Packaging Engineer-Revised

Packaging Engineer-Revised July 2024

For more than 125 years, Mentholatum has been creating and improving pharmaceutical, healthcare, and cosmetic products for consumers around the world. From back pain and toothaches to dry skin and chapped lips, Mentholatum provides some of the industry's top products for personal healthcare and wellness. Our focus on customer relations and consumer satisfaction has helped us to reach our status as a global leader in the business of personal care.

As our business continues to grow, so does our need for top talent to become part of our winning team today.

Basic

Purpose:

Responsible for providing engineering/technical support to Production, Marketing and Quality Control departments in all areas of the production supply chain. Focus areas include all packaging materials, equipment, products, distribution and procedural practices to accomplish these tasks. Primary responsibilities include: new product development, product costing, establishing standards and specifications, process innovation, cost reduction initiatives, quality improvement projects, and equipment qualifications.

Job Responsibilities:

• Plans/develops primary, secondary and tertiary packaging and shipping/distribution containers for products in response to customer quality, Marketing requirements, working with dimensional tolerance, copy control, material compatibility/specifications and standards. Sustainability is also an element to be considered.
• Responsible for developing new product costing (Purple Sheet process) and line standards with respect to Lean manufacturing, material, batch sizes, sales volume, production and labor rates.
• Cost saving projects relating to material purchases, labor efficiencies, and overhead reduction (admin process improvement)
• Champion/Owner of New Product Development Gantt charts and timeline. Represent Operations group at cross functional meetings and communicated Gantt chart revisions in a timely manner
• Operations management special projects such as Lean Initiatives.
• Plans and directs process of obtaining equipment and tooling for new products. Capital approval authorization and qualification documentation along with vendor coordination, timely delivery and functionality of change over parts.

Position Requirements:

Quality Conscious
- Visualization of a demanding customer's expectations and application into design/testing. Innovation
- Being able to find alternative, more effective ways to address challenges and seize opportunities. Cost Reduction
- Reduction of COGS without impacting customer expectations. Adaptation
- Ability for quick response and flexibility with respect to rapidly changing business environment to support TMC goals. Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering. Considers workflow, layout, and safety measures when designing industrial plants and facilities. Coordinates quality control objectives and activities to resolve production problems, maximize product reliability, and minimize cost. Applies engineering techniques to design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.

Dimensions-Level I:
Project management skills to coordinate multiple cross-functional efforts in given timeline. Capital projects up to $50k and New Product Development launches of $10M-$50M annual sales. 0-2 years' experience in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, preferably OTC pharma. Works under direct supervision of a supervisor or manager. Possesses beginning to working knowledge of subject matter. Handles basic issues and problems, and refers more complex issues to higher-level staff.

Dimensions-Level II:
Project management skills to coordinate multiple cross-functional efforts in given timeline. Capital projects up to $100k and New Product Development launches of $25M-$100M annual sales. 2-4 years' experience in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, preferably OTC pharma. Performs work under general supervision. Possesses solid working knowledge of subject matter. Handles moderately complex issues and problems, and refers more complex issues to higher-level staff.

Dimensions-Level III:
Project management skills to coordinate multiple cross-functional efforts in given timeline. Capital projects up to $150k and New Product Development launches of $50M-$500M annual sales. 4-6 years' experience in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, preferably OTC pharma. Performs work under minimal supervision. Possesses comprehensive knowledge of subject matter. Handles complex issues and problems, and refers only the most complex issues to higher-level staff.

May act as a lead or first-level supervisor.

Dimensions-Level IV:
Project management skills to coordinate multiple cross-functional efforts in given timeline. Capital projects up to $250k and New Product Development launches of $50M-$1MM annual sales. 6-8 years' experience in…