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Join our team as a Sr. Engineer, Packaging Innovation based in Guangzhou, China, working on a full-time basis. You will lead packaging innovation and development for the Gum and Mint category, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive new projects, rapid prototyping, and supply security.

Requirements

  • No specific degree or minimum years of experience stated in the posting.
  • Experience in packaging innovation, development, and technical risk assessment.
  • Familiarity with China local regulatory standards and corporate compliance.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Packaging innovation: Drive packaging development for the Gum and Mint category, managing prototyping, structure development, and material qualification to deliver high-quality project outcomes.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with marketing, supply, commercial, and quality teams to support brand activities and solve manufacturing or consumer issues.
  • Rapid prototyping: Iterate and build rapid prototypes for packaging innovation ideas while leveraging internal and external AI or state-of-the-art tooling.
  • Risk assessment: Lead technical risk assessments and change management discussions under the packaging development scope.
  • Potential transition routes: People from packaging design, product development, or chemical engineering roles may bring relevant technical and project management skills, alongside meeting important stated requirements.

Job description

Job Description:

Main responsibilities are as below:

1. Packaging innovation and development for Gum and Mint category, sit in cross functional project team (marketing, supply, commercial, quality and etc.) as packaging spoke in innovation, renovation, value leadership, supply security/resilient projects;

2. Key packaging spoke for agile co-pack and lead tailwind channel pack development meanwhile support partial affiliate business.

3. Follow innovation process and be responsible for quality delivery of each packaging development tasks based on project timeline - prototyping, structure development, material qualification, factory trial and required technical documentation etc.; ensure packaging solution compliance with China local regulatory and corporate internal standard or policy;

4. Lead the activities and discussion under packaging development scope, conduct technical risk assessment, lead change management and etc.;

5. Monitoring competitive market and channel landscape, ensure robust translation of consumer insights and pain points for packaging development;

6. Iterate and rapid prototyping for packaging innovation ideas. Actively leverage internal or external AI and state-of-art tooling/system in daily work;

7. Work closely with cross functions to provide consolidated technical fundamentals to support brand activities, consumer complaints, manufacturing and quality problem solving;

8. Unlock innovation potential thru open innovation & Partnership w. key internal or external stakeholders, external suppliers and partners

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Mars

Sr. Engineer, Packaging Innovation

Guangzhou, Guangdong

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