about the company.
Our client is a global leader in off-price retail, offering a rapidly changing assortment of quality, fashionable, brand-name, and designer merchandise at exceptional value. Consistently ranked among top Fortune 500 companies, they operate over 5,000 stores across nine countries and multiple e-commerce sites worldwide. This organization is deeply committed to corporate responsibility and innovation across its vast operations.
about the job.As a Packaging Specialist, you will be instrumental in driving the development and implementation of packaging strategies for a diverse range of products. This role requires a focus on quality, newness, innovation, and sustainability across the entire packaging supply chain. You will be responsible for:
... - Adopting and cultivating sourcing strategies for packaging, leading vendor onboarding, and negotiating for sustainable and other packaging components to ensure best-in-class quality, design, and value.
- Managing the packaging supplier certification process for sustainability and tracking sustainable packaging KPIs.
- Attaining and deploying packaging policies and initiatives, and advising suppliers on packaging engineering and specifications.
- Working independently on packaging projects from concept development and artwork design through to production and delivery, ensuring timely completion.
- Training and educating sourcing, buying, and quality teams on sustainable claims and other packaging topics and tools.
- Partnering with the US packaging team to build material libraries, pricing, specs, and standards for various packaging types.
- Effectively collaborating and building strong relationships with key internal and external partners, including sourcing, buying, product development, packaging, sustainability, and legal teams.
- Traveling to visit packaging suppliers and product vendors to review bulk packaging quality.
- Developing and maintaining professional knowledge of new and emerging packaging trends and technologies.
- Consistently delivering on measurable and strategic goals to enable competitive advantage, company growth, and corporate social responsibility leadership.
skills & experiences required.
- Bachelor’s Degree in any field.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in the packaging field, with expertise in packaging design, sourcing, costing of sustainable components, and product sustainability.
- Strong knowledge of sustainable packaging vendors, industry standards (GOTS, Oeko-Tex, GRS, OCS, FSC), and packaging engineering (structure/specification).
- Understanding of the apparel and/or home industry, consumer goods industry, product development, or supply chain is preferred.
- Advanced MS Excel skills for data analysis, reporting, and decision-making.
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, demonstrating strong problem-solving, negotiation, and analytical skills.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, with a proven track record of building positive internal and external relationships.
- A track record of working creatively and analytically to deliver results.