Sr. Packaging Engineer

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella, Tic Tac, Ferrero Rocher, Raffaello, Kinder Bueno and Kinder Surprise. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

About the Role:

The Senior Packaging Engineer Specialist is responsible for the end-to-end execution of packaging projects and daily activity relevant to new packaging development, value optimization across the packaging value chain, design for recycling, plastic reduction, and quality improvement.

This position holds accountability for the value and quality of packaging used or to be used in assigned brands within Kinder Masterbrand in addition to managing seasonal executions for the brand.

This position reports to the North America Packaging leader for Mainstream Chocolate & Kinder and supports the Co-packing operations in the US and Canada. This position is based in Brantford.

Main Responsibilities:

Project Leadership and Industrialization:
• Leads packaging development and industrialization plans for assigned brands across North America, meeting cost, speed, and quality requirements.
• Leads technical and economic feasibility studies during the project industrialization phase and develops new proposals to optimize industrial setup pertaining to packaging lines.
• Leads project implementation and specifications documentation for copacker environments.
Optimization and Cost Management:
• Optimizes existing projects and products for the assigned brands across North America, analyzing possible improvements to contribute to end-to-end cost optimization pipeline building, reduce complexity, and secure industrial feasibility.
• Manages end-to-end value optimization projects across plants and brands in scope.
• Analyses and validates cost estimations to support project setup from an economic point of view.
Risk Management and Quality Assurance:
• Manages packaging material and finished product de-risking programs for assigned brands.
• Activates, if in his/her field of competence, and manages packaging line trials.
Stakeholder Collaboration and Representation:
• Represents the Packaging Development team in relevant internal and external engagement meetings to activate programs focused on new solutions (e.g., materials, technologies, and processes).
• Partners with the leadership team of our Co-packing operations in the USA and Canada, representing the interests, responsibilities, and voice of the Packaging Development team.
• Ensures information sharing among all the necessary stakeholders as it relates to the projects being managed.

Strategy and Objective Setting:
• Contributes to defining project objectives (technical choices, materials, solutions) according to the local industrial reality and suppliers’ portfolio and technologies.

Who we are looking for:

Experience and Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree is required, M.S. is preferred.
• 4+ years of experience as a packaging engineer or industrial structural packaging designer.
Technical Knowledge and Skills:
• Knowledge of main packaging materials (e.g., rigid and flexible packaging, carton board, and corrugate materials) and relevant packaging industrial technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of:
o AutoCAD/ArtiosCAD (mechanical technical drawing).
o Adobe Illustrator.
o Pallet and transport optimization software (e.g., CAPE).
o MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
o SAP.
Project and Risk Management:
• Creative and innovative mindset, with strong project management, problem-solving, decision-making, and critical-thinking skills.
• Project and risk management capabilities.
• Strong presentation and analytical skills.
Interpersonal and Communication Skills:
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to influence commercial and industrial stakeholders.
• Ability to deal with people from all levels and different departments.
Work Style and Adaptability:
• Flexibility, adaptability, and aptitude for teamwork.
• Ability to work in both a team environment and independently.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Travel Requirements:
• Availability to travel 25% of the time, mainly to Somerset, NJ.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.

Ferrero Canada will accommodate the needs of applicants with disabilities throughout all stages of the selection process. If you need accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise the HR Representative. Information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Ferrero N.A. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.