Packaging Engineer

Overview

Packaging Engineer role supporting new model launches by designing packaging that meets safety, quality, velocity, cost and sustainability metrics, working with the manufacturing team, end customers and the packaging design team.

What you'll do

• Coordinate meetings and partner with cross-functional teams for packaging approvals between design and end user.
• Solidify agreement with Supply Chain on returnable packaging loop size and inventory, and drive procurement through the standard process.
• Lead design approval meetings and conduct prototype validation to obtain sign-off from stakeholders.
• Govern and meet new model launch metrics and scorecards.
• Independently identify cost reduction and sustainability opportunities.

What you'll need

• Degree or equivalent experience.
• Accuracy and attention to detail: explain the importance of accuracy in own function, identify tasks requiring precision, identify procedures to keep results mistake-free, and describe consequences of errors.
• Analytical thinking: name specific tools or techniques that support analysis, describe business analytics software, and give examples of using analytical thinking to resolve problems.
• Collaborating: demonstrate a basic understanding of collaborative processes and provide examples of how collaboration has helped achieve organizational goals.
• Computer-aided design and engineering: describe common drafting conventions, explain usage of CAD/CAM software in engineering new products, and identify basic functions and features of a CAD/CAM system.
• Decision making and critical thinking: explain characteristics and steps of an effective decision-making process, identify issues requiring decisions, and describe types of decisions within own job.
• Effective communications: deliver helpful feedback, listen to feedback without defensiveness, make oral presentations and write reports needed for own work, avoid technical jargon when inappropriate, and consider non-verbal cues.
• Packaging: name key regulatory issues around product packaging and safety, identify types of packaging in use, describe pros and cons of commonly used packaging, and cite examples of auto-ID packaging technologies.
• Service excellence: describe examples of poor, mediocre and excellent service, explain how managing customer perceptions and expectations enhances service, and describe business benefits of high-quality service.

Details

• Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Work mode: onsite, five days a week.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.