Packaging Engineer
Barcelona (Spain)
Ref: ZB44208691
December 23, 2024
GRAN CONSUMO
FUNCIONES
Essentials Responsibilities:
-Generate/Execute NPD projects and EPD projects ensuring brand relevance Design packaging thinking on marketing brief, factory capabilities, supply chain relevant factors (LT, MOQ),procurement cost and R&D requirements
-Investigate packaging options and costs (preliminary BOM, Coordination with GSP to define suppliers, and costs,
provide marketing with input on manufacturability and aspects affecting costs, provide cost of tooling and
tests/trials costs, alignment with R&D on the best container-formula combinations to obtain the best product
performance.
-Acts as prime interface with plant personal regarding production runs of products and any problems arising.
-Collaboration with the production plant / distributions in carrying out the necessary tests to ensure proper
interaction container-product-packaging line.
-Collaboration with R&D in carrying out the necessary tests to ensure proper container-product interaction-
compatibility test.
-Manage with Finance and PMO the cost estimations during all phase of the project in order to assure COG still on
target.
-Attend Factory first run production
-Supply innovation to marketing: performance, shapes and sustainability (Keeping up-to sustainability
trend/available technologies, Keeping up-to date with technological innovations
-Be the Owner (generations and continuously manage) all documentations related to packaging and pack use:
- Definition and creation of Bill of Material
- Definition and creation of pack technical specifications
- Provide technical specifications to suppliers
- Define, in collaborations with MKT, the packaging Quality standards (components and FG) for QC use.
- Generation of filling and assembling documentation
- Creation and maintenance of logistic data
- Responsible for creating, maintaining and updating the required documentation related to the green dot
Support quality to solve issues, knowledge on criteria of acceptance
-Manage and implement Value Engineering projects
-Supply innovations to Operations: to improve performance, quality and/or cost effectiveness (Stays abreast of
industry trends and new technologies, coordinate with Procurement modifications on components technical
specifications, Background on materials process to work close to suppliers, wide collaboration with suppliers
-Promote, push implement and lead improvements in packaging components and associated processes (Value
Engineering).
- Collaborate with Procurement to looking for new supplier and to define the preferred list of suppliers adapted to
the new requirements.
-Support to the study and implementations of packaging source changes drive by both economical and/or supply
issues.
-Support to the study and implementations of FG source changes (insourcing/outsourcing) drive by both
economical and/or supply issues
Required Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree in Packaging engineering, Industrial engineering, Chemical Engineering or equivalent is required.
-Knowledge of Supply Chain and procurement practices, business operation, marketing and timeline is desirable.
-Minimum 1-2 years of experience as a Packaging development and engineering with demonstrated track record of
delivering results in a complex environment.
-Fluent Spanish and English.
