Our client:

* Global leader in their category, consistently innovating and growing, achieving fantastic results over the last few years.

* Dynamic, forward-thinking team that provides autonomy across the company to create an empowered and motivated culture.

* Experiencing high growth in the portfolio and requiring a Packaging Specialist to play a key role in the Procurement team.

The role:

* The Packaging Specialist will be responsible for key tasks, spanning across design, development, testing, and optimization of packaging materials and processes.

* Working across primary, secondary and tertiary packaging (including quality testing).

* Ensure packaging is functional, cost-effective and visually appealing.

* Material selection and quality - work to choose the best materials for packaging, based on wider factors (e.g. safety), environmental factors and operational suitability (including cost).

* Stakeholder management - working closely with wider teams, including Artwork, Purchasing, Marketing and Operations.

* Partner closely with the NPD teams - supporting with project managing new branded and own label packaging.

* Finally, the Packaging Specialist will have a good understanding of wider food manufacturing operations, to enable them to support the Procurement team with ad hoc tasks.

Ideal candidate:

* You will already have 2-3 years experience in the Food Manufacturing industry

* Must be a foodie - interested in FMCG developments.

* Be a confident, strong minded, people person who is capable when challenged.

* Be a do-er, someone who is hands on and works quickly to achieve business goals.

* Organised, methodical, proactive!

Benefits & details:

* Up to £32k

* 3-4 days in Home Counties office

Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 6/17276/7. Confidentiality assured.

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