Innovation Packaging Associate

Our Packaging Innovation Associate is a key part of the Airwick/Pest Packaging Team in Hull. Working within the Global R&D Packaging team, you will drive the structural packaging development of new products, from concept to market launch. In this exciting role, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of internationally renowned brands, like Airwick.

This role would be a great fit for a creative design engineer, with passion for product development, an appetite for exploring new territories and an enthusiasm for continuous development and change.

Your responsibilities

- Develop and validate new structural packaging formats for future product launches.

- Create structural packaging solutions and ideas to support the project pipeline.

- Improve the sustainability of our products by improving and future proofing packaging.

- Lead the implementation of virgin plastic reduction, recycled content and recyclability targets.

- Propose and implement packaging ideas that will make our products more cost effective.

- Ensure that new packaging adheres to regulatory and legal requirements.

- Protect our products by optimising costs, raising quality, and ensuring we meet regulatory standards.

Degree in Packaging Engineering, related scientific field or equivalent experience.

- Proven experience as a packaging or material engineer or product designer.

- Product or project management experience, ideally within packaging or devices.

- Some understanding of manufacturing technology and processes (both for the packaging itself and filling / packing).

- Ability to prioritise and balance projects and tasks in line with product timelines.

- Can ensure design ideas are accurately developed, within budget, requirement and scope.

- Passion for sustainability.

The skills for success

Stakeholder Management, Design Engineer, Packaging Engineer, Project Management, Product Management, Product Lifecycle, Sustainability, Structural Packaging Development, Global Collaboration, Packaging Solutions, Continuous Improvement, FMCG, Regulated Industries.

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In R&D, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our R&D Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.