Bilingual in Korean preferred
Top reasons to work for our client:
- Great team environment!
- Manager is well respected by team!
- Inclusive Workplace
- Awesome career development opportunities!
- Full benefits
What you will be doing:
- Focus on new product innovation process improvement and optimizing packaging solutions.
- Manage packaging cost design material selection and conduct analytical testing for continuous improvement.
- Lead the packaging engineering team and oversee the development design and optimization of packaging processes while ensuring compliance with quality regulatory labeling and safety standards.
- Lead packaging projects with a handson approach collaborating with headquarters in Korea and suppliers for seamless .
- Collaborate with crossfunctional departments including Marketing Operations vendors and suppliers to create packaging that aligns with brand and product goals and provides ideas solutions and alternatives for product excellence.
- Manage new product development and improvement from concept through commercialization with a primary focus on packaging specifications and packaging machinery and processes.
- Collaborate with internal teams to develop innovative packaging concepts for commercialization considering factors such as quality shelf life sustainability regulatory compliance cost product protection and consumer experience.
- Design sustainable packaging solutions that reduce environmental impact while maintaining costeffectiveness and functionality.
- Stay informed on packaging sustainability machinery and equipment and regulations while collaborating with the regulatory team.
- Facilitate product excellence management on copacking products including supporting process improvements for quality and cost reduction.
- Maintain Quality Management System (QMS) for all assigned products.
- Support the research and evaluation of new packaging materials for cost sustainability food safety quality performance compatibility and identify prospective copackers on NPD projects.
- Maintain awareness of emerging trends and comparative products in the competition making recommendations for compliance and market competitiveness.
- Conduct scaleup tests/activities from R&D to fullscale production ensuring smooth transitions and maintaining packaging integrity.
- Report updates and progress status of R&D projects using MS Project software in line with NPD process.
- Apply food microbiology and chemistry knowledge to identify the root causes of product defects and propose preventive actions.
- Assist with special project assignments as needed.
Experience you will need:
- Bachelors degree in Packaging Engineering Food Science or a related field.
- 10 years of experience in packaging development and application or related fields in the food manufacturing industry.
- Handson experience with the full packaging design and development lifecycle from concept to final production.
- Strong knowledge of packaging materials technologies testing methods and machinery.
- Deep understanding of industry best practices including packaging qualification standards production supply chain requirements and transportation logistics.
- Understanding of food safety quality assurance and regulatory requirements pertaining to food and packaging development.
- Ability to lead a team toward operational objectives.
- Experience working closely with packaging suppliers in packaging development.
- Experience in food product development and new product development is a plus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Intermediate proficiency in MS Office Outlook Excel Word and PowerPoint.
- Strong interpersonal organizational and time management skills.
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