Product Development Engineer I or Product Development Engineer II

Responsibilities include:

• Delivering an exceptional customer experience to one of our largest customers alongside a dynamic team;

• Collaborating with commercial teams and large CPG customers directly to identify customer challenges and areas for growth delivering value through innovation project leadership and continuous improvement;

• Successfully partnering with internal and external customers to meet Printpacks objectives traveling to execute trials at suppliers Printpack manufacturing sites and customer packaging locations;

• Applying a combination of material manufacturing process and quality knowledge and experience to develop and optimize superior flexible packaging offerings that meet customer needs and expectations;

• Participating in strategic account planning and product management of customer specifications;

• Ensuring rapid successful project completion including commercialization of new products through cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing and operations with a specific emphasis on our customers sustainability goals;

• Ablility to work both independently and with groups to provide solutions to novel challenges

• Driving initiatives across the organization delivering value to the customer and our manufacturing sites

• Establishing and maintaining strategic relationships with customer contacts and suppliers with full autonomy

• In-office data analysis innovation brainstorming mock-up creation and sales support including bid/quote creation technical data sheet development and regulatory reviews;

• In-plant trial support including technical guidance sample collection coordinating testing standard operating condition (SOC) creation and identifying continuous improvement opportunities;

• At-customer responsibilities including supporting trials to ensure machinability requirements; being a consultant on the existing portfolio and new opportunities; presenting technical details to target audiences; leading innovation sessions.

• Travel commitment: 20 - 40% (U.S. Customer/Printpack plant trials)

Required Qualifications/Experience:

• Direct manufacturing experience flexible packaging (printing/laminating/bag-pouch making/etc.) blown or cast film or a related industry in the capacity of process engineer and/or a process engineering quality or production leadership role

• Experience in the flexible packaging industry preferred

• Experience with continuous improvement driving cost savings process improvements raw material sourcing initiatives

• Product development experience in both innovation and onboarding execution

• Evidence of relationship building with customers and internal/external stakeholders

• Evidence of presentation skills and business awareness

• Experience leading cross-functional teams with business results

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