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Packaging Technologist

City: Karachi

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

To support the Pakistan Factory, EMO and Embellishment (Health & Hygiene BUs) function by making sure that the packaging development activities are performed against agreed functional targets and to agreed specifications. This role is a part of the Packaging function, reporting into Packaging Manager Health & Hygiene in Pakistan.

Your responsibilities

Support all packaging technical requirements related to Health & Hygiene BUs.
Actively support local / Regional (NPD/EPD/Squeeze) activities and projects within budgets and deadlines and ensure the achievement of set objectives.
Close collaboration with Procurement, Supply and QM/QA to make sure the “Supplier Selection Process & Criteria” process is applied for selection/qualification of any new suppliers.
Extract and collate regular internal/external Packaging benchmarks data to make sure that RB packaging is cost-effective but not worse in quality than competition.
Update/Create/Publish all Packaging specifications in TDS and ensure TDS is used as Globally agreed (i.e. packaging component specifications / palletization specifications / BOMs / Test methods / etc. are kept updated within the system).
Make sure that existing Test methods (i.e. storage tests/transport tests/etc.) are applied.
Close collaboration with QM/QA to make sure that latest Quality techniques are applied.
Actively support technical implementation (line trials, packaging qualification and validation) of Packaging projects at External Manufacturers.
Collaboration with Packaging Teams in other regions in order to transfer knowledge and learning.

The experience we're looking for

Minimum Education: Bachelors in Engineering (Mechanical Stream Preferred)
Over 1 - 5 years’ experience in FMCG environments in a similar role
Technical knowledge of packaging materials, specifications, and related processes
Basic knowledge of Manufacturing technology (both on the making of the packaging components as well as the related filling and packing technology and any other packaging technologies i.e. printing, aerosols, laminates, etc. will be an added advantage.
Ability to plan, prioritize, organize work and resources appropriate to requirements
Effectively adapt to change in work situations, taking initiative to ensure clear, timely and well executed action

The skills for success

Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business accumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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