Senior Material Engineer - Polymer

At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere; and we protect what's good – protecting food, protecting people and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of people's lives every day. And we need people like you to make it happen.
Do you want to bring your skills within technology development to the next level?
An exciting opportunity opens within Base Materials. Our primary area of responsibility is to develop an ecosystem of suppliers that have the capability to secure sustainable competitive and qualified base materials that are delivered to our factories with consistent customer-focused quality level, and to support the Tetra Pak material innovation agenda.
We are looking for a Senior Material Engineer that will have a key role in developing supplier capability, especially within the area of polymers, to support Tetra Pak’s ambitions in quality and sustainability.
The position is permanent and based in Lund and will include some travelling.
What you will do
You will be a part of a central competence center available for the Tetra Pak organization which handle base material supplier management and development of base material specifications. You will work with Suppliers and Tetra Pak organizations when driving and supporting issue resolution activities, quality improvement and polymer approval projects.
This role will put you in contact with key internal and external stakeholders across different functional and international borders. You will be reporting to the Polymer Technology manager FSM Base Materials.
You will focus on
Manage technical relationships with suppliers ensuring good communication and collaboration in issue resolution and supply issues
Audit suppliers to assure a Tetra Pak compliance to customer requirement
Assure suppliers compliance to specifications and push for quality improvement through quality pillar responsibility
Support project organisation in qualification of new or modified polymer grades to ensure collaboration and sourcing approach stays agile, while making best use of external analysis providers

We believe you have
Your educational background is a relevant university degree at a Master level or above. You have solid knowledge about, and preferably also work experience from polymer/compounding industry and related technologies. Experience from auditing, Total Quality, injection moulding and food packaging applications is a clear advantage, as well as experience in quality management and technology development. Furthermore, if you have experience of working with suppliers, we see this as a big plus.
We are looking for you who are analytical which makes it easy for you to create a structure and keep track on many parallel issues. Since this position include cooperation with a lot of different internal as well as external stakeholders, you are a good communicator and excellent at both spoken and written English.
You prefer to collaborate and have the ability to manage internal and external relationships in a cooperative, diplomatic, and successful manner. Building relations comes easy to you and you know how to balance listening with persuasion and helpfulness with firmness. We also believe you can deal with ambiguity & continuous change in terms of work scope and challenges identified. You are an open person who actively shares knowledge with others.
We offer you
Variety of exciting challenges with ample opportunities for development and training in a truly global landscape
Culture that pioneers spirit of innovation where our engineering genius drives visible result
Equal opportunity employment experience that values diversity and inclusion
Market competitive compensation and benefits with flexible working arrangements

Apply now!
If you are inspired to share our responsibility of protecting food to protecting the planet, please submit your CV and motivational letter in English through our careers page on https://jobs.tetrapak.com/.
This job posting expires on 2022-09-08
To know more about the position contact Karin Strömberg at +46 733 36 3391
Questions about your application contact Sara Johannesson at +46 46 36 2964
For trade union information contact Unionen/Lisbeth Larsson at +46 46 36 2320 or
Akademikerklubben/Lars Haraldsson at +46 46 36 2533