Packaging Developer

The Packaging Developer is an essential role within the Deodorant Category, a key strategic growth area in Personal Care at Unilever. This position is responsible for supporting innovation and excellence in packaging for flagship brands including Rexona, Axe, and Dove. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the Packaging Work Stream Leader in large packaging innovation/renovation projects and also leading smaller packaging projects themselves with a level of autonomy. Responsibilities will cover the development and execution of the packaging design from brief, through to rigorous execution and subsequent launch, ensuring the delivery of superior product experiences and alignment with business objectives, including sustainability and premiumisation. Managing Stakeholders is key, providing the required information and evidence at key decision points. Responsible for engaging in or coordinating all packaging activities involved in the delivery of a project, this includes co-ordinating with Business Units to understand and ensure Global alignment and adherence to regional legislation. The Packaging Developer will ensure that the Packaging Development Process is followed, and the appropriate levels of technical rigour have been applied to ensure that it can be manufactured efficiently and consistently within specification to maintain quality expectations throughout the product life cycle. They are responsible for managing project risks involved in the delivery of the packaging solution and will either support the Packaging Work Stream Lead or lead [for smaller projects] all packaging technical risk activities including Risk Level 3 assessments and FMEA’s. The Packaging developer will be accountable for ensuring that the application of digital tools are used where available and must drive an in-silico first mindset, ensuring all structured data is capturing physical and virtual testing to safeguard its use in building models or future reuse by other project teams. Based within the Packaging and Aerosol team in the Deodorant Category Design Centre, Leeds UK.