Packaging Engineer

Company Overview

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koçtaş – to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world.

Our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you! This team is based in the Southampton office 3 days per week.

We are seeking a skilled Packaging Engineer to join our dynamic team! In this role, you will provide expert guidance to internal teams, banners (B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama ETC..), and external vendors on all aspects of structural packaging. You will be responsible for project managing packaging activities, advising on sustainability initiatives, and identifying opportunities for packaging improvements, cost reductions, and simplifications. If you’re passionate about innovative packaging solutions and sustainability, this is the perfect opportunity to make an impact!

• Captures the needs of brand, consumer, product experience and constraints of the supply chain and turns them into clear packaging designs that are right first time. Identify beneficial opportunities whenever possible.
• Defines upfront project success criteria (innovation, sustainability, affordability and efficiency) to drive clarity throughout each project.
• Brief suppliers and leads the development of technical solutions through proof-of-concept to production and implementation of each project.
• Delivery of technical design that ensures the ‘end of life’ recycling of our packaging materials has been considered for all our markets and customers.

• Structural packaging experience as a Packaging Engineer or Technologist, preferably within the retail or packaging sectors, along with a strong understanding of packaging production processes and materials.
• CAD experience (Artios
  
  CAD/CAPE) and strong packaging prototyping skills are desirable, along with industry knowledge of primary and transit packaging materials, innovations, and trends.
• Knowledge of how structural packaging improves quality and aligns with Kingfisher targets, alongside an understanding of packaging sustainability drivers and goals.
• Must demonstrate a good insight of how packaging contributes to customer experience and purchase decision making.
• Takes knowledge and applies it in practice to improve packaging quality, drive sustainability credentials (reduce, remove, reuse), increase sales, increase profitability, and drive down cost.

• Be Customer Focussed – constantly improving our customer experience.
• Use available data to help make decisions.
• Be Human – acting with humanity and care.
• I do the right thing.
• I am respectful.
• Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious.
• I build and share new ideas.
• I try new things and share my learnings.
• Be Agile – working with trust, pace and agility.
• I have courage to be creative.
• Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20.
• Be Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together.
• I embrace belonging.
• I have self-awareness and a desire to learn.
• Be Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and growth.
• I own my actions.
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role.

Private Health Care

Opportunity to receive up to family level cover with AXA. Join within three months of starting or at annual renewal in April (benefit in kind taxation).

Kingfisher Pension Scheme

Immediate eligibility…