Packaging Lead - Global Production Centre (Hybrid)

Holland Barrett; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bank holidays 33 days

Holiday purchase

Virtual GP

Private medical

Annual discretionary bonus

Health testing kit after 6 months

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension 5% employer

Life assurance

Annual bonus up to 10%

Product allowance

Discounts & cashback

Colleague discount 25%

Wellhub membership

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Holland & Barrett is seeking a Packaging Manager – Global Production Centre to lead the technical delivery of packaging across our production facilities in the UK. You will ensure packaging designs are safe, efficient, and reliable, collaborating with Packaging, Operations, Engineering, Quality and suppliers to turn concepts into production-ready solutions.

This hybrid role requires experience in FMCG packaging development, trials, line validation and issue resolution, with a focus on quality,

Qualifications

• Packaging development and engineering experience within FMCG/manufacturing.
• Technical knowledge of packaging materials, filling and packing processes.
• Experience with packaging trials, line validation and first production runs.
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
• Collaborates with Operations, Engineering, Quality and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery and implementation of new and changed packaging within our production facilities.
• Lead packaging trials, line validation and first production runs.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality and Planning to support safe, efficient and repeatable production.
• Investigate and resolve packaging-related production issues using structured root-cause analysis.
• Use production insight to improve packaging quality, line efficiency, reliability and waste.
• Work with suppliers and internal teams to resolve material performance issues and implement improvements.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturability, cost, sustainability and operational performance.
• Build packaging capability and consistent technical ways of working across our production facilities.

Skills

Packaging development

Packaging engineering

Materials knowledge

Filling processes

Line validation

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Change control

Compliance standards

Quality vs cost

Sustainability mindset

Job description

Holland & Barrett is seeking a Packaging Manager – Global Production Centre to lead the technical delivery of packaging across our production facilities in the UK. You will ensure packaging designs are safe, efficient, and reliable, collaborating with Packaging, Operations, Engineering, Quality and suppliers to turn concepts into production-ready solutions.

This hybrid role requires experience in FMCG packaging development, trials, line validation and issue resolution, with a focus on quality,