Packaging Sustainability Program Manager

Accountabilities
Specifically, job duties include: (1) lead and direct regional packaging engineers to design and develop innovative packages that meet the company’s Vision into Actions (“VIA”) initiative to reduce packaging materials by 10 percent; (2) direct regional packaging engineers to ensure that a comprehensive feasibility study is completed; (3) coordinate with global management regarding the progress of regional initiatives; (4) interface with major customers (Wal-Mart, Target, etc.) to ensure that their sustainability/environmental goals are achieved; (5) manage relationships with senior management in Commercial and Supply Chain departments to establish and direct the timing of sustainability projects; (6) manage all sustainability projects to ensure progress through the corporate stage-gate process (IPM); and (7) manage the investigation of new technologies to enable future programs to deliver on the 100% recyclable and 60% biodegradable goals.

Pre-Requisites

Qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree, or its equivalent, in Packaging Engineering, Packaging Management, Chemical Engineering, or a related field; and five years of progressive engineering experience in packaging, product development, quality control, or environmental impact of product design including at least two years of packaging engineering or management in a consumer packaging industry, and one year of experience with requirements for reduction of waste in industrial packaging and sustainability/environmental trends.