Packaging Technologist

Responsibilities

• Lead and support packaging development across innovation and renovation projects, from concept through to industrialisation
• Provide technical packaging expertise to cross‑functional project teams, ensuring designs meet performance, quality and manufacturing requirements
• Define functional specifications, risk assessments (including FMEA), and validation strategies for components and systems
• Plan and deliver packaging trials, lab testing, pilot runs and factory line trials, including management of technicians and external partners
• Analyse test data using statistical and digital tools to identify risks, drive decisions and improve design robustness
• Collaborate with Design and Simulation teams to validate and calibrate virtual models using physical test data
• Work with suppliers globally to improve, harmonise and qualify aerosol and deodorant packaging components
• Contribute to capability building and continuous improvement, including development of new test methods and design rules.
• ALL ABOUT YOU
• A technical background in engineering, science, design, materials or equivalent experience.
• Experience in packaging development, working with packaging materials and technologies (e.g. metals, plastics, aerosols, complex assemblies).
• Confidence working with technical drawings, tolerances, and test data.
• Experience with defining & developing testing methods, and comfortable with data analysis & interpretation (eg statistical process control). Experience in metrology is preferred.
• Digital fluency and confidence working with data, digital tools and analytics to inform decisions
• Knowledge of personal care, or specifically deodorant, packaging (aerosol, stick, or roll‑on formats) is a strong advantage.
• NOTES
• About Unilever
• Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That's why our purpose is 'to make sustainable living commonplace'

Benefits

Additional Information

Job Title: Packaging Technologist Business Function: R&D Location: Leeds JOB PURPOSE The Deodorants category is a key part of the Unilever Personal Care Business Group. With a family of Power Brands - Rexona, Dove, Axe - which are critical growth drivers of the company. We are looking for a Packaging Technologist to help shape the future of deodorant packaging for some of the world's most recognisable Personal Care brands. This is a hands-on technical role at the heart of innovation-translating ideas into robust, scalable packaging solutions that deliver outstanding consumer experiences while embedding sustainability, quality and speed to market.

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