Overview
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There are more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
F&B; Packaging Engineer - Your future position?
As F&B; Packaging Engineer, you will be in charge of managing all technical aspects of the packaging portfolio globally. You will drive the optimization of primary and secondary packaging materials in coordination with the Global team. You will be in charge of or actively support the standardization of packaging and processes, validation of materials and equipment, cost saving activities, development of suppliers with IM&S;, integration of sustainability focus in the projects and representation of the regions in the general team. Moreover, you will have a significant impact on our business by ensuring all packaging comply with legal requirements in the regions where they are traded.
Location options: Ashford (UK) or Sant Celoni (Spain). Reports to the Head of Manufacturing Excellence, Global Operations F&B.;
Responsibilities
- Partner Management and Networking
- Be the primary contact for the region/division on packaging activities and act as lead expert
- Coordinate packaging validation activities and collect packaging qualification documents with project teams
- Drive packaging trials when required as per the validation plan and provide inputs for manufacturing/packaging cost and Capex plans
- Network with Packaging Engineering team, Process Engineering, Procurement, Safety, Quality and Supply chain teams
- Support regional teams for the evaluation and selection of packaging vendors and periodically conduct vendor reviews
- Lead packaging projects for the region/division and implement packaging processes, best practice and guidelines as agreed with the Global Packaging Team
- Be responsible for Inbound and Outbound Packaging process & improvements
- Ready to also support overall Manufacturing process excellence in addition to packaging related processes such as Packing & Filling process, Material Handling Process, Storage and transportation
- Safety and Quality Management
- Address and report regulatory exposures (Dangerous Goods, Food Contact Materials,…) and ensure all packaging material meet safety and quality standards in consideration of legal and country requirements
- Provide support to Operation and Quality teams on issues related to packaging materials, packaging equipment to determine best-fit resolutions and dedicated customer issue management for packaging
- Solve packaging and labelling issues
- Ensure data quality of packaging material in the system as well as the accuracy of documents stored in the global packaging repository
- Continuous Improvement
- Inspire and support the business in developing innovative packaging solutions for new product categories (e.g. integrated solutions)
- Support the implementation of alternative packaging options and new materials in line with our Plastic Circularity strategy to meet our 2030 targets on single-use plastics
- Set a customer-first approach to packaging development
- Identify regional packaging optimization projects
You Have
- Preferably Master’s degree in packaging technology or relevant experience in packaging engineering and processes
- More than 5 years of operational / R&D; experience in a packaging position
- Experience in packaging in a B2B industry with experience in food ingredients or related industry
- International exposure
- Expertise in Safety & Food Safety regulation
- Exposure to Dangerous Goods transportation norms
- Experienced working and communicating in a matrix organization
- Proficiency in English; additional language skills are an advantage
- Required knowledge about packaging for Food content (Oral Care, Food Compliance) and cosmetics (Active Beauty, Liquid Compound)
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Every essence of you enriches our world. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.
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📌 Packaging Engineer, Fragrance & Beauty, Global Ops
🏢 Givaudan
📍 San Celoni