Great things are happening in the Europe and Australia (EUAU) region. Each day, our 2,500 plus colleagues bring their passion to our offices, manufacturing sites, R&D center, and commercial / distributor markets across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
We are energized by over 150 years of bringing people together with the food they love. With beloved brands Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Jus-Rol, Fibre One, Latina Fresh and more, we are on a mission to become the undisputed growth leader in food for EUAU.
In a world that’s ever-changing, we look to stay ahead and seek people who share our love of food and are hungry to shape the future.
What your role is
As a Senior R&D Packaging Engineer, you will be attached to the Old El Paso and Green Giant R&D Application Team within the Europe & Australia business segment.
The team is responsible to build and advance consumer-first Innovation, holistic margin management (HMM), and core growth pipelines for Old El Paso and Green Giant brands.
You will be specifically responsible to drive packaging development projects across innovation, core range renovation, sustainability, and margin management to enable our business to win in the marketplace.
In this role you will leverage your technical, influence, and project management skills and will partner with cross functional teams, internal and external partners to identify, develop and implement packaging solutions for new or existing products.
Accountabilities

Build innovation, HMM and core growth pipelines for OEP and GG with key cross-functional partners.
Packaging team leader for the OEP team supporting to the team on the technical part of the projects and managing the technical resources in the team.
Manage and lead multiple projects : create and execute technical plans, risk assessments, and mitigation plans, create prototypes, manage timelines, provide effective communication and documentation of work.
Actively collaborate with the factory team for the organization and the execution of industrial trials. Build a trial report and communicate the conclusions.
Build and keep packaging technical specifications up to date
Build strong relationships and work collaboratively with multiple cross functional stakeholders, across R&D, Marketing, Sourcing, Supply Chain and External Partners to deliver winning packaging solutions.
Communicate to business partners progress, risks and changes on active projects and influence decisions informed by deep consumer-, technical- and business understanding.
Pro-actively lead collaboration with cross-functional partners to develop robust packaging pipelines across innovation, renovation, sustainability and margin management, based on consumer needs and business strategy
Build and maintain relationships with internal and external networks (e.g. suppliers, packaging schools, start-ups, external packaging organizations) to broaden perspective, identify areas of opportunity, leverage capabilities, apply outside-in thinking and effectively influence and gain support for initiatives
Stay abreast of packaging technology developments, regulatory landscape changes and competitive packaging activity to grow awareness and make informed decisions
Nurture connections within General Mills’ global packaging community, to share knowledge, exchange on technical challenges and align on corporate packaging initiatives execution

What you will bring to the team
Skills / Experiences

Bachelor’s Degree in packaging-, mechanical engineering, or relevant engineering discipline
Minimum 6 years of related experience in packaging roles.
Demonstrated ability to lead new packaging ideation, development and commercialization interfacing with multiple stakeholders.
Good communication and leadership skills.
Deep technical knowledge of interactions between product, packaging and equipment and ability to apply scientific and engineering principles to deliver new packaging solutions.
Experience with quality and regulatory considerations and practices
Structural Package / Creative design ability preferred
Project management skills.
Consumer-First thinking; experience with applying design thinking practices
Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
Solid judgement, effective experimentation, analytical and problem-solving skills
Languages proficiency : excellent command of English both written and spoken

What you get from us

Flexible and employee-focused work culture
Equal Employment opportunities
Competitive package with benefits

At General Mills, we are committed to recruiting ,retaining, developing, and advancing an inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of the consumers and communities we serve globally.
Come and be part of our team's journey. Hungry to Shape the Future.
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