Position Summary
This position will be responsible for successfully meeting the goals and objectives of the commercial organization by
effectively supporting development, growth and profitability of the company. Achieved by creating, developing,
designing, testing of products, processes, and innovations for new and existing products in an ever-changing
market. A key focus will be ensuring quality, cost, and on time delivery of new or improved products.
Essential Duties and Tasks
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily.
Reasonable accommodations may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions. Knows and follows all safety policies and procedures
• Research, Design, develop, test, create specifications, document, implement, products and structures for
new or improved products; monitoring from pilot to scale up.
• Conduct lab & pilot scale research that supports product and process innovation and improvement and
scaling that research to commercial processes.
• Collaborate closely with global and national brand managers as well as other cross-functional team
members in sales, plants, engineering, quality, and material & process suppliers to develop specifications,
evaluate, and control properties of substrates, materials and processes.
• Support the qualification of substrates, development materials, and processes used in ProAmpac line of
products, both current and new.
• Handles moderate complex issues, provides technical support and knowledge to solve issues and assists
with project.
• Utilize project management skills to effectively drive product development and innovation projects
including project summary updates, innovation gating process documentation, project planning grant
charts, preparing pertinent IP collateral, ensuring freedom-to-use documentation.
• Complete cost analyses for projects to ensure opportunities for commercial success exist.
• Support marketing requests for product performance and technical information.
• Support and/or lead customer innovation sessions aimed at developing new product concepts.
• Write product evaluation protocols, perform product testing, and author engineering reports with
recommendations.
• Validate materials and processes in accordance with FDA standards.
• Keep abreast of and identify new developments and technologies in materials and processes
• May act as first line supervisor or team leader, provides coaching and mentoring;
• Other Duties as assigned
Qualifications, Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably packaging, chemical engineering. Statistics and statistical process
control training.
• 2-4 years’ work experience with flexible packaging
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies required such as Six Sigma, Lean, etc.
• Familiar with blown film and lamination process a plus
• Work independently with minimal supervision, ability to resolve complex technical issues
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams), and Outlook.
• Maintainsstrict confidentiality and protects privacy of confidential/sensitive information.
• Exceptional time management and organization skills.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively (verbal, written, and presentations) with executive
leadership, staff, and internal and external clients.
• Proactive; exercises sound judgment and decision making; able to identify problems and needs and
develop solutions and/or options.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Self-confident, self-motivated polished professional who thrives in a challenging, fast-paced environment.