Packaging and Devices Platform Head

GSK; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer health company is seeking a Packaging and Devices Platform Head in Weybridge. This role involves leading global transformations in packaging and devices, focusing on sustainability and cost efficiencies. The successful candidate will bring extensive supply chain expertise, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive innovation within the organization. A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience is required, alongside financial acumen and strategic leadership skills. This is a pivotal role contributing to the company's future growth and sustainability goals.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in supply chain operational roles or packaging product development roles.
• Experience in multiple supply chain functions such as Manufacturing, Planning, Procurement, and Logistics.
• Proven experience in delivering cost savings projects.

Responsibilities

• Delivering Supply Chain Packaging Transformation in collaboration with R&D and Commercial partners.
• Leading the Value Engineering strategy and roadmap to ensure global cost reduction.
• Building packaging sustainability and VE capability across the organization.

Skills

Supply chain operational roles

Packaging product development

Cost savings projects

Financial acumen

Cross-functional project leadership

Education

MBA or post graduate supply chain qualification

Job description

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands including Sensodyne Panadol Advil Voltaren Theraflu Otrivin and Centrum through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. Whats more we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

Step into impact: become our Packaging and Devices Platform Head

This is an exciting time to join Haleon and as Packaging and Devices Platform Head you’ll be at the heart of shaping our future. You’ll lead global transformation across packaging and devices sustainability and value engineering driving excellence and innovation across our supply chain.

You’ll be the driving force behind packaging transformations simplifying innovating and elevating our approach. You’ll bring global expertise to the organisation solve complex challenges and deliver step-change improvements.

You’ll lead our Global Packaging and Global Production Artwork activities oversee systems like CH Pack and CHAMPS and set global standards. You’ll also spearhead process and system improvements around the products such as packaging sustainability data reporting and product catalogues.

You’ll lead the Value Engineering program (from ideation to execution) collaborating with Commercial Procurement and R&D to deliver Gross Margin enhancement across Business Units. You’ll focus on complex cross-BU VE initiatives that drive year-on-year cost savings.

You’ll be the primary Supply Chain partner to the Enterprise Sustainability team confirming execution roadmaps and leading sustainability improvement projects to reduce material usage plastic foil paper and help us meet our packaging sustainability targets.

You’ll ensure packaging capability across QSC globally with BU packaging resources matrixed into your team to drive packaging mastery. You’ll also be a key partner to R&D Packaging.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Delivering Supply Chain Packaging Transformation focused on simplification and driving top and bottom-line benefits in collaboration with R&D Commercial and Supply Chain partners.
• Building QSC global packaging expertise and acting as the key interface between R&D Packaging and Business Units.
• Defining and executing global platform sustainability priorities and roadmaps in collaboration with the Enterprise Sustainability Team and stakeholders.
• Leading the Value Engineering strategy and roadmap across short medium and long-term horizons to ensure global cost reduction.
• Executing VE opportunities with cross-functional teams in R&D Commercial and QSC influencing senior Commercial leaders.
• Creating business cases and securing funding and resources to deliver packaging transformation sustainability and VE benefits.
• Building packaging sustainability and VE capability across the organisation and rolling out best practices to Business Units.
• Owning governance for Packaging Sustainability and Value Engineering global savings at QSC LT level.
• Leading serialisation execution and managing service and issue resolution.
• Leading the global production artwork team and driving continuous improvement to achieve best-in-class performance.

Qualifications and skills

Essential

• At least 10 years of experience in supply chain operational roles or packaging product development roles in FMCH FMCG or pharma.
• Packaging related experience in SC or R&D.
• Experience in operational site leadership roles and across more than one supply chain function Manufacturing Planning Procurement Logistics Engineering Technical Quality.
• Proven experience and delivery of Cost Savings projects of substantive value in regional / global roles.
• Financial acumen to analyze complex data across the supply chain and combine with variables to identify cost saving opportunities.
• Exposure to Commercial category / markets to be able to quickly understand and evaluate impact of VE ideas on consumers / trade and develop effective approval strategies for the ideas.
• Developing strategies in supply chain.
• Understanding of the product development & registration processes & timelines.
• Experience of leading multiple cross functional projects in matrix organisation.

Preferred

• MBA or post graduate supply chain qualification.

Why Join Us

The future of everyday health is changing. And we’re the people changing front of us is an incredible opportunity to go beyond what any of us have done before. And make everyday health more achievable more inclusive and more sustainable. For more and more people.

So join us as we build one of the worlds leading consumer healthcare companies. Join us to innovate our category-leading brands. To better understand peoples everyday health needs. To tackle the biggest barriers that stand in their way. To change individual and us to work with colleagues who share your restless energy. To explore your interests. To stretch yourself to do the best work of your career. And join us as together we build a working experience that encourages us all to lead happier healthier more productive way we see it every day is an opportunity for we’re going all in to realize it.

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