- High impact, real ownership - You'll lead packaging development initiatives that directly influence product performance, sustainability, and customer experience across North America and Europe.
- Work at the intersection of strategy and execution - This role blends technical expertise with cross-functional leadership, giving you visibility into business decisions while staying hands-on in development.
- Collaborative, global environment - You'll partner closely with teams across regions, functions, and suppliers, making your work dynamic, diverse, and highly visible.
- Opportunities to innovate - From material optimization to new packaging concepts, you'll have the freedom to challenge the status quo and drive meaningful improvements.
- Career growth and leadership exposure - You'll build leadership capability, influence key stakeholders, and play a critical role in shaping future product development direction.
- Fast-paced, problem-solving culture - If you enjoy tackling complex challenges and seeing ideas come to life quickly, this environment will keep you engaged and energized.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ORGANIZATION - Identify and drive new to market strategic technology platforms, managing through ambiguity to build technical points of view to align recommendations, working both independently and indirectly through others.
- Independently lead packaging development initiatives in-line with the needs and expectations identified by tms managers and customers. Identify innovative solutions with attention toward benefit, sustainability, risk, and cost.
- Build and present business cases for packaging programs supported by financial assessments, technical feasibility, customer benefit impact analysis, and risk assessments.
- Acting technology leader in the field of fiber-based packaging technology OR thermoformed plastics, aligning strategic direction with suppliers, managing and maintaining technical networks, coordinating new technology immersions, and providing mentoring support to tms engineers.
- Advise and collaborate with tms leaders, strategic suppliers, customer stakeholders, and gatekeepers to build alignment against strategic initiatives.
- Proactively drive future consumer and market needs, structuring planned technology evolution and changes through collaboratively developed detailed roadmaps and pipelines.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of critical consumer and operational issues as well as key packaging technologies relevant to tms customers' packaging.
- Continue to expand your technology skillset through developing technical depth while continuing to work with a breadth of materials and processes.
- Build your business and leadership skillsets through developing business knowledge and awareness while working toward developing leadership skills to further progress the organization.
- Demonstrate technology leadership by managing supplier technical relationships, coordinating new technology immersions, and providing mentoring support to tms engineers.
- Assist with department continuous improvement, identifying and driving opportunity for departmental changes which enable speed to market, innovation, and growth through improvements to training, technology transfer, and process.
- Active membership representative in strategic consortiums and networking organizations, influencing market changes in positive alignment with customer objectives, maintaining a pulse on the evolution of technology, and leveraging relationships and insights to drive strategic packaging initiatives within tms and our customers.
- Develop and maintain appropriate packaging specifications within the designated specification system.
- Display thought leadership with conviction and ability to take managed risks, and demonstrate aptitude for innovation, inspiring others to align against a strategic vision.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE - 12+ years of relevant experience in packaging development & engineering
- Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering (packaging, material science, paper science, chemical, or mechanical, polymer science preferred)
- Experience in the foodservice, food, consumer goods, or packaging material supply industries
- Analytical approach to problem-solving and decision making
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Customer relationship management experience
- Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams
- Strong organization and project management skills
Starting salary between $110,000-$125,000
TOTAL REWARDSOur 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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Generous medical, dental, vision and other great benefits
Paid parental and medical leave programs
401(k) with a company match component and profit sharing
15 days of paid time off plus company holidays
Hybrid work model
Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance
Inclusive employee resource groups
