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Overview
As Packaging Manager, you will lead highly complex packaging projects and shape long-term technology strategy. You will serve as the packaging technology expert across regions, guiding development teams and nurturing an innovation pipeline. You will collaborate with R&D, procurement, suppliers, and external partners to advance sustainable, high-quality packaging solutions. You will influence investment decisions and drive productivity and efficiency through packaging innovations. This role enables you to impact growth, sustainability, and performance in a global, matrix organization.
Verantwoordelijkheden
- Lead highly complex packaging projects, platforms, and technical workstreams
- Shape packaging technology strategy and contribute to long-term roadmaps
- Provide technical guidance and feasibility assessments to global teams
- Evaluate and recommend packaging technologies for performance, quality, sustainability, and efficiency
- Identify and mitigate technical risks in packaging solutions
- Build and manage an innovation pipeline across units and regions
- Establish partnerships with suppliers, research institutions, and external tech partners
- Collaborate with global stakeholders and communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Coach and mentor packaging professionals to strengthen capability
- Support delivery of innovation, productivity, sustainability, and value engineering objectives
Belangrijkste vereisten
- 10+ years packaging development experience in a complex, matrix organization
- Demonstrated leadership of complex packaging projects or innovation programs
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading cross-functional initiatives across regions
- Expert knowledge of packaging technologies, materials, processes, and manufacturing systems
- Strong technical problem-solving, risk assessment, and feasibility evaluation skills
- Ability to streamline decision-making and align with company strategy
- Strategic influencing
- Executive communication
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Packaging technologies, materials, and processes
- Technology scouting and pipeline development
- Sustainability as a driver of packaging solutions
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