Senior Packaging Engineer, Innovation
Torani is a purpose driven, people focused company with a passion for flavoring beverages across the globe. For almost 100 years we’ve been reimagining how to flavor beverages and we’re looking for our next innovation leader to help take our growing business to new heights and deliver on amazing customer experience.
We are in search of an experienced packaging professional dedicated to driving business growth and bolstering our innovation initiatives! You understand that packaging is the cornerstone of product ideation and excel as a dependable collaborator both within and outside the organization.
As the packaging guru within our research and development team, your expertise will play a pivotal role in collaborating with our internal teams and suppliers to innovate and develop new packaging concepts, driving Torani's continued growth.
Success Factors (First 12-18 Months)
- Innovative Problem Solver: Innovation, creativity, and continuous improvement are your guiding principles with leading the future of our packaging. You are intimately involved in the work driven by our consumer insights and innovation strategy. Along with your established knowledge base, you also bring thorough research and recommendations of innovative ideas that make our user’s wants and needs come to life. You’ve developed new and creative solutions that drive business expansion into current and untapped markets. You stay abreast of the latest industry trends and advancements in packaging solutions to drive Torani’s marketplace differentiation and you recognize, partner and plan for the business impact of implementing these designs and solutions. You are up to date on the latest packaging sustainability trends and how they support Torani’s strategy around environmental impact.
- Project Manager: You’ve supported our product innovation initiative from development of concepts, product testing, and all the way through production in our Flavor Factory and co-manufacturers, delivering projects on time, within scope, and on budget. You are an experienced project leader and dedicated to the relationships you’ve fostered with the various Torani teams and departments. Your ability to lead, build relationships and influence cross-functional teams to achieve project goals is significant and ensures alignment on strategy, project execution and the successful fulfillment of deliverables. Your problem-solving skills allow you to anticipate and respond to project requirement modifications and resolve issues effectively to keep the team aligned and the projects on track.
- Passionate Packaging Partner: Your unique relationships with suppliers and deep understanding of supplier capabilities and operations along with your own technical knowledge, are critical to the success of the packaging team. You've continued to cultivate your strong relations with vendors to secure consistent support for packaging innovations. You play a crucial role in ensuring Torani Fit" alongside competitive supply rates when making decisions. You have solidified and improved the Packaging Supplier Evaluation and Qualification Process.
- Structural Design Expert: You are the primary business owner and revered as the Subject Matter Expert in all aspects of packaging. From packaging format and structure to material cost, performance, and supplier relationships, you possess comprehensive expertise. Serving as a technical leader, you provide invaluable packaging insights across various product lines, spanning syrup, sauce, and hot & cold fill manufacturing processes, as well as new innovations. You have orchestrated structural packaging design, spearheaded prototype development, ensuring seamless performance across filling and packaging lines, and conducting thorough product compatibility, usage, and performance testing. You leverage your knowledge of engineered drawings and specifications of product to determine physical characteristics, special handling, environmental and safety requirements, and types of materials required for packaging. You’ve excelled in cross-functional collaboration, working seamlessly with Engineering, Brand, R+D, and other departments to achieve collective success.
- Quality Improvement: By analyzing and proposing efficiency tools and test methods, you contribute to the development and validation of packaging designs quality, collaborating closely with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment on recommendations. Furthermore, by guiding the team through effective root cause analysis and system failures you can prescribe corrective measures with a keen focus on quality.
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