Packaging Development Engineer

Role Purpose
The Packaging Development role will lead the development and commercialization of innovative, consumer-centric, sustainable, and technically robust packaging solutions.
Experience range - 1 to 10 years.
Industry: Personal care, Health care, Skin care and Foods.
Key Responsibilities
Packaging Development & Technical Excellence
Lead packaging development from concept through prototyping, validation, scale-up, and commercialization.
Develop robust packaging specifications covering materials, dimensions, performance, functionality, quality, and manufacturing requirements.
Apply Quality by Design (QbD) principles to identify critical requirements, risks, and controls early in development.
Drive packaging performance testing, trials, validation, and technical problem solving.
Consumer-Centric & Design-Led Innovation
Translate consumer needs, insights, trends, and behaviors into innovative packaging solutions.
Partner with Marketing, Consumer Insights, R&D, and Design teams to develop differentiated packaging concepts.
Apply design-led approaches to improve usability, convenience, aesthetics, functionality, and overall consumer experience.
Leverage consumer research and testing to validate packaging concepts and optimize solutions.
Digital & E-Commerce Validation
Integrate digital-first validation into packaging development to accelerate learning and decision-making.
Conduct e-commerce simulation to evaluate packaging visibility, communication, differentiation, protection, and consumer experience in digital channels.
Leverage digital prototyping, virtual testing, and other emerging tools to reduce development timelines and physical iterations.
Quality, Regulatory & Compliance
Ensure packaging solutions meet applicable regulatory, safety, quality, and compliance requirements.
Establish appropriate technical testing and validation protocols.
Identify and mitigate packaging risks throughout development and commercialization.
Maintain robust technical documentation, specifications, and change controls.
Supplier Development & Qualification
Partner with Procurement and suppliers to identify new materials, technologies, and packaging capabilities.
Lead technical supplier evaluation, qualification, trials, and capability assessments.
Ensure suppliers can consistently deliver packaging to required specifications, quality, cost, and scale.
Support troubleshooting and resolution of technical issues during development and industrialization.
Sustainability
Embed sustainability into packaging development and design decisions from the outset.
Conduct sustainability assessments across materials, formats, recyclability, material efficiency, waste reduction, and lifecycle considerations.
Identify opportunities to reduce packaging impact while maintaining product protection, quality, functionality, and consumer appeal.
Support delivery against organizational packaging sustainability goals and evolving regulatory requirements.
Speed & Commercial Execution
Drive agile development processes to improve speed to market without compromising quality.
Balance consumer desirability, technical feasibility, cost, sustainability, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing scalability.
Manage multiple packaging development projects and ensure timely delivery of key milestones.
Lead effective cross-functional collaboration from innovation through commercialization.

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