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R&D Packaging Engineer, North America

City: Zeeland

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

This position is part of the North America Research & Development Function and reports to the Sr. Packaging Engineering Manager for Nutrition. The role will act as either a key technical support person or technical lead for various projects/programs from concept through commercialization. The scope of work is related, but not limited to innovation, cost savings, brand maintenance and/or customer requests. The incumbent will serve and be viewed as a technical leader, with emphasis on holistic package development practices within the department. The individual will be expected to accomplish objectives through their individual contributions as well as supporting others in the department or across the packaging teams’ internal customer base.

Your responsibilities

Drive packaging development from concept to launch.
Ensure design ideas are accurately developed into innovative packaging components and systems in a sustainable way.
Protect our products, optimize costs, raise quality, and ensure we meet regulatory standards.
Support the launch of new products and enhance existing brands.
Deliver on making our packaging more sustainable and our products more desirable.
Applies a basic understanding of industry knowledge and capable of developing a technical foundation to build to an expert in research and data analysis to create best in class products.
Creates packaging material specifications, associated drawings, and packaging procedural specifications to provide the required technical information necessary to support the product/packaging configurations.
Assist or identify material requirements, draft specifications, and apply testing procedures to ensure projects deliver efficient cost, line performance, package quality, supply chain robustness, and fulfill the consumer need state.
Applies technical packaging knowledge and information from a wide variety of sources to solve difficult problems and provide solutions based on risk and benefit assessments. Applies fundamental packaging principles in recognizing potential issues and identifies timely and cost-effective solutions.
Build technical acumen of MJN packaging formats such that incumbent can provide insight and information to key stakeholders internal and external to the department.
Capable of developing an understanding of the technical requirements and considerations of customer design requirements and constraints for the category (e.g. – Club stores, e-commerce, etc.)

The experience we're looking for

Technical leader, with a passion for package development. Strong knowledge of science and technology discovery, design, and development processes, and information systems.
Minimum 4 years of experience as a Packaging engineer leading multiple projects from idea to launch.
Bachelor’s Degree in Packaging, Package Engineering, Packaging Science or similar technical fields such as Engineering or Food Science required.
Excellent understanding of multiple disciplines including Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain and Finance.
Manage and conduct lab analysis, production line trials and supplier testing as needed on related projects. Ability to organize and present technical and project management overviews with some assistance.
Experience with high barrier rigid and flexible packaging substrates, injection molding and sheet conversion, fiber-based packaging and/or hybrid applications combining multiple substrate types, experience working
with composite cans is a plus.
Apply trouble shooting techniques to solve for technical issues and performance challenges such as conducting root cause analysis or facilitate a D.O.E.
Support the research of equipment solutions at the front end, identifying new technologies, finding appropriate existing technologies for the organization and more sustainable solutions for our products.
Manage ambiguity and deploy effective use of creative problem-solving skills.
Basic understanding of how to translate consumer and customer insights into functional value that creates benefit.
Able to embody design theories and output packaging solutions that can be commercialized.
Effective and proactive verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrated skills handling or supporting multiple projects concurrently.
Ability to embrace and live MJN’s Mission, Vision and Values.
Recognizes the importance of employee safety in the workplace including compliance with legal, corporate safety, and environmental guidelines.
Energetic and self-motivated professional with a strong sense of urgency.
Demonstrated efficiency with MS Office and PLM systems.

This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

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.

US salary ranges

USD 72,000 - 108,000

US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year. Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays; a 401(k) plan; 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; discounts; and much more. Our compensation and benefits packages aim to give our talent the reward, protection, and peace of mind they deserve. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

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.

Nearest Major Market: Grand Rapids
Job Segment: Counseling, Nutrition, Healthcare