Packaging Development Engineer
Location: BelgiumSIRE Life Sciences® is the market leader in life science recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continues innovation. We like technology, in a life science market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!
THE COMPANY
Our client is a professional Food organization, based in Flandre Orientale Belgium.
You will be working at one of the largest chocolate companies in the world.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
As Packaging Development Engineer you will be executing cross-functional packaging projects, and develop and execute programs to achieve agreed objectives within different business units.
Aim is to generate cost savings through smarter and optimized packaging solutions, as well as adding value through packaging innovation.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• You will act as a central packaging expert; supporting packaging related activities for all BU’s and production site in EMEA
• You will drive cost reduction through rationalization of packaging materials and supplier diversification across EMEA.
• You work very interactively with packaging purchasing and production sites across Europe; this for both packaging machinery as well as materials.
• You will liaise to external packaging experts and suppliers to generate cost-savings for the FM & Gourmet business.
• You support the planning and organization of plant tests and end-user tests relating to packaging.
• You will independently initiate and lead packaging projects
• You propose new systems, procedures and specifications in the own specific area of expertise in order to improve the department/function effectiveness
• You support QA packaging initiatives (traceability programs, supplier and co-packer approvals, material specifications set-up, …)
• You report to the Applied R&D Gourmet Manager EMEA.
REQUIREMENTS
• Master degree in food- or packaging technical direction
• You are passionate about food and packaging solutions. You’re continuously attracted by and actively looking for new packaging concepts and
materials.
• You love working in multi-functional teams (mainly marketing, R&D, QA, operations, sourcing), usually with several nationalities.
• You’re able to manage multiple, complex objectives autonomously to find the best solution for the challenge at hand.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the field of developing packaging concepts and project management in an industrial environment.
• Experience and knowledge of 2D and 3D visualization software packages
• Languages: English mandatory, Dutch and French are assets
• You are willing to travel 30%
Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Rowin van der Zwaan.
