Technical Design Manager - Corrugated Packaging

About the job

NEW VACANCY! (PK7406)

TECHNICAL DESIGN MANAGER - CORRUGATED PACKAGING

LANCASHIRE

£Open DOE + 25 Days Holiday + Bonus Scheme + Childcare Vouchers + Death In Service

Hours: Monday to Thursday - 9am to 5pm / Friday - 9am to 4pm

Our client is a global manufacturer of corrugated packaging products, looking to recruit a Technical Designer Manager, you will operate cross-functionally to fully encompass the NPD and Design process. To manage, design and deliver new products whilst also focusing on continual improvement of existing products. All projects need to be managed from initial brief right through to production sign off. The role will hold full responsibility for the output and quality of the developments emerging from the department, implementing a development pipeline ensuring innovation is at the forefront.

Main Responsibilities

• Deliver market leading packaging concepts, meeting customers' requirements including digital and physical product mock-ups.
• Pro-actively develop concepts for emerging markets, considering new materials and processes.
• Deliver cost saving and value add solutions, in line with customer briefs or requirements, that are optimised for efficient manufacture and to the required performance standard.
• Managing the day-to-day workflow of the department to a high standard, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Provide expertise to lead problem solving, product testing / trailing and resolve packaging issues / quality concerns.
• Deliver Packaging projects from concept to market including sampling, artwork management and product approval.
• Managing, Mentoring, and developing team members through training and development programmes.
• Work with the NAMs / Customer Service Team / Customer to provide technical support on briefs, artwork, processes to design for manufacture whilst meeting the customer's requirements.
• Designing and ordering tooling with key considerations of manufacturing efficiencies and print restrictions, ensuring product development process is fully documented through in-house systems.
• Full review of developed artworks to verify compliance with business requirements.
• Full responsibility for product sign-off and approval.
• Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of innovation developments with packaging suppliers and machine manufacturers.
• Implementing new specifications and ensuring the team are adhering to the specifications.
• Monitoring packaging efficiency impact on operational processes, from machine speeds to packing & pallet specification and ensure products are cost effective.
• Build and maintain relationships with the quality and manufacturing teams to ensure
• seamless new product implementation (NPI) and continuous improvement activities (through the TPM structure).
• Keeping up to date with appropriate technology & software (including training) and ensuring equipment is serviced and well maintained.
• Main Point of contact - liaising and creating working relationships internally, within the wider company group and with immediate suppliers and couriers.
• Attending and presenting at site meetings with development opportunities and material innovations, as required.
• Responsible for ensuring yourself and the team are working in a safe and responsible manner, in line with health, safety and environmental obligations and ensuring machinery is well maintained.

Role Accountabilities:

• The role holder should be adequately trained for the job function, including training in relation to Health Safety and Environment obligations.
• The role holder may be required to undertake such other reasonable duties as may be required of him / her in the post, the department mentioned above, or in the company.
• It is the duty of every employee while at work to take reasonable care for the Environment and the Health and Safety of themselves and of other persons, who may be affected by his/her acts or omissions at work, and as regards any duty or requirement imposed on his/her employer or any other person by or under any of the relevant statutory provisions (HSAW 1974 section.7)
• Be aware of all Company policies and procedures and to always adhere to them.