R&D B&W Global Packaging Manager

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Drive and leverage strategic thinking to align Global packaging initiatives with broader business goals, ensuring long-term success, consumer love and competitive advantage.
• Drive and unlock future capabilities across desirability, efficiency and sustainability for tubes and flexibles.
• Build stronger relationship internal and externally unlocking partnerships to bring in disruptive packaging technologies and ideas leading to newer packaging solutions enhancing consumer experiences
• Collaborate and work effectively in multi-disciplinary, geographically dispersed cross-functional teams.
• Effectively communicate and influence key Stakeholders and Cluster teams - technical & non-technical.
• Agility on managing complexity through harmonisation and simplification.
• Develop deep category, local market, and product expertise to uncover new local insights and opportunities, including consumer needs, trends, competitor insights, and local regulatory requirements.
• Manage Risks actively & align cross functional teams
• Working knowledge to fully operational project management skills & tools
• Contribute to build a Packaging B&W fearless team spirit with emphasis on wellbeing and collaboration.
• Key SOLs : Personal Mastery, Agility, Business acumen and Passion for High Performance.

EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS REQUIRED :

• 10-12 years of packaging development experience in a FMCG company, preferably in Beauty and Personal care
• Enriched experience and knowledge across pack formats tapping on materials, converting methods, filling & decoration technologies and expertise for key formats like Tubes and Flexibles to drive and unlock future capabilities
• Good understanding of component costing and cost of packaging materials to unlock opportunities and partnerships
• Skills set to manage & coach people.
• Strong project management skill (including rigorous risk management and problem-solving skills)
• Rigour in data management and analytical thinking
• Great interpersonal skills with ability to influence across all functions (technical and marketing)
• Strategic agility, and ability to project ideas into the future for long term business impact.
• Cross cultural sensitivity and agility to operate at global level with good understanding of local context.
• Strong external orientation, supplier partnership and passion to bring newer technologies and solutions which can be extended to brands.

STANDARDS OF LEADERSHIP :

Inner game :

• Purpose & Service
• Personal Mastery
• Agility

Outer game :

• Passion for High Performance
• Consumer Love

Travel :

Yes, 5 to 10% of the time

Skills Required

Costing, Procurement, Supply Chain, Data Management, Analytical, Fmcg, Risk Management, Packaging