Packaging Materials Senior Engineer

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** Your role at Clorox:*
* The Packaging Materials Senior Engineer is part of our technical services team and delivers customer-oriented support and results for Supply Chain in focus areas of packaging materials, cost savings, supply assurance, brand maintenance, packaging sustainability, and finished product quality.

Are you a proven leader with significant packaging knowledge, manufacturing operations, packaging material procurement, and product quality that is ready to be part of a high performing team leading change focused on packaging material initiatives? Do you enjoy working with cross-functional teams, interfacing with manufacturing facilities to ensure our customers and consumers continue to get the products they know and love?

As part of the technical services team, you will be instrumental in different supply chain aspects while executing initiatives to ensure product availability. Clorox believes in hiring top performers with a diverse range of backgrounds; all qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

** In this role, you will:*
* A successful candidate for this role must be a motivated self-starter who provides proactive technical leadership from charter approvals through production start-up. Responsibilities include supplier qualification, data analysis, problem solving, specification development, manufacturing trials, Design-to-Value innovation, change management, and regulatory compliance.

This position provides technical leadership and collaboration across Supply Chain, R&D, Manufacturing, Procurement, Commercialization, and external partners. The role serves as a packaging materials subject matter expert, leading small- to medium-sized projects and contributing specialized expertise to larger initiatives.

** Key Responsibilities*
* + Lead technical services packaging activities, including planning, execution, and implementation of packaging-related deliverables.

+ Independently manage small- to medium-sized projects, establishing priorities, action plans, and risk mitigation strategies.

+ Support project teams within the Cleaning Business Unit to develop plans, implement activities, and achieve business objectives.

+ Apply structured problem-solving methods, including hypothesis development, test planning, data analysis, root-cause investigation, and recommendation development.

+ Ensure adherence to internal and external compliance requirements, standards, and management-of-change processes.

+ Maintain accurate and complete packaging material and finished product information in company databases, including PLM systems.

+ Develop, maintain, and transfer knowledge related to packaging materials and packaging machine interfaces.

+ Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, consultants, and manufacturing partners.

+ Collaborate with and influence cross-functional teams through business recommendations, project plans, presentations, and technical expertise.

+ Identify and remove barriers to project execution while proactively communicating risks, issues, and opportunities.

+ Foster an innovative, collaborative, and process-driven work environment.

+ Support continuous improvement and new ways of working across projects and business processes.

+ Provide packaging materials expertise to business functions including R&D, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Commercialization.

+ Support all U.S. Cleaning product categories.

** Travel Requirements*
* + Ability to travel independently to Clorox manufacturing facilities, external manufacturing sites, and packaging material suppliers.

+ Domestic travel required.

+ Up to 35% travel required, including routine local travel and periodic domestic travel.

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** What we look for:*
* + Bachelor's degree (Bachelor of Science preferred) from an accredited institution.

+ Preferred fields of study:
Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline.

+ Minimum of five years of industrial experience within a consumer products company in manufacturing, technical, packaging, or R&D functions.

+ Packaging materials experience preferred.

+ Strong technical leadership skills, including influence, collaboration, conflict resolution, and cross-functional teamwork.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

+ Strong problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and decision-making capabilities.

+ Ability to work independently while effectively managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

+ Strong organizational, workload planning, and time-management skills.

+ Adaptable, flexible, and comfortable managing changing priorities.

+ Strong interpersonal skills and ability to represent technical services on…