Sustainability Packaging Specialist

3 months ago

Menstrie, United Kingdom Diageo Full time

Job Description:
Senior Specialist, Sustainable Packaging

Location: Menstrie, Scotland

Permanent

Join our Supply Team

As the home of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo we source, produce, and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year across 180 markets globally. Because of this huge undertaking, we rely on highly sophisticated systems as well as the very best talent to make sure our businesses continue to run smoothly. To give you some idea of the scale of our operation, over half of our 30,000 employees work in our supply chains. We have teams in over 100 sites across more than 30 countries, but what matters is that wherever you work, you’re part of a diverse, inclusive team where there are opportunities for everyone.

Whether you work in planning, logistics, technical teams or manufacturing, you’ll be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation. We set ourselves the highest standards, and our practices have earned us international recognition. And it’s people with energy, dedication and problem-solving skills who’ll help us get even better. In return, we offer a world of opportunities for you to explore, to shape and progress your career.

Purpose/Context of the Role:
- The role of Senior Specialist, Sustainable Packaging, sits within the Sustainable Packaging Team, in the Brand Change & Innovation team, based at International Supply Centre, Technical, Menstrie.- The purpose of this role is to identify, assess and trial new packaging technologies that drive towards our sustainable by design 2030 packaging targets.- This will involve support across Brand Change & Innovation Categories, Brand teams, Innovation and R&D.

Top Accountabilities:
- Sustainable Packaging Pipeline - Scan the horizon and identify future technology R&D opportunities, ensuring there is a healthy pipeline of ideas.- Sustainable Packaging Projects - Manage sustainability R&D projects to agreed timescales and budgets ensuring great delivery and following relevant process.- Sustainable packaging consultancy and support - Provide relevant guidance and support to Innovation & Brand Change and Brand teams ensuring we capitalise on opportunities to make our packaging as sustainable as possible.- Improvement workstreams - Deliver improve projects to ensure the sustainable packaging team ways of working are codified and efficient and support delivery of strong sustainable packaging technology and solutions.

**Responsibilities**:
- Identifying, assessing and trialing new packaging technologies that help drive towards our 2030 packaging targets.- Supporting Brand Change & Innovation, categories, market innovation teams and Global Brand teams in finding opportunities to make our packaging more sustainable, whilst ensuring compliance with all regulatory and legal guidance.- Deliver short to medium term technical Sustainable Packaging Technology projects and report key performance indicators.- Work in conjunction with the Global Sustainability Team, Procurement Grain to Glass team and Innovation R&D on Improve workstreams to deliver more efficient ways of working, and governance to support strong delivery

Qualifications and Experience Required:
- Degree or equivalent - preferably in a scientific or engineering discipline.- Experience in a technical role, preferably with some sustainability experience or knowledge.- Must have experience in either packaging design, packaging technology, packaging manufacture, or bottling lines.- Experience in risk analysis, problem solving and some understanding of sustainability technologies and solutions.

Experience- Sound commercial judgement to allow for balancing business opportunity against perceived risks and benefits.- Strong technical understanding of multiple packaging formats, manufacturing techniques and how they combine and run-on production lines.- Awareness of different cultural requirements - experienced in working across business boundaries and in challenging environments.- Excellent problem-solving skills - track record of delivering innovative and tailored technical solutions at pace.- Experienced in project management, working with multiple partners to deliver ambitious projects navigating through processes and breakthroughs.- Strong Innovative thinking and agile delivery of either improvements or solutions.- Knowledge of I&BC stage-gate process (and/or NPD processes in general) and tools such as Planview, SAP, Power BI would be beneficial.

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

We believe the most diverse and inclusive culture makes for a better business and a better world.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on havin

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