R&D Consultant, Packaging Engineer

Elida Beauty is a Global Personal Care Business. We proudly support and nurture our portfolio of iconic brands globally. Our ambition is to remix classic beauty brands for a new generation, making them even bigger beauty hits than they were the first time around, to drive accelerated growth and value creation. Driven by creativity and agility, we unleash the true potential of beloved brands, ‘Re-Founding’ them using a start-up mentality that always ‘finds a way’.

Elida Beauty is a part of the Yellow Wood Partners portfolio of companies, a private equity company that invests exclusively in the consumer industry.

Position Summary

The Packaging Engineer will report to the Senior Director R&D. The candidate will support on the day-to-day development activities of innovation launches across liquids, creams and the non-woven product portfolio. They will work closely with cross-functional partners as well as the external network of suppliers to bring product ideas to life from concept to execution. This individual will have a technical competency and be responsible for the creation and upkeep of packaging specifications, coordinating package line trials with external partners, and developing package testing plans to support flawless NPDs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with Marketing, Operations, Procurement, Quality and Finance on developing new packaging through external suppliers.
• Ensuring that projects meet the brand’s needs while meeting cost, quality, design and functional requirements.
• Manage the creation and upkeep of packaging component specifications in specification system.
• Develop testing plans for NPDs and execute with third party testing labs and component suppliers.
• Identify and implement cost savings initiatives.
• Visit on-site production startups and line trials to qualify new packaging componentry and new fillers.
• Maintain knowledge of external vendor capabilities.
• Stay current with new packaging material regulations and industry trends.
• Troubleshoot issues in production.
• Support ongoing base business to ensure stock coverage.
• Other support duties as needed.

Required Qualifications

Personal Attributes

Diversity at Elida Beauty

Diversity at Elida Beauty is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.