R&D Consultant, Packaging Engineer

Elida Beauty is a Global Personal Care Business. We proudly support and nurture our portfolio of iconic brands globally. Our ambition is to remix classic beauty brands for a new generation, making them even bigger beauty hits than they were the first time around, to drive accelerated growth and value creation. Driven by creativity and agility, we unleash the true potential of beloved brands, ‘Re-Founding’ them using a start-up mentality that always ‘finds a way’.

Elida Beauty is a part of the Yellow Wood Partners portfolio of companies, a private equity company that invests exclusively in the consumer industry.

Position Summary

The Packaging Engineer will report to the Senior Director R&D. The candidate will support on the day-to-day development activities of innovation launches across liquids, creams and the non-woven product portfolio. They will work closely with cross-functional partners as well as the external network of suppliers to bring product ideas to life from concept to execution. This individual will have a technical competency and be responsible for the creation and upkeep of packaging specifications, coordinating package line trials with external partners, and developing package testing plans to support flawless NPDs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with Marketing, Operations, Procurement, Quality and Finance on developing new packaging through external suppliers.
• Ensuring that projects meet the brand’s needs while meeting cost, quality, design and functional requirements.
• Manage the creation and upkeep of packaging component specifications in specification system.
• Develop testing plans for NPDs and execute with third party testing labs and component suppliers.
• Identify and implement cost savings initiatives.
• Visit on-site production startups and line trials to qualify new packaging componentry and new fillers.
• Maintain knowledge of external vendor capabilities.
• Stay current with new packaging material regulations and industry trends.
• Troubleshoot issues in production.
• Support ongoing base business to ensure stock coverage.
• Other support duties as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging/Plastics/Mechanical/Industrial/Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• 3-5 years of proven experience in package engineering & development in consumer products, beauty, or related industry.
• Experience creating packaging specifications for manufacturing.
• A technical acumen with the ability to read and interpret technical drawings for components and assemblies.
• Strong carton board and paper experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of various manufacturing processes including extrusion blow molding, ISBM, injection molding, printing and filling.
• Knowledge of various CPG packaging materials and their physical and chemical properties.
• Ability to partner effectively across a diverse set of business partners and customers to deliver key results in a timely manner.
• Entrepreneurial; Business owner mentality, willing to be hands-on and contribute as one team.
• Ability to tackle complex problems through critical thinking.
• Excellent communication skills, including spoken and written English.
• Ability to travel Domestic and International up to 25%.
• Strong PC skills: MS Office, PowerPoint, CAD software is a plus.

Personal Attributes

• Positive and energetic individual with a strong business acumen, an abiding sense of urgency to achieve results.
• Consumer-centric, creative, and design-oriented.
• Inquisitive individual who has a history of seeking out best practices and successfully assimilating them into their organization.
• Invokes trust, collaboration, shared accountability, and continuous improvement with the ability to quickly develop trust and loyalty at all levels in the organization and with external partners.
• Knows what excellence looks like and how to get there.
• Ability to develop and implement strategy, with a high bias for execution and activation, comfort with getting hands dirty.
• Demonstrated track record of problem solving and priority setting.

Diversity at Elida Beauty

Diversity at Elida Beauty is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.