Packaging Technologist

2 days ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Unilever Full time

Job Purpose The Packaging Technologist is a pivotal role within the Deodorant Category, a key strategic growth area in Personal Care at Unilever. This position supports innovation and excellence in packaging for flagship brands including Rexona, Axe, and Dove, ensuring superior product experiences that align with business objectives while embedding sustainability and premiumisation at the core of all solutions. Details Job Title: Packaging Technologist Business Function: R&D Location: Leeds Office and R&D Responsibilities Provide consultancy to core project teams to ensure product designs incorporate packaging design rules and best practice. Offer packaging manufacturing expertise during design reviews and risk activities (e.g., FMEA, risk assessments). Develop and validate robust functional specifications for components and systems. Define testing plans for innovation projects with input into network timings. Analyze test results and use statistical tools to identify potential production issues, making decisions and recommendations to drive improvements within packing innovation projects. Manage lab technicians during technical testing plans through completion, including pilot packaging equipment, factory line trials, and design of experiments. Collaborate with global suppliers to improve and harmonize aerosol component designs, leading test programs to ensure implementation. Contribute to future capability initiatives by capturing best practice and supporting the build of testing capability to validate “design rules” for future innovation projects. Play an active role in contributing toward the Packaging and Aerosol teams’ strategy activities. Experience Packaging and manufacturing supply chain experience of deodorants, including aerosols. Competency in using measurement and testing equipment. Ability to read technical engineering drawings and understand tolerances. Experience in quality control, packaging materials (including resins, MB), and injection moulding preferred. Key Skills Packaging Development Aerosol/Stick/Roll‑on knowledge Packaging Materials & Technology expertise Digital Tool Proficiency Data Analytics Environmental Sustainability Consumer Insight What We Offer We offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment. While the role is advertised on a full‑time basis, we welcome discussion of flexible working options. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people, creating a family‑friendly and inclusive workplace. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Diversity at Unilever embraces differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We give full and fair consideration to all applicants and continue development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to present your best self. #J-18808-Ljbffr



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