Schwan's Company · 10 hours ago
Sr Packaging Engineer
La Palma, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$141K/yr - $141K/yr
7+ years expSchwan's Company is a subsidiary of Schwan's Shared Services, LLC, and they are seeking a Senior Packaging Engineer for their Asian Food Product Line. The role involves leading packaging development projects, optimizing packaging costs, and driving innovation to meet consumer needs.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingRetailWholesale
Responsibilities
Responsible for supporting package development projects that meet business unit needs
This position will work under limited supervision to research, develop, document, and test innovative packaging solutions
Responsible for providing project leadership for both packaging led projects and as the expert packaging resource on Business Unit led projects
The incumbent will also be an expert subject matter consultant to help support product development, Packaging Sourcing, Packaging Equipment Engineering, and Purchasing to help optimize and reduce total packaging costs
Execute packaging engineering projects (new to Schwan’s, new to the world, etc.) in alignment with business units and new product platforms to drive company revenue and profitability with limited supervision
Implement innovative packaging engineering solutions resulting in new consumer desired features, improvements in performance of existing packaging and features, reduced packaging costs from new materials/processes, and faster execution and simplified processes
Provide strong leadership in support of marketing and consumer research initiatives to contribute to the understanding of why consumers buy products and how packaging innovation can affect purchase decisions
Initiate concept tests around new and innovative packaging concepts that help fulfill unmet consumer needs and drive the company into new white space
Provide innovative packaging concepts and prototype packages in support of Business Unit consumer research
Contribute to ideation sessions, qualitative consumer research, and deep dive initiatives to further understand consumers and market opportunities for the purpose of driving innovation throughout the company
Work with leadership to maintain a strong world-wide packaging technology monitoring system
Work with packaging innovation team to make deep dives into relevant new packaging technologies and present to Business Unit Innovation and Marketing Managers to create awareness and understanding of the evolving world of packaging technology
Develop a network of internal and external contacts and resources for the purpose of teaching innovation concepts and creating a web of inputs that are used to solve the unmet consumer needs as identified by consumer research in support of business unit strategy
Lead by example to help drive Schwan’s Culture of Innovation initiative
Coordinate and conduct packaging performance testing for the purpose of determining shelf life, product protection, merchantability, and specification tolerance
Interact with vendors and outside developers to raise technology standards within the packaging organization
Document all work according to established procedures and guidelines and prepare various presentations and test reports for business and technical leaders to ensure complete communication of project status, progress, issues, solutions, timeline, and accountability with limited supervision
Manage, train and develop subordinates, if applicable
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Chemical Engineering, Packaging Engineering or a closely related field
At least seven years of experience as a Packaging Engineer, Engineer 2 – Packaging, Senior Packaging Engineer, Packaging Development Manager, Manager of Packaging Engineering Design Team or similar packaging engineering or manager of packaging engineering position
At least one year and six months of experience as a packaging engineer or similar position such as Manager of Packaging Engineering Design Team, at a food manufacturer and distributor on an Asian food product line
Must have proof of legal authority to work in the U.S
Company
Schwan's Company
Schwan's Company is a food and beverage manufacturing company.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Bain Capital Special Situations
2019-05-23Private Equity
Leadership Team
Dimitrios Smyrnios
Chief Executive Officer
Bill Reilly, MBA
Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer
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