Packaging Developer I

该职位来源于猎聘 Accountabilities

• Lead packaging projects from initial design concepts through prototyping, building, and successful commercialization of folding cartons, printed flexibles, rigid boxes, labels, master cases, and palletization solutions.
• Perform feasibility studies and material assessments during the concept phase to guide packaging strategy and support innovation pipeline development.
• Validate packaging concepts to ensure robustness and compliance with industry and company standards.
• Develop comprehensive packaging specifications and toolkits for newly designed products.
• Create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for packaging products to support assembly at manufacturing sites.
• Provide technical expertise and collaborate across business functions to resolve technical challenges during design and development phases.
• Support procurement teams with technical input for sourcing new and existing packaging, identifying opportunities for cost optimization and quality enhancement.
• Champion sustainability initiatives in partnership with other departments to achieve company ESG targets.
• Contribute to the development of Quality Control Plans for packaging alongside the BAT Quality team.
• Travel to suppliers and manufacturing plants to support product development, optimization, and specification release as needed.
• Participate in material qualification trials and initial production runs at manufacturing sites and supplier facilities.
• Build strong technical relationships with both internal teams and external stakeholders. EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE Technical Experience Required
• Over 3 years of experience leading packaging design and prototyping projects within FMCG or Global Companies with cross-functional and multi-category teams, from concept to market commercialisation.
• Ability to creatively solve problems, drive value, and design structural packaging concepts for product and transit.
• Detailed understanding of materials, costs, and how to utilise them to value engineer packaging format.
• Experience using software such as Microsoft Office, Auto CAD, Artios CAD, SolidWorks, Creo, CAPE, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Keyshot.
• Experience with rapid prototyping techniques, especially related to the development of a variety of packaging technologies.
• Working knowledge of developing and validating Child Resistant/Senior Effective packaging.
• Ability to manage projects to time and budget, whilst under pressure.
• Proactively identifying complex technical or business problems and creating and implementing solutions.
• Ability to execute design engineering analysis skills including tolerance analysis, DFA, DFM, DFMEA, validation, and documentation.

  Leadership Skills

  Required

• Good verbal and written communication and influencing skills across stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization with the ability to challenge.
• Resilience, empathy, self-awareness, tolerance to ambiguity, and emotional intelligence.
• Used to working on own initiative, self-motivated with a forward-thinking approach and drive single point of accountability.
• Ability to plan and deliver multiple priorities under pressure.
• Keeping abreast with new trends in packaging sustainability, global sourcing development, etc.
• Strong team player and experienced in working with global teams with people from a variety of cultures and backgrounds with a sensitive and understanding manner to achieve results.

  EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS

• Packaging Engineering, Material, Science, Manufacturing Engineering.

  Industrial

  Design or other equivalent to 1st Degree and proven packaging development skills/capabilities on previous projects.

• Six Sigma or Lean Programmes valued.
• Project Management certificate or qualifications
• Preference for a Chinese National.