Director Global Packaging Development

ppAs a Director Global Packaging Development you will lead and develop a multi-disciplinary department, overseeing sub-teams and ensuring strong collaboration, performance, and delivery against business objectives. Own and steer the department budget while providing technical expertise in luxury packaging and filling processes. Drive the feasibility and successful industrialization of new products and processes, ensuring technical excellence, scalability, and alignment with quality and business requirements. /ph3Role Purpose/Mission: /h3ulliLeads the packaging department, including sub-packaging teams of experts, ensures capabilities and capacity of the teams in the department /liliSteers and tracks the packaging budget Support the Vice President of RD with all topics linked with packaging. /liliIs a technical expert for luxury packaging material, luxury packaging technologies and filling processes and is working together with internal and external network to realize development, optimization (legal, regulatory, quality, strategy, costs, market position), filling and packing of luxury finished goods. /liliKeeps up to date about new technologies, industrial trends and packaging of luxury competitors and proposes regularly new luxury packaging ideas for future products for La Prairie to VP RD and Marketing. /liliEnsures that the sub-teams:ulliDeliver effective packaging, process development and industrialization of a product on time in full and in quality including relevant data (SAP, SOPs, tests, regulatory requirements, specifications, range boards, tools) /liliAssess the feasibility of packaging and production improvements proactively (optimization, efficiency, new technologies) /liliEnsure the compliance of the packaging portfolio (data management) /liliWork on long-term ideas and initiative to be able to fill the product pipeline making proactively proposals to Marketing /liliSelect and releases suppliers based technical requirements, capabilities and procurement strategy /liliSteer change of packaging within the Supply Chain /li /ul /li /ulh3Main Accountabilities: /h3ulliLeadership skills /liliBusiness understandings /liliIn the technical expertise field, should be able to guide the team with the following:ulliConsultant and support to internal and external network (Marketing, Quality, Supply Chain, Suppliers) /liliDevelopment, validation and approval of moulds/tools inclusive lifecycle management for existing packaging tools /liliHandling of quality issues and improvements (implementation, supplier handling) /liliSupports optimization projects /liliAssesses technical capabilities (timing, quality, cooperation in development, production) and develops suppliers /li /ul /liliShould be able to guide the team with following activities for packaging and process development:ulliDevelopment and Pilot tool contracts /liliTransparent documentation (SAP, Forms, SOPs) and communication of results, milestones to interfaces / stakeholders /liliFinds solution for packaging issues (quality, production, transport) /li /ul /liliReport communication of the results:ulliManage interfaces within Supply Chain and Marketing related to packaging or quality projects /liliEnsure regular reporting according to agreement /liliRisk assessment of packagings, filling activities and find ways to reduce risks of supply /liliDefine packaging strategy to update portfolio /li /ul /li /ulh3Key Interfaces: /h3h3Internal: /h3ulliGQM /liliGPM /liliSupply Planning /liliMarketing /li /ulh3External: /h3ulliSuppliers /lili3PMs /li /ulh3Knowledge, Skills and

Experience:
/h3ulliPackaging engineer or comparable Education /liliMin. 15 years experience in luxury packaging development /liliMin 5 years experience leading a team /liliOrganizational skills /liliFluent in English, good german language knowledge is beneficial /li /ul /p