Packaging Manager - Drinks - North West England - Basic Salary £30k to £40k + benefits

Salary: Basic Salary £30k to £40k + benefits

An independent premium drinks supplier has an opening for a Packaging Manager. Using their consumer understanding and experience within the industry, this premium organisation provides innovative, bespoke solutions and creates value for its customers. Their approach is governed by respect for the environment through numerous green measures.

Currently our client's core focus is on the supply of alcoholic beverages, but they are expanding into the soft drinks market. This is an exciting time to join a company experiencing expansion and diversification.

Reporting to the Technical Manager your role will be to provide packaging technical support to the business. As Packaging Manager, you will coordinate the investigation and follow up of packaging non conformances. You will ensure that all packaging is in accordance with its specification and meets functionality requirements.

Coupled with technical skills, you must also be a friendly, approachable manager. You will manage one packaging technologist and enable them to focus on daily tasks while responding to issues and events. You should be capable of developing strong relationships internally and externally, hold suppliers accountable when KPIs are not met, and introduce continuous improvement procedures.

• Manage projects
• Perform audits of packaging suppliers manufacturing facilities and quality systems
• Drive continuous improvement in packaging
• Reduce the number of packaging non conformances by proactively working with suppliers on improvements
• Create packaging supplier quality agreements / KPIs
• Schedule and chair quality review meetings with suppliers
• Represent packaging function in the NPD meetings
• Work on packaging NPD and qualification
• Ensure supplier approval process is fully adhered to
• Member of the HACCP team

This role will involve some travel.