Packaging Developer - Luxury cosmetics & fragrances

Reporting to the Director of Packaging Development, this is a very exciting opportunity for a passionate packaging developer/assistant manager of packaging development with 2 -  5 years experience level.

Responsibilities include :

• Assist in the timely development of specific development projects to meet the shift in workload within the Packaging Department.
• Actively support the development on targeted projects for to meet our global customer’s needs.
• Assist the management team in providing a project feasibility - function, manufacturability, component cost, tooling estimates, timetable, risks, and global consistency.
• Initiate and evaluate package test results.
• Request preliminary costs, and compare to feasibility.
• Initiate artwork requests and proofread final art.
• Develop the package utilizing the technical support groups (Technical Packaging, Package Testing, and Manufacturing Engineering) to achieve the intended design, quality, cost objectives, functionality, and manufacturability.
• Submit packages to Package Testing with the required samples and technical information.
• Establish component and color standards, and insure proper distribution.
• Assure that Packaging meets the needs of the brand, corporation, Regulatory and Environmental Legislation, and consumer safety.
• Keep informed through colleagues, vendors, journals, professional affiliations, and seminars of new materials, processes, and procedures.
• Visit suppliers and our company production facilities in the UK & Europe
• Actively participate, as needed, on multifunctional teams providing creative solutions, while exhibiting an enthusiastic, flexible, and positive attitude.
• Support the mission/objectives/strategies of the Packaging Department.
• Champion the company’s vision.

 Experience required : 

2 - 5 years related experience in Beauty/Cosmetics/Luxury goods industry experience preferred

Engineering/Packaging degree preferred

Packaging Diploma preferred