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Senior Packaging Development Engineer London, England

HAVI

Full Time London, England 49000 - 56389 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Overview:

ABOUT THE MARKETING STORE AND HAVI

The Marketing Store is a global customer engagement agency that brings people and brands closer together. Our community of creators, thinkers, inventors and doers deliver award winning work and products that reach over 110 million customers every single day. Our parent company, HAVI, is a global, privately held company that delivers expertise and experience across analytics, packaging, sourcing, supply chain and logistics. They offer data-based insights and services that combine a strategic, long-term view with an unmatched commitment to execution.

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2021: GROWTH, OPPORTUNITY, EVOLUTION

It’s an exciting time to join our business as we commence an integration of The Marketing Store and HAVI Sourcing business operations. Alongside award winning promotional agency services, The Marketing Store delivers global category management services to our biggest client - McDonald’s. More specifically to the McDonald’s Happy Meal product business. HAVI Sourcing provides similar category management services to McDonald’s, among other clients, for consumer-facing packaging, uniforms and health and safety requirements. In an effort to maximize numerous sourcing-related opportunities, grow our business and evolve our organizational efficiency, we are integrating our sourcing capabilities and activities into one entity. This enables us to align our skills and expertise, unlock the potential in our shared talent, provide access to a wider range of career opportunities and ultimately better serve our clients and customers.

Responsibilities:

WHAT YOU WILL DO

The ideal candidate will support all UK McDonald’s customers to the development of sustainable and commercially appropriate packaging solutions. Provide subject matter expertise in guiding the customer though appropriate legislative requirements and constraints applicable to packaging. Build and maintain supplier relationships to extract best in class solutions for customer, both functionally and commercially. Work cross functionally within all Havi touch points such as Sourcing, Sustainability, Core Product team, Quality Assurance, Graphics.

Responsibilities

Sustainability project management & Packaging Development:

Lead on the delivery and project management of appropriate packaging solutions, including cost benefit and risk, piloting and implementation timelines based on the agreed Sustainability roadmap process.
Support McDonald’s UK Food Development team in the review and activation of appropriate packaging solutions to meet current and future food launches. Clear understanding of the local and overarching legislative landscape.
Collaborate with a global network of collegues, suppliers and other sources to apply industry leading packaging innovations.
Establish methodology and reporting metrics to support relevant customer goals, working with independent experts and sharing best practice adopted from other markets

Packaging Development:

Build and maintain strong relationships with the key stakeholders internally and externally and proactively support customer business strategies.
Constantly seek best packaging solutions to answer the needs of the customer.
Regularly review and challenge common processes and propose improvements and standrdisation of packaging specification.
Engage with and influence suppliers for effective and timely delivery.
Identify and meet customer needs and increase TMS/HAVI value.

Project Management & execution (Sustainability Roadmap):

Manage allocated packaging/sustainability projects and proactively suggest solutions to McDonald’s market to attain project implementation timings.
Partner with local Account Management team to ensure execution of the agreed market packaging plans and initiatives with method.
Liaise with internal TMS/HAVI departments based worldwide to achieve clients’ requirements.

Desired Skills & Experience:

ABOUT YOU

5+ years in packaging technology and/or business/packaging strategy development
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering / Packaging Technology or equivalent
Strong technical competencies in packaging science including knowledge of substrates, structural design and manufacturing processes
Experience with project management tasks and timeline development
Ability to connect abstract thoughts and ideas and materialize into an actionable long-term packaging strategy
Experience working with multi-functional teams to formulate objectives and action plans
Analytical approach to problem solving and decision making
Excellent communication and facilitation skills
High level of collaboration and teamwork

Preferred:

Experience in Foods, QSR, FMCG or Packaging manufacturing / converting industry
Knowledge of packaging forms, coatings & conversion processes.
Project management specialisation

Benefits:

TOTAL REWARDS

Our total rewards philosophy integrates programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, corporate culture, corporate citizenship and work-life balance. While individual program components may differ by country, some things remain constant:

our commitment to rewarding results
opportunities to work with talented and driven individuals at every level of our company who respect each other, treat each other fairly and hold one another accountable for our customers’—and our company’s—success

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