Packaging Technologist, Monday

7 months ago


Devizes, United Kingdom Bakkavor Full time

**Packaging Technologist**

**Salary: £30,000**

**Contract type: Permanent role**

**Hours: Mon - Fri: 08:30 - 17:00**

We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food - you just didn't realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose). We’re ambitious. We’re full of ideas. And we’re ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us.

Bakkavor Desserts is based in Devizes, Wiltshire and specialises in making chilled desserts such as tarts, yum yums, doughnuts, pies and pastries. The site employs over 550 people and is one of three factories that are part of the Bakkavor Desserts sector in the UK.

As Packaging Technologist, you will assist in the Product Development process, working cross-functionally with Process, NPD and Procurement teams to deliver Packaging specifications, costings and trials.

**Accountabilities**:

- Confirm packaging costs in internal NPD costings, working with the procurement team to obtain relevant packaging costs.
- Finalise packaging cutters and supply them to the customer in-line with the critical path timings.
- Organise outer cases for NPD/EPD, ensuring they are fit for purpose and approved by key stakeholders across the business.
- Finalise all packaging elements (tray, sleeve, film, outercase etc), confirming they are fit for purpose and correct
- Sign off packaging details in artwork approval process - checking the cutter guide size and dimensions, general panel layout, position and size of the date code box, position of the barcode, varnish-free areas. Ensure Specifications team are informed of relevant details
- Manage the generation and approval of promotional artwork
- Generate internal packaging specifications to be used for customer specifications and factory paperwork
- Support the process team on product trials and pre-productions, including ordering packaging for trials
- Attend, where required, retailer pre-artwork meetings to discuss packaging requirements for launch
- Co-ordinate the approval of the first delivery of printed packaging, ensuring it is approved for overall print quality before the packaging is released to the factories
- Manage Brandbank process
- Manage and update the packaging database to ensure all packaging detail is accurate and accessible
- Work with Procurement team to understand business strategy on packaging suppliers
- Work with NPD Packaging Manager to support the delivery of new packaging innovation

**About you**:

- Ability to manage your time effectively
- Organised and self-disciplined
- Enjoy working within a fast paced and changeable environment
- Well-developed written and oral communication skills
- A proactive approach
- Bakkavor value set

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