Packaging Development Team Leader

Here at innocent, we’re on a mission to make it easier for everyone to get more fruit and veg into their bodies. We started back in 1999 and since then we’ve gone from selling a few smoothies at a music festival to becoming one of Europe’s biggest drinks companies with around 1,000 people (and the B Corp seal of approval).

It’s nice to be able to say things like that but we’re not patting ourselves on the back just yet. We want to show everyone that it’s possible to be a successful business while looking after people and the planet too, so we’re trying to get better in pretty much every way. And that’s where this job comes in.

What you\’ll be doing

As Packaging Development Team Leader, you will be responsible for developing and delivering the total packaging strategy across innovation, renovation, and sustainability from concept to implementation. This includes ensuring projects meet all legal, regulatory, and time commitments, and managing a team of experts and specialists across projects and personal development. Key responsibilities include:

• Developing sustainability and R&D packaging technology strategies to support long-term business goals.
• Continuously evolving the packaging development team\’s ways of working to ensure efficiency.
• Delivering packaging innovations considering brand protection, business case restrictions, and sustainability.
• Partnering with supply chain, marketing, sustainability teams, and procurement to build packaging innovation pipelines and ensure technical needs are met.
• Supporting the business in interpreting technical aspects of packaging sustainability changes and maintaining strategic technical relationships with packaging suppliers.
• Leading and supporting the team while demonstrating company values and ensuring consistent ways of working.

You\’ll have

• A thorough understanding of packaging materials and conversion technologies.
• Experience in developing packaging strategies for a European business.
• Experience in packaging design and development, print technologies, and artwork management processes.
• Leadership experience in developing individuals and leading teams.
• Experience in an FMCG company, preferably in the food and beverage sector.
• Knowledge of sustainable packaging design, key sustainability metrics, and food safety and food contact legislation.
• Understanding of factory lines, key performance KPIs, and excellent presentation skills to convey complex topics in simple terms.

You\’ll get

• To influence the long-term packaging and sustainability plans for the business and how we can make a positive difference in how we operate.
• Get to travel to different parts of the world to trial and validate different packaging materials and equipment.
• To be a key member of the team, delivering our packaging strategy and innovation plans for the future.
• A strong team culture, and a real sense of ownership and impact.

We want innocent to be a great place to work, so we do lots of stuff to make people feel at home and try to make sure everyone’s career is shaping up the way they want it to. There are plenty of opportunities to have a go at something new or take things further.

In exchange for helping us do business in the right way, you’ll get a solid rewards package that includes a salary (phew), private healthcare, a target-based bonus, and a bunch of other nice things like a day off on your birthday. And yes, you get free smoothies.

We also know that not all our drinkers come from the same background, or think the same – so why should we? At innocent, we want to be a great place to work where a diverse bunch of people from all backgrounds can turn up and thrive. When we hire, we want all the juice, bits, and pulp that make you who you are.

Even if you don’t think you can tick all the boxes, if the job sounds right for you, come and throw your hat in the ring.

Probably best to get your skates on though, as we might close this early if we get loads of applications.

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