Associate Packaging Developer, R&D

Morris Plains, NJ

Joining Coty R&D Packaging team is being part of a great expertise center and a passionate and supportive community to develop yourself. You are leading beautiful packaging developments while preserving our planet's resources. You will concurrently execute the development and the qualification of a portfolio of several projects. The work of the team involves identifying, developing, and implementing solutions for primary and secondary packaging, from early inception (design in partnership with Marketing) through qualification at suppliers, third party manufacturing and in Coty plants. The delivered projects must-have success measures including launch delivery on-time, with uncompromised quality, and at the right cost. In this key role you will leverage your technical expertise, influence, brand/consumer knowledge and project management skills. A high level of collaboration is needed to partner with cross functional teams, internal (Marketing, R&D Formula, Procurement, Manufacturing, Planning, Finance, Regulatory...) and as well external (Suppliers, Design agencies...).

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Collaborating with Marketing and R&D Formula on new briefs to answer consumer needs that are technically and financially viable. Advise creative team on best way to achieve desired designs.
• Working closely with Procurement to develop conception costs with multiple options to answer to the Marketing briefs and respect gross margin targets.
• Conducting and communicating risk assessment studies centered around the packaging.
• Establishing homologation plans and conducting all necessary testing to validate success criteria, including line trial at filling/manufacturing facilities.
• Responsible for thorough component and finished good specifications.
• Track the development milestones against Critical Path Schedules surrounding the packaging components and communicate dates/updates to cross-functional partners.
• Conducting all aesthetic development (color matching, decoration).
• Reviewing/Approving Artwork files for Packaging-specific criteria.
• Approving quality standards and range boards for the Componentry and Finished Goods.
• In supporting the team, some of the tasks will include:
  • Securing and tracking all regulatory questionnaires on a monthly basis. Including escalating as needed.
  • Support the maintenance of packaging library by keeping track of component requests and cataloging them.
  • Conduct SPICE analysis on new launches.

We'd love to see candidates who have:

Essential:

• Knowledge of cosmetics packaging materials and manufacturing to include (extrusion and injection) blow molding, injection molding, metal pressing and print technologies.
• 1+ year of technical experience in cosmetics/pharmaceutical/personal care consumer packaged goods industry with an emphasis on Development and Engineering of primary and secondary packaging (cosmetics preferred)
• Must be able to demonstrate competency in handling the interpretations of blueprints and understand the dimensional tolerances to stack-up various component types.
• Strong project management skills to include time management, prioritization, co-ordination and communication.
• Exposure in working with manufacturing plants and qualifying new packaging on production lines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to identify smart solutions with the right level of pragmatism. Attention to details that matter in Beauty.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently in global diverse teams and environments.
• Excellent collaborative skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Entrepreneurial, agile and hands-on spirit. Focused and disciplined. High sense of accountability and ownership. Open to change in a dynamic growing environment.
• Very strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills for verbal and written communication of ideas, technical rationales, risks, issues and recommendations.
• Knowledge of cosmetics packaging regulations (fill levels, DOT hazmat requirements, deceptive packaging, etc.)
• BS in Packaging, Mechanical Engineering or related industry.

This is unique role with a genuine opportunity to make an impact. You'll get to work in a diverse environment with a team of professionals who are passionate about the work they do and know how to have some fun along the way.

Our people make us who we are. They are the brightest minds bringing the boldest ideas to life every day.If you're the kind of person who refuses to settle, if you want to think bigger, learn faster and go further than you ever thought possible - we'd love to hear from you.

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