Associate Manager Packaging Engineering

Join BIC World, a community of brands dedicated to creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that have been part of hearts and homes for over 75 years. We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways.

Our culture encourages a "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission.

As Associate Manager Packaging Engineering you will participate in the finished goods packaging development and optimization, including copacking and displays. You will collaborate with the team with needs, goals, specifications and optimization; execute the Sustainable Development packaging strategy and contribute to the development of packaging at best cost, quality and time-to-market, taking into account the need for innovation, differentiation and standardization. You will also participate in the needs requirements definition, sustainability, sourcing strategy and supplier selection.

Main responsabilities:

Support all the steps from design to implementation of packaging supply needs

Collaborate with categories and local marketing to develop new packaging and display

Lead innovation projects on the packaging expertise and provide technology watch

Execute standard processes for Packaging Development

Implement the packaging item codification rules (data integrity within operational procurement)

Participate in Packaging complexity and cost reduction programs. Support packaging cost saving roadmap and production efficiency gains (value engineering)

Participate in packaging projects and identify new packaging solutions to support new business needs

Consider Sustainable Development criteria to develop new packaging and work on new PPWR transformation

Assist in packaging standardization of processes, tools, materials and design

Support with the industrialization of existing or new packaging materials, tools and machinery in factories and copacking centers

Support with packaging material and packaging line continuous improvement on cost and quality

Participate in packaging technical specification definition

Qualifications:

Engineering/ Industrial Designing background

Minimum 2 years of experience in packaging roles, possibly within FMCG/CPG industry

Fluent English and French

Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint

Knowledge of Sustainable Development trends will be a plus.

Knowledge of AutoCAD / Artios will be a plus

Priority management, ability to deal with tight deadlines

Project management skills

Autonomy

Proactivity

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