Product & Process Specialist

At Tetra Pak we touch millions of people’s lives every day, ensuring better nutrition and healthier lifestyles through safe packaging and food processing solutions. Guided by our global brand promise, PROTECTS WHAT’S GOOD, we strive to make a difference by protecting food, people and our futures. To do this we need more than smart technology. We are looking for world-class engineering and scientific talent. People like you, who want to work with people like us.
Would you like to actively contribute to Tetra Pak's sustainable and profitable growth by joining the SCO Additional Materials Closures organisation as Product & Process Specialist?
Our mission is to manage sourcing, production and supply of additional materials. Our aim is to achieve lowest landed total cost at specified quality for Tetra Pak’s global customer base. Additional materials (Caps, Straws and Strips) make together with the packaging material the complete Tetra Pak Package. The new Tetra Pak Closures organisation are today supplying over 35 bio caps produced in more than 200 production lines located in 5 Tetra Pak plants and another 14 external plants.
Within this organization, we are looking for a Product & Process Specialist who will be a member of the Additional Materials Closures – Installed Base Performance department that secure supply of openings and closures for TP at the best cost, agreed quality, on time and in full. In this role you will manage, drive, support and organize all the operational activities linked to the products assigned to you.
What you will do
As our new Product & Process Specialist, you will focus on:
· Drive improvement activities in cooperation with WCM and Operational Excellence, actively using the WCM improvement tools and methods.
· Secure the production lines performance and quality level of the product.
· Drive the implementation of the preventive and corrective actions in order to prevent or eradicate claims.
· Support and cooperate with the production planners in the volume’s allocation process.
· Support technical improvements and updates for the Product Group
· Lead budget preparation for maintenance activities and follow up concerned spending. Benchmark maintenance costs across the product line.
· Report performance status trough clear and punctual reporting packages.
You will be based in Lund and work with a worldwide supplier base. Your will travel for about 25-50% of the working time: you will frequently have short trips of max 2 weeks.
Who you are
We are looking for a highly self-motivated and driven person. As a person you are able to work in an international environment (you will be required to travel to different sites and locations) and have the ability to build trust and good relations with global colleagues. You enjoy being the expert, sharing your knowledge and are capable of work together with other team members, exchanging information and supporting colleagues to achieve personal and team goals. You are also organized and systematic, with strong communication skills and are keen to combine this with your technology competence.
You hold a university degree in Engineering or significant experience within the field. You have not less than 2 years of experience in the Supply Chain operations field or have worked with Cap Applicators or related equipment. In addition, a good understanding of mass production aspects is required. You have previous experience in the field of Injection moulding or plastics materials. Knowledge of improvement methodology as WCM, Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing will be considered a plus.
Your English skills are excellent, spoken as well as written.
We offer
As our new Product & Process Specialist, you will be part of a global leading company where our vision is to make food safe and available everywhere. We can offer you highly skilled and passionate colleagues and an international challenging and high paced work environment where our employees take great pride in protecting food and protecting the planet. You will work in a market leading company which offers continuous training and development opportunities in a comfortable and activity-based office environment. At Tetra Pak we believe in work-life balance, have sports and training facilities and offer an attractive pension and insurance scheme, incl. health care arrangements.
Care to join?
Please submit your CV and motivational letter in English before 17th of August 2020 through our career site jobs.tetrapak.com.
To know more about the position contact Joao Casquinho at +351 932 544 247
Questions about your application contact Erika Bjerning at +46 46 36 1788
For trade union information contact Sveriges Ingenjörer Ann-Charlotta Ekstrand at +46 46 36 4962 and Unionen Ted Andersson at +46 46 36 4623