Technical Lead - Packaging
- Category: Operations
- Country: United Kingdom
- Location: Milton Keynes - Hybrid
Overview
Snapshot of What We’re Looking For
The Technical lead role is a key part of our Product Commercialisation team, providing packaging expertise across the business as well as hand on technical support to our suppliers and manufacturers.
Collaborating on product development, cost efficiencies, and problem solving this opportunity supports the delivery of one of the world's most identifiable brands, WD-40® Multi-Use Product and WD-40 Specialist® across our European markets
If you can think outside of the box to provide positive lasting memories in workshops, factories and homes with a passion for packaging…. Join our tribe!
What You’ll Be Doing
What You’ll Be Doing
New Product Development (NPD) & Product Changes
- Coordinates the manufacturing process for new products and products changes through to cross departmental sign-off
- Organizes and leads successful completion of trial production runs with first tier suppliers
- Deploys new products and product variations in conjunction with the relevant departments (QA/Innovation/R&D/Operations) and first suppliers/manufacturers
- Collaborates with R&D and compliance in the development process of new products.
- Collates relevant paperwork and sets up or amends item’s BOM on the internal company system.
- Provide suggestions & recommendations to improve price or reduce costs - as an active member of the PIF costing team (e.g. New components/caps)
- Supports implementation of new manufacturing projects for the purpose of improving quality, reducing price, supplier change
- Contributes to development and refinement of packaging specifications and related documentation
Trouble-shooting and Issue Resolution
- Collaborates with Quality, R&D, Innovation and Operations teams to resolve supply and technical issues mainly related to primary packaging (e.g. new caps, valves, materials) and process/procedure inefficiencies (e.g. Data handling, communication methods with external suppliers)
- Analyses the issues (RCA), provide detailed diagnosis and develops recommendations and documents prior to gaining approval for course of action from key stakeholders
- Manages the implementation of the agreed solution and monitor/evaluate progress
Packaging
- Provide oversight of mainly primary packaging from design with external partners through to manufacturing (inclusive of trials) and issue resolution to deliver packaging solutions for new products, product variations and product improvements.
- Provides mainly primary packaging design inputs and recommendations to improve performance and/or reduce cost within brand and regulatory guidelines.
Risk
- Provides support to the strategic direction, leadership and planning for Product Commercialisation risk management to include input on design, recommendations for improvements, implementation, documentation and maintenance of risk management programs that consider business continuity risk, cost risk, etc.
Performs other related activities as needed to support corporate objectives. Act in the best interest of the company by applying stated corporate values and priorities to all communications, decisions, and actions.
What You’ll Bring To The Role
What You’ll Bring to the Role
- 5-7 years’ experience supporting product- based manufacturing within Supply chain, Purchasing, Quality, NPD and/or Product Commercialisation.
- 5 or more years hands on technical experience in manufacturing, product development and/or trial production
- 3 or more years packaging manufacturing and design support experience
- Broad experience managing projects related to packaging, supply, cost and quality improvement
- Project management experience across Europe desirable