Global Packaging Engineer

Would you like to join one of the world's leading FMCG companies and contribute to the sustainable development of tomorrow ́s hygiene and health products through packaging development?
Located just a couple of minutes from Mölndal train station in Gothenburg, Essity offers you to be part of an international business setting with over 1 000 employees and many contacts across different functions, units and countries. Flexibility is important to us, which is why we believe in a hybrid workplace philosophy. Our office environment is modern with a very special culture focusing on collaboration, innovation, well-being and care, development and commitment. We offer inhouse training facilities, a healthy canteen, social events and many other employee benefits.
You will be part of a diverse and international team consisting of 12-15 team members. The position is in Gothenburg and you will report to the Global Packaging Development Director.
About the role
The Global Packaging Engineer will be responsible for both the development and optimization of brand packaging solutions for primary, secondary and tertiary packaging components. The scope of the Global Packaging Engineer goes across all Essity business categories and geographies and includes interaction on a professional level with packaging suppliers and internal stakeholders from marketing, sales, product development, category management, sourcing, logistics and manufacturing, driving company goals and objectives.
As the Global Packaging Development area is a relatively new function within Essity R&D, we also expect you to strongly contribute to improving our processes and way-of-working, identifying knowledge gaps, and filling them through enabling projects, developing new methods and tools, and defining new key performance indicators, in our journey of becoming a best-in-class R&D Packaging Development Team.
At Essity, our ambition is to increase health and hygiene standards across the world and in this role, you will be a strong addition to the Global Packaging Development team, where we offer you a challenging and developing job.
What You Will Do
In this role you will work in innovation projects to ensure the development of optimum quality packaging with maximum speed to market and effective cost management in line with global brand packaging strategies. You will also support regional and global marketing teams on new product launches; specifically implementing new package designs, innovations, and machine acceptance trials.
Manage the development of global primary, secondary and tertiary packaging components and deliver specifications for both packaging innovations and re-design of packaging to support product changes and line extensions. It is required of you to provide and communicate technical input and recommendations on all packaging-related matters and technical training and development to all appropriate areas.
You will also:


Identify and develop innovative packaging concepts including materials, packaging format, print technology and brand assurance devices, with potential business benefits.
Set and improve the packaging specification parameter framework (QPack) for different materials and improve way-of-working for packaging development processes.
Proactively develop, maintain, and improve working relationships with manufacturing, product development, marketing, sales, category management, logistics and sourcing.
Manage R&D Packaging Team enabling projects.
Use a systematic approach to analyze data and suggests corrective actions to optimize current packaging solutions in terms of cost, functionality, and process without affecting the value of the product.
Perform root cause shipping and warehouse damage analysis and any relevant testing needed.
Lead factory/business teams focused on packaging optimization, understanding the interaction among all the factors that influence the results, working on details with the big picture in mind.

What you need
For this role you need a minimum of B.Sc, but preferably Master's Degree, in Packaging Engineering, Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or another relevant field. To be successful in the role, we also see that you have some years of experience, a minimum of 3 years of industrial experience, working with various forms of packaging development. An advantage if you have experience from manufacturing environment and packaging machinery relative to line trials, the packaging process and performance issues.
Furthermore, we believe you have:


Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
Experience with logistics optimization is preferred
Experience with SAP, Adobe Illustrator, Tops/Cape, AutoCad is an advantage
Project management experience is an advantage

We think that the Global Packaging Engineer has a holistic thinking that takes a broad stakeholder perspective and can understand stakeholder requirements, operational limitations, and business opportunities. You have a basic understanding of packaging materials, components and functionalities, the packaging filling process, and packaging associated test methods/standards.
The role will occasionally require domestic and international travels, up to 30%.
Additional Information
We are looking forward to reading your application. Please, apply online through our website and provide us with your CV in English at your earliest convenience. We work with continuous selection which means that you may receive a response before application deadline. If you are selected for an initial screening, you will after application deadline be contacted by responsible recruiter for an on-demand interview.
Breaking Barriers to Well-being
Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic, and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.
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