Packaging Development Manager

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• Posted on July 28, 2026

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2105 Channel Ave
Memphis, TN 38106, USA

• Hybrid
• Research & Development
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: PACKA
  001241

Barr Brands is a branded consumer products company with a portfolio spanning specialty cleaning, paint and coating removal, moisture control, antimicrobial solutions, lawn care, skin care, and automotive surface prep. The brand portfolio includes:

Goof Off, Mold Armor, Spray and Forget, Citri Strip, Jasco, Klean-Strip, Klean-Strip Green, Damp Rid, Microban, Bull Dog, and Klean-Strip Automotive.

For this role, the packaging scope is concentrated onchemical-product plastic bottles and dispensing systems devices used across the portfolio—especially high-volume bottle platforms associated with

Mold Armor, Home Armor, Spray and Forget, and Citri Strip.

Job Title: Packaging Development Manager
Department: Research & Development (R&D)
Reports To: Senior Manager, Packaging Development
FLSA Status: Exempt

The Packaging Development Manager is amanager-level individual contributor responsible for technical ownership and execution of Barr Brands’s plastic bottles, metal cans and dispensing packaging systems(bottles, closures, trigger sprayers (including aerosol), and molded plastic devices components) that interact with chemical formulations. This role is accountable for drivingcurrent business packaging performance improvement sand ensuring packaging solutions perform reliably for consumers and run robustly on manufacturing and packing lines.

A significant portion of the role includes maintaining and improving packaging specifications and documentation discipline to enable strong change control and scalable supply.

This role supports bottle and dispensing packaging across key brands including Mold Armor, Home Armor, Spray and Forget, Microban 24, and Citri Strip, as well as the broader Barr Brands portfolio.

This role also owns the current and future evolution of theHome Armor Wand packaging and device system, leading on-going performance improvements and enabling future upgrades. R&D owns chemistry and performance specifications; this role translates those requirements into packaging/device design, supplier execution, qualification, and design freeze readiness.

• Translates program requirements into packaging strategy and execution plans, balancing performance, quality, cost, manufacturability, and timing.
• Provides technical input for external partner selection and leads supplier co-development.
• Holds approval accountability for tooling readiness,design freeze, and packaging sign-offfor assigned programs.
• Helps definebudget scoperequired to deliver packaging program needs (e.g., prototypes, testing, tooling, trials) in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Partners closely with Sourcing, Operations, QA/QC, Regulatory, Artwork, R&D (testing), and Commercial functions to deliver compliant, manufacturable, launch-ready packaging.
• Balances three primary work streams: (1) supplier-led packaging development oversight, (2) improvements to current business packaging, and (3) internal packaging design where appropriate - including accountability for maintaining and updating internal packaging specification systems.

• Own and drive performance, robustness, and manufacturability improvementsfor existing bottle, closure, trigger sprayer, and dispensing/device systems, including issue resolution, complaint reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives across the portfolio (notablyMold Armor, Spray and Forget, and Citri Stripbottle platforms).
• Partner with Operations, QA/QC, and manufacturing partners to improve line performance and quality, including supporting trials and changes that improve runnability, reduce scrap or downtime,…