Position: Junior Packaging Technologist
Location: Eastleigh, Southampton
Salary: £28k
What they are looking for in a Junior 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.
- 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 Packaging Engineers with support on their projects.
- Be committed to working…at the facility at least 3-4 days every week.
- Support the Sustainability team to collect vendor packaging data.
- Give analytical support to the Packaging Sustainability Data Analyst to provide stakeholders with vendor performance visibility and sustainability tracking.
- Liaise cross functionally to ensure we secure and provide timely, accurate and insightful data to support all upcoming projects or business critical requirements.
- Gathering data on current and historic pack performance, helping investigate abnormalities in data with the category Packaging 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).
Skills & Experience required for a Junior Packaging Technologist:
- Desirable to have science or maths-based A Levels, BTEC or HND qualifications but not a requirement for the role.
- 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.
- Strong analytical skills, need the capacity to work with large amounts of data, extract relevant information and draw logical conclusions.
- You might have experience in CAD (ArtiosCAD/CAPE) or packaging prototyping skills if not, we can teach you!
- You can talk about the Packaging Industry, types of Packaging and processes, packaging materials and trends.
What we offer.
- Competitive Salary
- 25 days Holiday
If you are interested in this role, please apply today - for more information, please call Olivia on 020 8051 3908
