Packaging Technologist

1 week ago


Northampton, United Kingdom Harper Anderton Full time

**Exciting Opportunity for Packaging Technologists**

**Are you ready to join a prominent UK-based business operating within the chilled category?** Our client, a major player in the food industry, is offering a thrilling opportunity for a Packaging Technologist to become a vital part of their team, contributing to innovation within their organization.

As part of our client's packaging team and situated within the Innovation department, you will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing cutting-edge packaging solutions for their products. This role provides the opportunity to collaborate closely with various departments, ensuring that the packaging meets the highest standards of quality and efficiency.

Joining our client's team means being part of a company that values progression and invests in the development of its employees. With regular opportunities for advancement and a supportive work environment, you'll have the platform to grow your career and achieve your professional goals.



‍**You will be responsible for, but not limited to**:

- Contribute to creative brainstorms to identify new solutions with packaging suppliers that complement food packaging innovation and maximize competitor advantage
- Have the vision to translate concepts into robust, tangible commercial solutions that are fit for purpose, disrupt the fixture a communicate the values of the range identity.
- Work alongside Group Purchasing where appropriate, to incorporate efficiency savings in line with specification criteria, to support business needs
- Ensure all samples are available in line with critical paths and extended timelines are communicated efficiently to the business.
- Be fully conversant with current and future Sustainability agendas incorporating this knowledge into your approach when reporting key step changes
- Present the packaging at feasibility meetings, to verify its suitability to a manufacturing environment and the expectations of production processes
- Create graphical mock-ups to enhance and clearly communicate your concepts.
- Attend customer product submissions, as required, to present your proposals
- Support factory trials, reviewing the operational output to refine or modify the design specification to ensure the final pack is fit for purpose and delivers the necessary outcomes



**What's required?**
- Graduate caliber, with at least two years served within the food packaging industry
- Enjoys the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment
- Analytical; experienced in requesting and reviewing packaging costings
- Strong customer service values and a keen sense of urgency with the ability to think on your feet
- An effective communicator with good presentation skills
- Creative, enjoys colour and graphic design, comfortable in relevant packages eg Illustrator, Adobe Suite etc
- Technically confident knowledge in at least one substrate field relevant to food manufacturing e.g. carton board, flexible films, thermoform
- Able to produce mock-ups and have complete confidence as an illustrator to convey your ideas when briefing suppliers



**What's in it for you?**

£40,000.00 - £47,000.00

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Company share save scheme

Employee discount platform



**Do you think you fit the criteria?**

Want to find out more about the role?



(ID 063)

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £40,000.00-£47,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: ID 063



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