About this role
Packing Development Manager
Job Responsibility
- Manage all packaging development initiatives with the Group Packaging team, local Marketing team and external strategic partners.
- Coordinate and facilitate plant trials and new packaging development start up, working with vendors/suppliers.
- Ensure that all packaging materials meant for production use are suitable and certified okay.
- Manage and oversees packaging test, shelf life testing, label legal claims and packaging specifications.
- Ensure that the M&E teams as well as other team members receive development initiatives feedback regularly.
- Ensure periodic verification/calibration of all packaging machine in the factory with the M&E team for consistency in packaging quality, control of variances and production efficiency.
- Propose continuously new packaging concepts with a view on new materials, new technologies and new suppliers
- Carry out periodic online quality checks/tests and advise the production team to make adjustments, preventive/corrective measures where necessary for conformity to packaging specifications.
- Ensure that samples of the finished products are taken for packaging analyses and evaluate the results before the products are released to trade.
- Make available packaging dummy for NAFDAC packaging verification before commercial run
- Manage and maintain records of all bar code allocation for all packaging element.
- Verify all packaging artwork, KLD adaptation and PIFA for all vendors/supplier prior to colour cylinder approval.
- Monitor packaging related patents of major competitors.
- Carry out any assigned food safety jobs by the head of department
- Prevent introduction of food safety hazard into the product when carrying out assigned job.
- Ensure awareness, understanding and application of QHSE policy on assigned jobs
- Ensure awareness, understanding and application departmental /process QHSE objectives;
- Ensure awareness of your contribution to the effectiveness of the QHSE Management Systems, including the benefits of improved performance including associated opportunities for improvement of the processes assigned;
- Ensure awareness of the implications of not conforming with the Company QHSE Management Systems requirements including associated risks for the process assigned
- Implement and comply with QHSE requirements relating to environmental aspects and impacts and other policies, procedures and /or regulations applicable to assigned jobs
- Understand and apply the intent of the QHSE policy to assigned jobs
- Understand the significant environmental aspects and related actual or potential impacts associated with their work, and the environmental benefits of improved personal performance
- Understand roles and responsibilities and the importance of conformity with the QHSE requirements.
- Understand the potential consequences of departure from specified QHSE procedures or legal requirements
Job Features
- Job Category: Other
- Minimum Qualification: Bachelors
- Years Experience: 8
- Minimum Grade: 2.1