Packaging Technologist

Location:

Greater London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Sector:
Logistics & Customer Services

Job Type: Permanent

Salary:
Up to £45,000 + package

Job

Expiry date: 25-Jun-2026

Role: Packaging Technologist

Location: London (hybrid)

Salary: Up to £45,000 + package

We are partnering with a fast-growing, ambitious consumer goods business within the health and nutrition space. With strong recent growth and a clear vision to evolve into a leading D2C brand, the company is investing heavily in innovation and product experience.

As part of this journey, they are hiring a Packaging Technologist to take ownership of packaging strategy across the full supply chain. This is a newly created role offering the opportunity to shape packaging from the ground up and make a real commercial and operational impact.

You will act as the subject matter expert for packaging, driving improvements in cost, performance, sustainability, and functionality across a diverse product portfolio.

• Lead end-to-end development of packaging solutions across flexible plastics, rigid formats, and fibre-based materials, ensuring performance, quality, and cost efficiency
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, brand, suppliers, and manufacturing to deliver right-first-time packaging and support successful product launches
• Own packaging trials, testing, specifications, and database management, while providing hands‑on technical support to manufacturing sites
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and drive sustainability initiatives, including recyclability improvements and packaging waste reduction

• Proven experience as a packaging technologist/developer role, working with flexible materials (essential)
• Experience in consumer goods, ideally within a food and beverage environment
• Commercially minded with a focus on cost optimisation, efficiency, and end to end project management experience
• Degree in Packaging, Materials Science, or similar
• Full permanent right to work in the UK

Our company is an equal opportunity employer.