Innovation Design Lead — Foodservice Packaging

Georgia-Pacific LLC; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC seeks an Innovation Industrial Design/Development Manager to identify and solve high-value customer challenges with innovative foodservice packaging solutions. You will partner with sales, customers, and product development to create differentiated products driving growth.

You will apply Principle-Based Management to move ideas from concept to commercialization with speed and discipline, leveraging rapid prototyping and customer insight.

Qualifications

• Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Product Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
• Experience in packaging concept development
• Project management experience
• Ability to build relationships with customers and internal teams
• Experience with SolidWorks and Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of plastics and sustainable materials

Responsibilities

• Create Value for Customer: Partner with sales and customers to identify unmet needs and high-value problems in foodservice packaging.
• Lead Innovation & Development: Lead the custom application development process from concept through hand off to product development.
• Drive Results Through Ownership: Take full accountability for project outcomes, timelines, and execution within application innovation.
• Collaborate Across Functions: Work across sales, R&D, engineering, and manufacturing.

Skills

Packaging concept development

Project management

Customer relationship building

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Product Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Microsoft Office

Job description

Georgia-Pacific LLC seeks an Innovation Industrial Design/Development Manager to identify and solve high-value customer challenges with innovative foodservice packaging solutions. You will partner with sales, customers, and product development to create differentiated products driving growth.

You will apply Principle-Based Management to move ideas from concept to commercialization with speed and discipline, leveraging rapid prototyping and customer insight.