Packaging Technical Manager

Job Description

Lead the global Packaging Technical agenda activities, ensuring all pack components are fit for purpose throughout their life cycle, ensuring requirements specifications conform to global standards, Qualification Protocols and Global guidelines are implemented. Play a key role in the correct creation, maintenance storage of the packaging component specification tree, and its use within Sourcing projects. Manage Packaging Supplier Qualification and Capability Audits, Global Packaging Standards creation, and root cause analysis in the event of poor quality performance. Accountable for Global Packaging Technical activities. What you will deliver Lead the Packaging Technical agenda, activities, ensuring all pack components are fit for purpose Pack design - Work with packaging partners, Business customers and supply chain to develop pack designs and specifications to meet established business requirements. Pack development - Work with business partners, internally and externally to present and develop new forms of packaging that meet Global requirements and standards Packaging Specifications - Define Global Qualification Protocols, approval of procedures and the Specification Tree for all packaging. Ensure all documentation is recorded and used accurately within relevant databases and contractual arrangements Packaging Qualification - Lead and sign-off the implementation of new packaging within our supply chain Project Implementation - Support manage the implementation of new packaging supply projects and provide a source of expertise throughout all packaging procurement activity Packaging Quality Assurance - Support the investigation (with technical expertise) of packaging issues within the supply chain and validate supplier quality assurance systems are appropriate and fit for purpose. Packaging Quality Control - support the implementation of QA standards and issue resolution Packaging regulation - Support QA in understanding of packaging regulations that apply to our consumer and industrial product ranges. Enabling them to ensure compliance to such standards and provide support to marketing, supply chain and procurement teams to ensure any developments remain in compliance. Lead and promote Continuous Improvement processes for packaging Work closely with Global Packaging Category Managers the Procurement Hubs, in line with our operating model.