Assistant Packaging Technology Manager - Holland (Expired Vacancy)

Company	Harrison Scott Europe Ltd	Share \|
Salary	up to 50k Euro Basic + benefits
Location	European (Europe)
Job Type / Hours	Permanent / Full Time
Start Date	Immediate
Date Posted	13/07/2012
Job Reference	ozzle/J977

Company Summary

Harrison Scott is the largest recruitment company in the uk specialising in the Print, Packaging and Paper Sectors.

Job Description

Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• To deliver the roll out of packaging solutions to agreed projects timings, on time in full, by following best practice in packaging project management.
• Within the role the technologist work in multi functional teams (with marketing, Consumer Technical Insight, Consumer Marketing Insight, Supply Chain, Supply Management, product development, finance and other associated functions).
• Area the technologist will be working in are Scoping of packaging projects, establish and follow project schedules, support design activity, implement packaging designs in Sourcing units and co packers, develop primary packaging, develop secondary packaging, deliver recommendations for new techniques and ways of working, responsible for intellectual property protection and patent, regulatory.
• To conduct packaging laboratory tests to evaluate the various packaging functions.
• To process and interpret the results of sets of tests and experiments, to draw conclusions.
• Responsible for stakeholders management regarding technical issues/project status
• To assess packaging to ensure it is fit for purpose (by completing testing and trials) and to deliver the content of technical specifications for all packaging components developed in a project
• Risk management and environmental awareness
• To develop and maintain the relevant technical expertise and competencies for packaging development.

Job Requirements
• A packaging degree, materials technology or a related discipline
• Packaging development experience in a FMCG environment is preferred
• Experienced with leading projects on regional level
• Self steering and proactive attitude (thinks in terms of solutions)
• Ability to manage several different projects or activities with different timings and deadlines at the same time, dealing with dead line pressure
• Good communication and reporting skills
• Strong team worker, able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams and deal with multiple project teams and tasks
• Able to use English fluently and accurately to participate in international project team meetings
• Flexibility in leadership and work style to be able to manage the many changes of direction that can often occur on Regional packaging projects
• Willing to travel within Europe.

Your CV will be reviewed by the consultant handling the assignment within 24 hours from the time you apply. Should you not hear back within 7 days it means that on this occasion your experience/ skill set didn’t match what our client is looking for. We would love to go back to every applicant and explain why it is not a good match however unfortunately in today’s market, even with the 7 day operating we introduced 2 years ago, it is administratively impossible to do this. Please rest assured that if you match the criteria you will be contacted, usually within 1 day, but no later than 3 days from the time of your application.