Packaging Specialist

At Nestlé Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Vital Proteins, Orgain, Nuun, BOOST, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Peptamen, Compleat Organic Blends, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestlé Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Packaging Specialist plays a crucial role in defining and implementing innovative and sustainable packaging solutions that enhance value for our patients, consumers, and customers. This position focuses on operational improvements and requires providing technical support and expertise to manufacturing and other departments on packaging projects. Success in this role hinges on strong cross-functional collaboration, effective decision-making, and self-sufficiency.

This is an on-site position located at our Franklin Park, IL manufacturing facility.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Implement Innovation & Renovation Packaging Projects

• Act as a packaging subject matter expert in support of packaging initiatives that will result in new product introduction, increased productivity, higher quality and improved costs
• Recommend and lead packaging solutions that reduce distribution cost or damage and provide competitive advantage
• Introduce and deliver new and revised packaging concepts and processes focusing on environmental footprint, functionality and consumer value
• Deliver results by working in a collaborative, cross-functions environment with Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality/R&D and Sales/Marketing to manage the Material Qualification process

Ensure Packaging System Performance & Productivity

• Deliver technical support on installation and commissioning of new packaging equipment, line layout modifications
• Provide front line support to factories. Make sure of knowledge transfer related to packaging mastership to eliminate the root cause of assistance requests
• Propose Asset Intensity improvement solutions for fill & pack operations
• Lead plant driven technical improvements in alignment with technology platform owners and support corporate technical improvements
• Work with operations to resolve packaging design issues and communicate opportunities to tailor design to improve manufacturability
• Deliver front-line support to factories by facilitating knowledge transfer in packaging mastery to eliminate the root causes of assistance requests

Sustainability

• Understand existing local waste management streams to prioritize sustainable solution are development
• Close internal and external collaboration to develop optimized long-term solution
• Introduce and deliver new and revised packaging concepts and processes focusing on environmental footprint, functionality and consumer value

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Material Science, Packaging Science, Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field, with Master's preferred
• 3+ years of relevant packaging industry experience as related to the food and beverage industry
• Clear understanding of packaging design, materials, equipment and systems including SAP
• Strong administrative and computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of project life cycle deliverables, contract and schedule
• Understanding of industry standards of Regulatory Compliance and Food Safety
• Experienced in project management as a Project Leader and cross-functional team
• Able to travel up to 40% of the time

SKILLS:

• Excellent oral/written/interpersonal communication skills with the ability to influence others and drive alignment among team functions
• Ability to convey complex and/or detailed information to a wide range of individuals/audiences with different knowledge levels
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to identify and resolve issues promptly while gathering and analyzing information to develop and execute action plans
• Ability to work in a fast paced and high performing environment

The approximate pay range for this position is $87,000- $95,000 base. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location.

Nestle offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefits packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at:

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