R&D Assistant - PLM Packaging Specification Compliance

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Your primary role is to ensure that the writing of new packaging material specifications/ packaging assembly specifications/ finished goods specifications and the revision of existing ones is done so following the Business Process defined by Business Process Leader- Packaging Materials and in the process raise the quality of packaging material specifications to that defined in the data quality standard for the commodities which are in your portfolio. This will be a collaborative activity, working with the Core PLM Packaging process and Deployment site SME's and taking inputs from key functions such as Quality, Regulatory, Consumer Safety, Procurement and Manufacturing and using your judgement and experience to strike the optimum balance when some of these requirements are in conflict and through providing governance and KPI reporting to enable continuous improvement.

• Support our packaging material specification portfolio with focus on the assigned Packaging commodities.
• Help consolidate our packaging material specification portfolio, removing duplicates, increasing the number of cross-site PM specs where applicable, and broadening the range of our PM specs where appropriate, at all times ensuring they meet the holistic needs of our business.
• Maintain and improve data quality standards for our Packaging material specification portfolio
• Support audit programme against agreed KPI's
• Providing technical analysis of cross regional specification data and making recommendations for remediation and Continuous improvement opportunities.
• Working with the BPL-PM for guidance follow the process for PM specification management that is defined in our new operating model.
• Work with Procurement and Specification management team to ensure that our PM spec portfolio is developed whilst being mindful of the packaging materials and associated suppliers that our procurement organization is guiding us to.
• Collaborate with and nurture good working relationships with our partner organizations who will provide input into specifications, namely regulatory, safety, quality, procurement, manufacturing and of course R&D Packaging development teams to ensure General Specification templates remain fit for purpose.

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We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

• Qualification in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• Team player with good collaboration skills and able to demonstrate attention to detail.
• Eager to learn good communication, influencing and interpersonal skills with the ability to operate successfully in various team capacities, a multi-cultural environment and with external partners.
• Proficiency in the use of the MS Office product suite
• Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks under pressure.
• Understanding of corporate codes of conduct.
• Willingness to improve understanding of the product lifecycle and of regulations impacting the FMCG sector.
• Working knowledge of, packaging materials, Specification Management and documentation systems.

Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business accumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.