Packaging Engineer

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Your responsibilities

• Technical skills-Possesses a basic understanding of industry knowledge and capable of building a technical skillset to create best in class packaging • Proven ability to modify existing packages by taking them from the bench, pilot plant and commercial scale based on customer or consumer needs. • Ability to create packaging material specifications providing technical information necessary to support the product/packaging configurations; to insure projects deliver at efficient cost, line performance, package quality, supply chain requirements, and consumer satisfaction. • Will create components/items within the Reckitt enterprise system and the Reckitt technical document system for packaging documentation. Drive archiving efforts to minimize specification catalog • Apply/build technical packaging knowledge to assist in operational efficiency from qualification/validation to improving ongoing packaging. • Full understanding of the technical requirements to meet customer packaging design requirements (e.g. – Club stores/e-commerce, Walmart/Target, CVS, Grocery) and category (Vitamins/minerals/supplements, personal care, Intimate Wellness, and upper respiratory health) packaging requirements. • Experience with OTC consumer goods manufacturing and packaging principles as it relates to packaging execution. • Basic understanding of packaging component sustainability, recyclability scope and Reckitt goals and seps to measure and reduce global and local environmental impact.
• Project participation- Ability to execute project defined tasks in cross-functional teams including independently working on projects as required. • Participate in project meetings, support project timeline development, deliver against assigned tasks, manage appropriate project communications across the business. • Assist/conduct root cause analysis and apply trouble shooting techniques to solve technical issues and performance challenges. • Conduct lab analysis, production line trials, product validation activities and supplier testing as needed on related projects. Generate and analyze collected data to drive technical and business recommendations. • Attend/coordinate packaging supplier and/or Reckitt plant trials to assist in evaluation or problem resolution. • Develop packaging options/cost models and scenarios to recommend ideal solutions. • Effectively lead small to medium scale factory projects, coordinating amongst peers and able to report out results, risks, and progress.
• Innovation- Assist with technical analysis of prospective product examples to deliver innovative R&D/Supply solutions to enhance Reckitt product satisfaction and value. • Identify and support technologies that drive breakthroughs into new packages, cost savings and/or core renovation initiatives within the packaging organization. • Represent the packaging organization and partner with internal/external business functions to commercialize packaging solutions. • Research equipment and technical solutions for the package engineering organization improvement • Work across all functions, including the balance of R&D, Operations, Quality, Engineering, Commercial, Procurement and Suppliers to support project launches as need.

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