Packaging Technologist
Business Area: Desserts
Location: Devizes
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Up to £36k per annum dependent on skill and experience
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm
Why join us.
We're proud to offer you a career with possibilities. Where you'll be supported to work hard, aim high and bring your best to work, every day. As a valued Packaging Technologist, we'll support your ambition, reward your resilience, and encourage you to rise to challenges and create a career you can be proud of too.
What we do.
We're the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.
About this role.
As a Packaging Technologist, you'll be an integral part in the Product Development process, working cross-functionally with Process, NPD and Procurement teams to deliver Packaging specifications, costings and trials.
Key Responsibilities:
Organise outer cases for NPD/EPD, ensuring they are fit for purpose and approved by key stakeholders across the business.
Finalise all packaging elements (tray, sleeve, film, outercase etc), confirming they are fit for purpose and correct
Sign off packaging details in artwork approval process - checking the cutter guide size and dimensions, general panel layout, position and size of the date code box, position of the barcode, varnish-free areas. Ensure Specifications team are informed of relevant details
Manage the generation and approval of promotional artwork
Generate internal packaging specifications to be used for customer specifications and factory paperwork
Support the process team on product trials and pre-productions, including ordering packaging for trials
Attend, where required, retailer pre-artwork meetings to discuss packaging requirements for launch
Co-ordinate the approval of the first delivery of printed packaging, ensuring it is approved for overall print quality before the packaging is released to the factories
Manage and update the packaging database to ensure all packaging detail is accurate and accessible
Work with Procurement team to understand business strategy on packaging suppliers
Work with NPD Packaging Manager to support the delivery of new packaging innovation
About you.
Ability to manage your time effectively
Organised and self-disciplined
Enjoy working within a very fast paced and changeable environment
Well-developed written and oral communication skills
A proactive approach
What you'll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You'll enjoy:
Life Assurance (1 x salary)
Short Term Bonus Scheme
25 days holiday
Staff Shop
Stakeholder Pension Scheme
MyBargains Discount Platform
Personal Accident Insurance
Free Independent Mortgage Advice
Employee Assistance Programme
A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
Discounted tutoring for children
Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
Private Medical Insurance (employee)
Free Carparking
Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.
Proud to be Bakkavor.
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
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Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.
Category: Process
Location:
Devizes, GB, SN10 2EU
Date: 31 Oct 2024
Req ID: 22027
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