Packaging Materials & Compliance Expert (Plastics)

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Date: Dec 18, 2024

Location: Mumbai, IN

Company: Beiersdorf

At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.

Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live a culture of inclusion, respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values – CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.

Your Tasks

  • Represents the Regional Packaging Development in direction to accomplish sustainability goals.
  • Steers and supervises developments of material at external suppliers and internal partners (considers environmental and local legal requirements in packaging concepts)
  • Support the global packaging team with packaging material regulatory information related to your region (mainly connected to post-consumer recycled materials)
  • Implementation of Sustainable Plastics like Recycled, Renewable, etc., into Packaging Component
  • Applies corporate packaging guidelines and processes in the region for specific Plastics
  • Initiate and steer mandatory and optional tests methods in cooperation with the regional R&D laboratories (externally and internally)
  • Supports packaging sourcing team in selection process, auditing and release of regional/global suppliers located in the region
  • Assures coordination of all defined packaging development work packages regarding completeness, in time accomplishment, quality and costs
  • Issues the necessary reports, documentation and generates qualitative and timely administration of master data
  • Facilitate the accomplishment of Global Plastic pledge in the organization by leading and playing an active role in sustainability pillars (recycle, reduce, replace and re-use)
  • Utilize outside resources to find new sources of ideas and technical solutions to guarantee best practices and up to date material knowledge
  • Understanding of Category Business & Consumer Insights, Owning any one low complex category for in depth knowledge on the technology & business.
  • Moulding process and know-how of engineering, designing, mould management
  • Overall waste management system & recyclability
  • Newer alternate packaging materials
  • Workflow know how
  • SAP, Clarity, Accolade, D2P, PMP, Zeus. To be a key user for SAP, Engineering Drawing

Your Profile

  • University degree (Masters/Bachelors) in Polymers/Plastics technology
  • 3 - 7 years relevant business experience in Sustainable packaging materials development, Working knowledge in Mechanical, Chemical & Advanced Recycling, Renewable Plastics, Circular Economy
  • Good MS Office and PowerPoint skills required; experience with SAP is a plus.
  • Knowledge in Analytical & Characterization techniques of Plastic materials – mainly GC-MS, FTIR, Global mobility preferred
  • Know how of Asia Pacific & African recycling system, Partners, Institutes

We embrace Diversity and Inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless of race, gender, age, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation & gender identity, disability, cultural, ethnic or national origins. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae with relevant references and certificates) and encourage you to upload your CV without a picture.