Collection, every day is an invitation to learn, discover yourself and the endless possibilities of the world of beauty.

You will excel and enjoy this position if you are ready to actively handle the following missions:

• Collaborating with Marketing and Formula development on new briefs to answer needs that are technically and financially viable and advising creative team on best way to achieve requested designs.
• Working closely with Procurement to answer Marketing briefs while respecting cost and gross margin targets.
• Conducting risk assessment studies and providing project feasibility: function, manufacturability, component and tooling cost, timetable, risks, and global consistency.
• Following up on new tooling development, validating technical drawings and providing printing area.
• Establishing homologation plans and conducting all necessary testing to validate success criteria.
• Conducting all aesthetic development (color matching, decoration).
• Reviewing/Approving Artwork files.
• Managing industrialization phase and attending line trials at contract manufacturers sites, to ensure components and finished goods are of the correct quality expectations for production.
• Working closely with Quality to provide component and finished good specifications. Approving quality standards and range boards for Components and Finished Goods.
• Validating tertiary packaging for finished goods and palletization plans.
• Overall, following up on the timelines and reporting regularly on status of development issues to the immediate supervisor and to the project managers. Identifying mitigations plans and ensuring their deployment.
• Working on optimization of existing components to improve quality, reduce cost and improve sustainability.
• Supporting sustainability programs specifically applied to packaging.

Do not hesitate to apply if you have… or if you are …

• Experience working in technical packaging roles, ideally in the Beauty industry, minimum 7 years.
• Academic qualifications: Scientific Bachelors (packaging, chemistry, mechanical engineering, or other relevant discipline).
• Capability of operating in a fast-moving projects pipeline.
• Willingness to work in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Problem-solving skills. Ability to identify smart solutions with the right level of pragmatism.
• Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills for verbal and written communication of ideas, technical rationales, risks, issues, and recommendations.
• Able to travel when required.

Here, you will find:

• Community, in which authenticity is embraced, and the strength of our differences fuels our collective spirit.
• Culture of empowerment, learning & growth, that offers you the tools, space and opportunity to learn, innovate and lead.
• Work that brings fulfillment. From delighting clients every day, to inspiring our industry at large, every action makes a difference.

Join us and belong to something beautiful.

At Sephora, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for everyone.

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• Sephora’s stores offer passionate beauty fans across the world a privileged freedom to touch and test products since 1969.
• The House provides a superior selection of quality products and always keeps pace with the latest trends.
• The house is built upon the exceptional talents of its beauty professionals who create a perfect environment for adventurous clients who want to experiment and learn.
• With the innovative range of products in the Sephora Collection, its distinctive stores and bold commitment to new ideas, the House is always able to surprise and delight its clients.
• At every touch point with its clients, in store and online, Sephora provides an unconventional approach which has made it the most loved beauty community in the world.

Crafting Dreams Starts With Yours

At LVMH, people make the difference in the art of crafting dreams. Our people fuel our dynamic, entrepreneurial culture. We value collective ambitions, encouraging our talents to push boundaries and champion a curious, audacious state of mind. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in nurturing every individual with a growth mindset and development opportunities, consistently empowering them to reach their full potential. We are actively committed to positive impact through an inclusive environment that supports and gives back to our talented community. Join us at LVMH, where your talent is at the heart of our collective successes.