R&D Packaging Engineer

Experteer Italy; Sesto San Giovanni; In loco; EUR 35.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Join a forward-thinking company as an R&D Packaging Engineer, where you'll innovate packaging solutions for a diverse portfolio of premium spirits. This role is pivotal in developing new packaging products, enhancing existing designs, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvements and implement cutting-edge technologies. If you're passionate about design and sustainability, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. Embrace the opportunity to shape the future of packaging in the spirits industry!

Servizi

Health Insurance

Flexible Working Hours

Training and Development Programs

Employee Discounts

Travel Opportunities

Competenze

• 3-5 years experience in packaging design in the beverage industry.
• Strong technical skills with a focus on project management.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Mansioni

• Develop and design packaging for new products.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and sustainability standards.

Conoscenze

Project Management

Creative Problem Solving

Technical Capability

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Multitasking

Quality Tools (RCA, AQL, CPK, SPC)

Formazione

BSc/MSc in Packaging Science or Industrial Design

Postgraduate Packaging Technology Qualification

Strumenti

CAD Software

Project Management Tools

Descrizione del lavoro

Campari Group today is a major player in the global branded spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, marketed and distributed in over 190 markets around the world, with leading positions in Europe and the Americas.

Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Campari Group owns 22 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 22 countries, and employs approximately 4,000 people.

Shares of the parent company Davide Campari - Milano N.V. are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001. Campari Group is today the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry.

Position Context

The R&D Packaging Engineer EMEA role is based in the Campari Group HQ in Sesto San Giovanni (Milano) at the European Technical Center of Gruppo Campari.

R&D Packaging Engineer is responsible for the design, development and manufacture of packaging for Campari products’ portfolio.

Mission

• Develop new packaging products in response to Marketing Innovation briefs
• Execute packagingre-styling activities for existing products
• Keep up to date with technological innovations and develop new packaging innovations that unlock new areas of opportunity for Campari Group.
• Ensure appropriate product development approach, enabling concept intent to be effectively transferred in to mass production and ensure that products meet set requirements and specifications
• Lead and coordinate design efforts between internal teams and outside vendors to develop optimal packaging solutions
• Provide Effective Technical support to Operations, Marketing, Procurement and Sales organizations
• Lead the effort to identify areas for improvement in packaging machinery and methods, reduction of waste and improvement in cost savings through brainstorming and analysis
• Develop outer packaging and shippable containers reducing shipping costs, ensuring undamaged product and minimizing waste for consumers.

Key Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of the role will include:

• Contribute to development briefs, specifically in the preparation of technical content and constraints.
• Define realistic project timelines with key stakeholders, monitor progress and adherence to the timeline through to launch.
• Lead the definition and selection of appropriate manufacturing processes and assembly operations. Must be able to influence the decisions of the project leaders to maximize industrial efficiency.
• Lead initial cost evaluations and assist in the preparation of final COGS and Capex.
• Design Approval Test Protocol and Define critical test protocol and lead the qualification of the final solution, verifying adherence to targets and confirming functionality is ‘fit for purpose’.
• Evaluate vendor prototypes and providing improvements/suggestions or alternative solutions
• Ensure and Assess Food safety and Compliance of packaging materials used
• Develop and Maintain accurate Technical Product Specifications for packaging materials and Ensure that technical product specs are appropriately documented.
• Ensure products are launched on time, and that operating efficiencies, quality and scrap rates are within pre-defined limits.
• Manage production start-up and post launch phase.
• Provide technical assistance for managing complaints/issues and dealing with suppliers
• Advise senior management on the latest packaging trends and optimal solutions.
• Drive continuous improvements and saving projects.
• Lead and coordinate Business continuity and Manufacturing footprint projects
• Ensure and assess Sustainability topics in new projects

Key Relationships

Internal:Marketing Managers / Supply Chain Directors, Production Team, Engineering, Factory Management Team, European Quality Team, Procurement, Global R&D, Global Quality

External:Suppliers, Co-manufacturers, Design Agencies, Laboratories, Research Centres

Summary of Experience and Key Skills

• A minimum of 3-5 years of experience working in a similar role within the high-speed bottling,beverage - spirits orfood manufacturing industry.
• Outstanding technical capability with a proven track record of project management and delivery
• Outstanding creative problem solving and multitasking skills
• Good understanding of quality tools including RCA, AQL’s, CPK analysis and SPC.
• Ability to work under pressure, set clear priorities and meet deadlines.
• Good negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to align the different interests of internal parties.
• International mindset, ability to think across functional boundaries and to develop a commercial understanding of corporate and operational business issues.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and oral.
• Must have outstanding team work ability
• Must have a very good knowledge of English language, Italian and a third language being a plus
• Flexible to travel extensively both domestically and internationally.

Education / Professional Qualifications

• BSc/MSc University from a Packaging School/Material science or Industrial Design of consumer goods or Industrial engineering
• Functional knowledge of food contact materials
• A postgraduate packaging technology qualification can be beneficial, particularly for candidates without a directly relevant first degree.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

At Campari Group we believe in building more value together, thus we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment. Our employment policies and practices ensure that we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment without regard to any individual’s race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or characteristics or expression, political affiliation or activity, age, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Note to applicants:

Your application will be assessed based on your abilities, expertise, general knowledge and experience, not because of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information you may possess. You must not disclose to Campari Group any such information. In the event that you are asked a question that cannot be answered without disclosure of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information (including from a current or prior employer or their vendors or customers), you must decline to answer the question.

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