Group R&d Packaging Sustainability and Compliance - Lainate, Italia - Perfetti Van Melle

Perfetti Van Melle

Azienda verificata

Lainate, Italia

2 settimane fa

Inviato da:

Piero Bianchi

Reclutatore di talenti per beBee

Descrizione

Main Purpose of the Job:

Within the Group R&D Packaging Team we are looking for a new resource to support packaging sustainability vision of the company and ensure efforts, including new developments, comply with all developing regulations globally incl.

retailers requirements.

Main Responsibilities:

Offer packaging sustainability expertise and contribute to identify and prioritize areas for packaging sustainability efforts in line with packaging sustainability strategy;
Recommend projects for proactively addressing relevant sustainability compliance issues;
Coordinate and/or execute specific sustainability and compliance projects/activities liaising with Packaging Development team of manufacturing plants;
Partnering with regulatory affairs organization providing technical support when assessing Green Claims and creating framework for packaging developers;
Act as packaging expert focal point for local organizations of key importing countries to support packaging sustainability roadmap and compliance;
Monitor external technical requirements and guideline developments by key regions/countries/packaging materials categories;
Support development of internal guidelines to streamline the packaging sustainability and compliance process;
Support to foster a culture of sustainability through organizational communications and education;
Participate to associations and forums.

Requirements & Skills:

Graduate (Bachelor/Master) in scientific fields, ideally in Chemistry or Material Sciences with specialization in Packaging Materials and Technologies;
At least 5 years of experience in Packaging Development, 3 years in Food Industry handling packaging sustainability portfolio is a plus;
Good knowledge of life cycle and circularity aspects of packaging categories such as plastics and paper based materials and major legal and voluntary frameworks (Europe and UK);
Excellent communication and negotiation skills with multiple stakeholders;
Capacity to work autonomously as well as collaboratively in a cultural diverse team environment;
Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to lead multiple projects and define priorities;
Dynamic and flexible, agile when dealing with ambiguity;
Availability to travel upon demand;
Fluent in spoken and written English, proficiency in French or German is a plus.

**The position will be located in Lainate (MI) or in any major European PVM site.