R&I Senior Team Leader Packaging - Fibre and Flexibles

Utrecht/Hybrid

Are you a packaging leader with deepexpertiseinfibreand flexible packaging? Do you combine technical credibility with the ability to inspire teams, influence senior stakeholders, and drive strategic decisions? If so, join Danone Specialized Nutrition as our next Senior Team Leader Packaging
-Fibre& Flexibles and play a key role in shaping our packaging strategy, strengthening our technical capabilities, and developing a high-performing team.

At our Nutricia Research Center in Utrecht,you'll have the opportunity to influence the future of sustainable packaging innovation while working closely with business leaders, manufacturing sites, and technical experts across the globe.

As Senior Team Leader Packaging
-Fibre& Flexibles, you will lead a team of packaging specialists while providing strategic and technical leadership across the organization. You willequallydiscussfibreand flexible packaging technologies with technical experts,and influencelong-term innovation, investment, and capability decisions.

You will help shape our packaging pipeline, build organizational capabilities, and ensure solutions are innovative, sustainable, scalable, and fit for future business needs.

• Define and execute thefibreand flexible packaging strategy for Specialized Nutrition.

• Shape and deliver the global packaging innovation pipeline.

• Influence senior stakeholders across R&I, Operations, Quality, Procurement, and Business teams.

• Drive capability building and strengthen Danone's long-term competitive advantage in packaging.

• Act as a senior technical leader for fibreand flexible packaging technologies.

• Guide technical decisions, challenge assumptions, and support teams in solving complex packaging challenges.

• Maintain close partnerships with manufacturing sites to ensure successful implementation and scale-up of packaging solutions.

• Drive improvements in packaging performance, sustainability, quality, and cost.

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of packaging experts.

• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.

• Build future capabilities and support talent development within the team.

You will report to the R&I Specialized Nutrition Director of Packaging Innovation & Medical Device.

You are a leader who combines deep packagingexpertisewith strategic thinking and strongpeopleleadership. You bring the credibility to engage technical experts, the influence to guide senior stakeholders, and the leadership to build high-performing teams. You enjoy staying close to both innovation and execution and are motivated by creatinglastingbusiness impact.

• Degree in Packaging, Materials Science, Engineering, ora related field.

• Significant experience in packaging innovation, development, or materials technologies.

• Deepexpertiseinfibreand flexible packaging technologies.

• Strong understanding of packaging development, industrialization, and manufacturing environments.

• Proven experience leading technical or innovation teams.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills within complex organizations.

• Ability to translate technical complexity into clear business decisions.

• Passion for innovation, sustainability, and people development.

• Fluent in English.

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