Director, Packaging Design & Development

Georgia-Pacific; Neenah (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific seeks a Product Design & Development Director to lead our Product Design team and advance capabilities across the organization. You will collaborate with Product Development, Engineering, Operations, Tooling, Manufacturing, Sales, and Marketing to move concepts to market.

Ideal candidate has deep thermoforming and tooling experience, a track record in continuous improvement, and a passion for transforming how work gets done to deliver customer value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, packaging, materials science, manufacturing, or related field.
• 10+ years in product design, development, packaging development, or related technical discipline.
• Leadership experience supervising and developing technical professionals.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and driving organizational change.
• Experience developing products from concept through commercialization.
• Experience working directly with customers to identify needs and develop solutions.
• Understanding of product realization, manufacturing processes, and commercial product development.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing Product Design team, fostering collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive transformation initiatives that improve product development processes, tools, communication, and organizational effectiveness.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve speed, quality, and effectiveness of product commercialization.
• Champion best practices in product design, product realization, and new product introduction (NPI).
• Lead cross-functional efforts to identify and eliminate barriers to innovation and execution.
• Apply expertise in thermoforming, tooling, materials, and manufacturing processes to improve product performance.
• Ensure product designs are manufacturable, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with customer requirements and business objectives.
• Establish and improve technical standards, development methodologies, and design processes.
• Support product development projects from concept through commercialization, including prototyping, testing, tooling development, trials, and production launch.
• Work with customers and commercial teams to translate needs into innovative packaging solutions.

Skills

Thermoforming design

Tooling development

Mold design

Design for Manufacturing

Packaging development

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Packaging/Materials Science/Manufacturing

Job description

Georgia-Pacific seeks a Product Design & Development Director to lead our Product Design team and advance capabilities across the organization. You will collaborate with Product Development, Engineering, Operations, Tooling, Manufacturing, Sales, and Marketing to move concepts to market.

Ideal candidate has deep thermoforming and tooling experience, a track record in continuous improvement, and a passion for transforming how work gets done to deliver customer value.