Packaging Technologist

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!

Find out more and apply.

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