Senior Director of Packaging Development

2 days ago


Los Angeles, California, United States rhode skin Full time
Job Title: Senior Director, Packaging Development

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Director to lead our Packaging Development team. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for driving all packaging development initiatives, including package design, sourcing, testing, and managing the Packaging Development Team.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with Product Marketing and Product Development Teams to support new package development and repackaging activities.
  • Lead the development of primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging to support new product launches, promotional items, and ensure components can be manufactured on a repeat basis, meet lead time and cost targets.
  • Leverage new and current suppliers to source new materials with a focus on meeting COGS, margin targets, quality, on-time delivery, and company sustainability objectives.
  • Manage the approval process between internal and external partners, ensure alignment at every step of the design and handover process to Supply Chain.
  • Oversee project tracking system across assigned projects between relevant departments, packaging engineer/designers, sourcing team, and vendors.
  • Review and comprehend packaging specifications to perform fit/form/function testing across new products.
  • Finalize and approve PPS samples/drawdowns, while maintaining a physical library of primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging samples.
  • Manage the assembly, standardization, and maintenance of Finished Goods specifications.
  • Support Packaging related scale up activities during line trial & first production.
  • Build value analysis into every new development ensuring the construction and design provides the most cost-effective way to achieve design criteria but also provide the best function and quality.
  • Responsible for building and reconciling packaging tooling budget.
  • Lead inspiring and actionable innovation in support of brand objectives and support brand calendar pipeline of innovation.
  • Search new applicable technologies both within and outside our industry in order to continuously evaluate best practices and support product innovation.
  • Lead and develop the Packaging Development Team.
  • Cross-functionally collaborate with internal stakeholders (PD, R&D, Product Marketing, and Supply Chain) to develop and roll out processes to increase company efficiency.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, supply chain, or related field.
  • 10+ years' experience in cosmetic package development.
  • Experience leading packaging development teams.
  • Strong project management skills, including stakeholder, timeline, and meeting management skills.
  • Relevant understanding of packaging manufacturing and contract manufacturing processes.
  • Experience in product development and commercialization timelines and communicating to vendors and third-party manufacturing partners.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment while possessing strong organizational skills.
  • Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfortable and credible with both internal stakeholders and external audiences.
  • A flexible, dynamic, self-demanding, and proactive individual; able to motivate him/herself and others; easily accepts constructive input from others.
  • MS Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint), Adobe Illustrator, and digital software platforms for packaging artwork & design a plus.
  • Concentrated experience in prestige beauty industry with proven development and project management experience in color, fragrance, skin care categories.
  • Ability to work strategically with cross-functional partners to understand unmet consumer needs and efficiently translate those needs into successful, actionable results.


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