FMCG Packaging Technologist – NPD & Supplier Lead

Prospex Recruitment; Copythorne; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday a year

Private Healthcare provision following

PRB scheme

Job summary

Prospex Recruitment is seeking a Packaging Technologist for a global packaging and branding agency, based in Deeside with hybrid working 2–3 days onsite. The role covers delivery of Own Brand Packaging for a fast-paced client, including fit for purpose, quality, on-time and accurate packaging specifications.

You will drive supplier engagement, lead packaging development with NPD/EPD, and coordinate with Trading, Merchandising, Technical and Packaging Innovation teams to ensure timely and

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.

Skills

Packaging experience

FMCG exposure

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Job description

Prospex Recruitment is seeking a Packaging Technologist for a global packaging and branding agency, based in Deeside with hybrid working 2–3 days onsite. The role covers delivery of Own Brand Packaging for a fast-paced client, including fit for purpose, quality, on-time and accurate packaging specifications.

You will drive supplier engagement, lead packaging development with NPD/EPD, and coordinate with Trading, Merchandising, Technical and Packaging Innovation teams to ensure timely and