Material Engineer - paperboard

Job Description

Material Engineer - paperboard-LUN0000DE

Description

Do you want to take both your technology development and supplier management skills to the next level? Do you see yourself taking a global expert role for the entire Tetra Pak Group? Can you lead effectively across cultures, organisations and functions?

Then the position as Senior Material Engineer at Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions could be your next job!

The position is located in the Base Material group within Supply Chain Operations. We strive to continuously adapt and improve our base material supply base in cooperation with our suppliers, converting factories and development organisations. Your part in this will be to become a recognized global expert for paperboard within Tetra Pak. You will interact with many highly professional global stakeholders - both internal and external.

Your base will be in Lund and you will travel around 50 days/year.

Main responsibilities
-Drive cost & quality improvement projects with suppliers
-Approve new board grades
-Technical validation and qualification of new suppliers
-Support converting factories with paperboard competence
-Monitor performance and drive corrective actions
-Translate system requirements to paperboard specifications

Qualifications

The person we are looking for is open and actively shares knowledge with others. Building relations comes easy to you and you know how to balance listening with persuasion and helpfulness with firmness. You are analytical and organised which makes it easy for you to create a structure and keep track on many parallel issues.

Your educational background is an MSc degree with focus on paper technology. You have at least 3 years of experience from the paper industry. It is a clear advantage if you have experience from food packaging board especially liquid packaging board production. Other relevant experience could be having worked as a development engineer or with technical sales support. You are a clear communicator and excel at both spoken and written English.

Please submit your application online no later than 10 September, 2013.

For further information about the position, please contact Bo Lundgren at +46 46 36 3984 or Elisabet Horvath
+46 46 36 4503.

For trade union information please contact Unionen/Kent Persson at +46 46 36 3328 or Sveriges Ingenjörer/Lennart Bensefelt
at +46 46 36 3094.

For information about your application, please contact recruiter Maria Hofvander at +46 46 36 3784.