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NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES - PACKAGING INDUSTRY
As you may, or may not be aware, I am specialist recruiter within the Print and Packaging Industry and at some point, over the last few years, Kairos Recruitment have made contact with you. We will have either identified you directly; you may have been referred to us via other industry professionals; you may have contacted us direct to discuss your next career options or we may have even placed you!!
The reason for my email is I am currently representing some exclusive career opportunities within this market. All these roles are to work for market leaders in the packaging industry, offering excellent industry training, career prospects and longevity.
If you feel yourself, or somebody you know would be suitable in the role below, please get in contact with me at the earliest opportunity and the strictest of confidence, to discuss in some more detail.
(Please note, that if we have placed you before then we do offer referral schemes, or a charitable donation, for any successful candidates you forward onto us!)
Furthermore, if this opportunity is not of interest then let me know the type of vacancy that would best match your current requirements and I will contact you with those, should they arise.
Position: Structural Packaging Technologist
Location: Eastleigh - Hybrid
Salay: £26k-£30k DOE
Responsibilities of a Structural Packaging Technologist:
Responsibilities most include learning on the job and working side-by-side with our Structural Engineers and Managers, learning, and doing all Packaging and Sustainability related activities to drive our projects and business forward.
Day to day duties of a Structural Packaging Technologist:
- Have Problem-Solving skills as these will be useful and used on a regular basis.
- Have a great attention to detail and strength of character to challenge the status quo.
- Can work on your own initiative.
- Be comfortable with multi-tasking; we look after 50,000 individual products and have 100s of projects.
- Assist in the execution and delivery of Kingfisher own brand packaging projects across all categories, providing Structural Engineers with support on their projects.
- Be committed to working…at the Kingfisher HO facility at least 3-4 days every week.
- Co-ordinating testing and measuring of products and their packaging, capturing data, and presenting it back having drawn conclusions.
- Gathering data on current and historic pack performance, helping investigate abnormalities in data with the category Structural Engineers, Our Vendors and Sustainability team.
- Actively listen and relate to others in an accepting and respectful manner, values difference and builds rapport.
- Adapts their communication style and approach as appropriate, using effective diplomacy when and where required.
- Works co-operatively, actively building cohesive relationships within and across teams (internally or externally).
- Have excellent computer literacy. Will be required to work across many different operating systems and software types.
Skills requested:
- You could have science-based A Levels, BTEC or HND qualifications.
- Maybe you have experience within packaging production, packaging material manufacturing or a very different busy production facility or environment.
- Maybe you have some experience as a Packaging Technologist in either the retail or packaging sectors.
- You have a good understanding of packaging processes and materials across many packaging formats.
- A working knowledge of print processes & 'Print quality Management' is desirable.
- You might have experience in CAD (ArtiosCAD/CAPE) or packaging prototyping skills but if not, that is ok. You just need the desire to learn it and be very computer proficient.
- You can talk about the Packaging Industry, types of Packaging and processes, packaging materials and trends.
- You demonstrate good insight on how packaging contributes to the customer experience and purchase decision.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply today.
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