Packaging Technologist

Job Title: Packaging Technologist

Location: Port sunlight Research Lab

In Unilever’s Home Care business, we are committed to delivering our Bright Future strategy, with a bold ambition to deliver superior products for our consumers, that bring value to the business and make sustainable living commonplace.

The Packaging team is pivotal to achieving this ambition, designing and delivering consumer-centric innovation that meets our industry leading sustainability commitments. Our brands, such as Persil (DIG), Surf and Comfort, have a global footprint, large packaging portfolios and extensive consumer reach, making the global packaging team an exciting place to work for anyone who has a passion for making a difference.

JOB PURPOSE

We’re looking for a junior member to join the packaging innovation team, to support the design, technical development and scale-up of packaging solutions for our largest Home Care portfolio, Laundry Liquids and Capsules. Working on global brands such as Persil, Skip and Surf, you will be part of a diverse and interconnected dynamic global team working with Brand, Supply Chain, Procurement, and other R&D functions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the technical development of packaging solutions from brief definition through to manufacture scale-up
• Identify and translate consumer insights, technical requirements, and business needs into packaging solutions
• Communicate with packaging teams around the globe to share best practice and facilitate / support project development and rollout
• Work and communicate effectively with different departments and suppliers to deliver against the project network timings and identify and manage risks.
• Support packaging testing activities, understand and interpret results, make recommendations and build robust specifications.
• Work with suppliers to identify new packaging opportunities

ALL ABOUT YOU

• Technical education – in an engineering, design, or science based subject
• Experience in packaging is beneficial but not essential
• You will need to be enthusiastic and self-motivated with good verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate complex engineering and design principles to people at all levels of the business, across different functions.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to quality.
• Demonstrate a passion for what packaging, innovation and consumer experience can unlock for our brands, business, and planet.
• A creative, logical, and analytical mind to generate innovative solutions to technical packaging design problems.

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’ 

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever 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. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

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