Packaging Technologist

Jupiter Prestige Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

25 days holiday

Bank Holidays

PRB scheme

Job summary

Jupiter Prestige Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Packaging Technologist to drive packaging development for NPD and EPD projects, ensuring fit-for-purpose, quality and precise packaging specifications across substrates and product categories. You will coordinate with suppliers and internal teams to manage stage gates, review samples and ensure timely delivery of packaging artwork and launches.

The role combines hands-on delivery with stakeholder engagement and requires a proactive,

Qualifications

• Basic experience in a packaging role.
• Experience managing packaging across substrates and product categories.
• Experience in FMCG environment helpful.

Responsibilities

• Engage with and drive supplier interaction on packaging for NPD/EPD activity.
• Build, manage and report on project-based approach.
• Lead daily packaging agenda within NPD/EPD gate process with cross-functional support.
• Communicate accurately with internal and external stakeholders.
• Liaise with product/supplier partners to meet client packaging needs.

Skills

Packaging experience

NPD packaging

EPD packaging

Stakeholder comms

Job description

Jupiter Prestige Group is a $30m turnover group of companies specialising in retail and FMCG brand management, packaging graphics services and software solutions, with offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong, Australia and India.

Job Title: Packaging Technologist

Reports to: Account Manager

Role Overview:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Packaging Technologist to join our well established team. You will be responsible for the delivery of OwnBrand Packaging on shelf for a fast paced and dynamic client, with a scope that covers technical aspects, including fit for purpose, quality, on-time and accurate packaging specification.

You will drive supplier provision and client approval of physical packaging associated with NPD and EPD, in-line with the client’s stage gate process.

You will work with all stakeholders to deliver to a set of best working practices that ensures timely and accurate delivery of all services to this client and ensure all expectations are met.

The role is based in the UK, hybrid working from home and clients head office (Deeside, North Wales) determined by the needs of the workload, projects and client meetings, but with a minimum of 2 - 3 days per week onsite.

Key areas of responsibility:

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.

Breakdown of responsibilities:

• Stage1 - Product & Packaging briefing - Working with Trading managers and product suppliers to ensure suppliers are briefed with clear packaging and print requirements including timings for NPD and EPD
• Stage2/Gate2 Product and Packaging review - Working with Trading Managers, suppliers and packaging suppliers to ensure packaging sample submission to the brief in-line with product submissions. Manage the feedback on samples for further iterative packaging development as required.
• Gate 3 Product and Packaging sign-off - 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.

Key Qualities / skills

• 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

• Driven – delivers at pace
• Excellent communicator, at all levels, who is organised and calm under pressure
• Friendly, approachable and flexible
• Must be capable of removing barriers effectively
• Team player
• An openness to change and challenge, as well as ability to think out of the box

Ability to multitask and prioritise time allocation across multiple stakeholder groups and active tasks.

Tenaciousness, positivity, flexibility, confidence and determination are all vital attributes for this role.

Additional Information

• Hours are 8am – 5pm, with 30 minutes for lunch
• 25 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays
• Private Healthcare provision following successful probationary period
• PRB scheme