Packaging Manager

5 months ago

Brantford, Canada Upfield Full time

**Do you have a Passion for Packaging??**

We are on a mission to help people eat healthy and to reduce carbon footprint through the power of plants If you would like to join our adventure to more sustainable packaging, read on

Hybrid-3/4 days in the Plant

**The context**

Within a profitable industry, Upfield is focused on a long-term strategy: driving growth through innovation. With a fresh leadership team we have defined a different agenda, underpinned by bold innovation. Packaging is perceived as the key area for establishing a green global environment by changing its material, shape and usage. The ultimate result being a dramatically increased focus around all aspects of packaging, recognizing its pivotal role in the future success of Upfield.

Working closely with our strong technical team of experts and manager, both regionally and globally, this role will require exceptional leadership qualities to deliver the plant cheese agenda and innovation roadmap, ensuring Upfield continues to be at the forefront of packaging innovation.

**Your role**

This individual will incorporate the full End to End development of Upfield's plant cheese packaging activities working closely with colleagues and relevant stakeholders.

In this role, you will inject passion and bring strong initiative to make a hugely positive impact to the way packaging delivers and innovates on both short and long-term business goals. You will be encouraged to bring new insights, approaches and innovative technologies to the business to further strengthen the packaging function, given it is widely acknowledged at Board level that packaging is a critical strategic growth enabler for Upfield's brand portfolio, as well as the overall business.

**Key Responsibility Areas**
- ** **Manage the agreed packaging projects which will devise and deliver the regional plant cheese packaging road map.
- Lead projects that will be driving margin improvement whilst ensuring the ongoing compliance of the packaging portfolio.
- Work in partnership with a wide range of internal partners; Marketing, Supply, Procurement, R&D and Quality along with key external partners globally, to effectively drive the packaging projects.

**Skills and Experience Required**
- Bachelor's degree
- work autonomously
- manager role
- not manage people
- communication will all areas
- marketing and supply chain
- link the teams
- A passion for packaging
- **3+ years of experience in Packaging R&D; With considerable experience in packaging and product development, experience in FMCG is essential.**:

- An entrepreneurial spirit with an appetite for exploring new and previously uncharted territories, an openness to change and challenge, as well as ability to think differently and unconventionally.
- Demonstrated skill in managing packaging / product innovation, and the identification, development and delivery of impactful business and consumer optimized structural and functional packaging / product innovations.
- Experience in overseeing packaging / products in market, maintaining and growing existing base business, as well as driving productivity and cost optimization.
- Understanding of the product development process, including management of key partners; design and engineering consultancies, toolmakers, and material converters.
- Strong understanding of the role of the consumer and brand, ability to balance these needs alongside the rational requirements of the commercial business and technical constraints of manufacturing processes.
- Expansive breadth of understanding and passion for all areas of packaging from trends and creative innovation to execution and maintenance.
- Upfield is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias._
- No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Upfield. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics._

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