Sr Mgr – R&D – Tech Packaging
| Company | Kraft Heinz |
|---|---|
| Location | Morton Grove, IL, USA |
| Salary | $118400 – $148000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Expert understanding of packaging design and innovation
- Strong packaging design and innovation skills and expertise
- Industrial design experience for packaging materials, shapes, formats, with proven examples of commercialized innovations across different packaging formats
- Demonstrate intellectual curiosity, problem solving, leadership, championing ideas, and project management skills
- Exhibiting a collaborative mindset and applying innovative solutions
- Skilled at translating consumer insights, consumer Jobs-to-be-done, and market trends into packaging design strategies
- BS/MS/PhD in Packaging, engineering, industrial design or related field
- Minimum 8+ years of experience in Packaging Development and Design, with commercialization examples
- Excellent, proven communication (presentations to global teams, senior leadership), influencing, project/platform management and problem-solving skills
- Strong ability to lead, coach and motivate others
- Manage multiple assignments/tasks concurrently with the ability to prioritize work for self and others
- Willingness to travel 30%
Responsibilities
- Manage, guide and manage individuals, with direct or indirect reporting structure, including project prioritization, professional development, career plans, performance appraisals
- Develop Packaging Design strategies and plans to deliver against short and long term business objectives in the retail and foodservice businesses
- Develop strategic packaging design requirements across NA categories
- Work directly, interface and influence cross-functional team (Marketing, Procurement, Operations and Supply Chain) and vendors
- Work across enterprise (mentor and/or teacher) to expand capabilities of developers in area(s) of expertise – Design and Innovation
- Lead efforts to prioritize external design agencies, managing relationships with suppliers and design and innovation partners to drive packaging disruptive, innovation solutions
- Manage multiple/large initiatives with complex scopes and/or cross enterprise platforms concurrently
- Accountable for packaging design pipeline across NA portfolio
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.