Key Responsibilities:
• Interfacing with Global markets to meet Commercial requirements while actively supporting supply goals of New product and Regional supply divisions. Support continuity of packaging supply for US, EU, and International/Emerging markets
• Developing relationships with key stakeholders in Pack Change value chain (i.e. R&D Pack Dev, Process Delivery, Pack Tech, supply sites, Packaging Artwork Shared Services, and Commercial) to align global and regional strategies with local supply demand.
• Coordination and tracking of secondary package design to ensure packaging supply solutions for New Product/Pack Introductions (NPIs), Regulatory copy changes, Pack Optimisation Strategies, product transfers, and site performance improvement initiatives (value engineering).
• Management and creation of high level project plans in collaboration with supply sites for introduction of new and major pack changes in support of business goals.
• Management, coordination and tracking of all pack change activities with the introduction of new packaging to meet critical supply milestones and regulatory requirements.
• Providing leadership of appropriate application and use of NPI processes at supply sites while engaging key Commercial customers to meet market demands.
• Build peer networks and manage relationships with supplier base and be able to diagnosis and resolve problems that occur in the packaging operations at all sites in order to maintain production and offer root cause information to correct the process.
Candidate Requirements:
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to react quickly and positively to rapidly changing environments and newly emerging information
• Operational Excellence green belt accreditation or equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to manage and control multiple projects simultaneously
• Understanding of the complexities of global business operations.
• Strong listening skills, analytical ability to diagnose problems, resolve conflict, and develop practical solutions.
• Strong communication skills, both interpersonal and presentation; able to interact with and influence all levels of individuals across a variety of organisations.
• High level qualification in Technical field or equivalent project management experience.
• Must have extensive experience (5+ years) in the packaging field related to pack development and packaging operational activities
• In order to achieve implementation on a multi-site scale a high degree of persistence and robustness will be required in the collaboration with site and commercial customers.
