Group Packaging Manager

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This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.

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Overview:

Our client is a manufacturer of food products, providing unrivalled quality, innovation and service to customers in the UK and overseas. Their heavy investment in technology allows them to offer a forward-thinking, quality assured source of supply.

This market leader employs a highly skilled and dedicated workforce. They carefully develop their expertise to ensure that they are able to add value to the business and customers.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Packaging Manager to manage all their packaging issues and meet the needs of stakeholders in the best possible way. This role requires someone who is methodical, rigorous, and able to analyse prevailing situations and quickly find solutions.

Key Responsibilities :

Packaging techniques :

• Improve technically and economically the packaging materials in line with the products and the packaging processes.
• Improve technically and economically the overwraps materials in line with the overwrapping processes.
• Take part in the logistics improvements.
• Propose alternative packaging solutions to the manufacturing and sales department.
• Define the new needs of various stakeholders
• Supervise industrial trials
• Study costs
• Validate the proposals with the manufacturing and development departments

Prospection :

• Define precisely internal and external needs.
• Identify the packaging materials suppliers in cooperation with procurement.
• Contact and meet potential packaging materials suppliers in cooperation with procurement.

Management and supervision of the suppliers :

• Take part in the supplier approval process in cooperation with Quality and Procurement.
• Take part in the suppliers’ evaluation with Quality and Procurement.
• Take part in the audits of the suppliers.
• Analyse quality issues on packaging materials and take part in the management of litigations with suppliers in cooperation with Quality and Procurement.

Technical skills :

• Evaluate the industrial feasibility and reproducibility of packaging processes and solutions.
• Advise appropriate departments on packaging materials to choose and possible optimisations.
• Create and adapt product packaging
• Organise, monitor and take benefit of industrial trials
• Anticipate, detect and interpret the technical difficulties
• Manage team
• Communicate, read and write technical documentation, reports, notes
• Use graphic software
• Translate the results of industrial trials in guidance and procedures
• Optimise and harmonise the existing packages
• Negotiate with suppliers, internal or external stakeholders
• Audit and evaluate new packaging materials, equipment or packaging machines suppliers.

Please note: Candidates must have between 3 to 5 years’ experience in the same role within the food industry.