Product Packaging Design Specialist

Description:

Responsibilities:

• Drive and accelerate the front-end stage of the innovation process, leveraging commercial and technical knowledge across the organization to develop winning consumer concepts for products, packaging & services with commercial validity.
• Plan, execute and facilitate strategic and ideation workshops, identifying the most appropriate approach and tools to deliver the defined success criteria.
• Support teams in break-through innovation through trend identification, understanding of consumer motivations, creative facilitation, visualization, digital communication, and rapid prototyping.
• Actively seek new trends, consumer insights and technologies both internally and externally and develop into consumer facing solutions in line with business strategy and needs.
• Partner with consumer insight team to identify, size & prioritize opportunity areas.
• Propose, plan and deliver design activities from early conceptualization via sketching, virtual modeling, animations, physical modeling and graphic design - hands-on and iterative approach to solution development from designs to early prototyping.
• Support teams in early concept evaluation for consumer desirability and technical feasibility.
• Connect, exchange, and build innovation best practices with internal & external networks.
• Provides coaching to project teams on the innovation process for activities related to the problem identification and solution development phase, such as innovation sprints, ideation sessions, brainstorming techniques.
• Hands on approach to support project teams to solution development.
• Actively participate in internal design network to promote cross-fertilization between different sites (R&D, Org. Units).
• Propose new ideas/activities/methods and integrate design knowledge and practice to initiate and support innovation activity.
• Coach and guide Packaging & Design Technician or external agencies in prototyping and design, if and when relevant.

Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in Industrial design or related field preferred, preferably from a NASAD accredited design institute.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in industrial design and product development or related experience.
• Strong sketching, virtual modeling, animations, physical modeling and graphic design skills, including 2D and 3D computer software skills.
• Demonstrated ability to understand consumer needs, identify new opportunities and translate these needs and opportunities into new consumer products, packages and processes.
• Professional oral, written, and interpersonal communication and presentation skills with ability to effectively interact with all levels and functions across the organization.
• Experience guiding product and packaging prototyping.
• Ability to lead teams without direct line management.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong facilitation skills.
• Strong ability to prioritize, multitask and manage various day-to-day activities, working to a timeline as well as being able to work on large-scale projects and accommodating fast-track requests.
• Ability to utilize model shop tooling and machines.
• Strong creative problem-solving skills.
• Excels in a collaborative team environment, with the ability to lead and facilitate cross-functional teams.