Vacancy Details
Employer:AVI Limited
AVI Ltd.is known for its leading household brands across many categories including hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.
NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITEDoperates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.
An exciting opportunity exists for aRegional Packaging Managerat National Brands Limited (NBL)Durban (Pinetown).
Line Manager: National Packaging Manager
Number of Direct Reports: 1
Job Specification:
Key Performance Areas:
Packaging Productivity
Monitoring packaging efficiency impact on operational processes from packaging machine speeds to packing and pallet specification and ensure products are cost
Perform standard packaging engineering assignments and using engineering techniques to solve problems and make
Trouble shoot and problem solve packaging issues at the
Provide packaging expertise to lead problem solving, packaging testing/trialing and resolve packaging issues/quality
Liaise with Packaging Material suppliers related to non-compliance against specifications, delivery and introduce new
designs as well as re-engineer existing packaging materials when required to do
Value Engineering and Cost Savings
Modify and improve existing packaging components and generate new
Prepare packaging costings based on raw materials and manufacturing costs to ensure profitable products
Attending and presenting at site meetings packaging opportunities and material right gauging and efficiency
Test and analyse alternative packaging
NPD Packaging Concepts and Innovation
Creative thinker and passion for packaging development and sustainability
Work with the NPD team to ensure we have a full understanding of brief and support as required to meet product
Compile/check and approve packaging specifications and labelling
Proactively develop concepts for emerging markets considering new materials and
Develop market leading packaging concepts meeting customer requirements including packaging mockups
Group Packaging Commodity Synergy
Main point of contact on groups commodity packaging usage and
Understand the groups packaging business capability in order to develop potential opportunities that are aligned
Prioritise opportunities based on likelihood of success, complexity, investment required and size of
Work with packaging procurement team to develop scope of
Lead and Manage Packaging Technologist
Mentoring and developing technical packaging team members through a training and development
Ensure staff remains relevant and is trained on packaging development process and is fully documented through in-house systems
MinimumRequirements:
Experience:
Minimum 8 years' experience within packaging development
Minimum 5 years' operating at a Senior Level
Experience with high-speed packaging machinery is essential
Qualifications:
A completed Science / Engineering qualification or Advanced Diploma in Packaging essential
Additional Requirements:
Knowledge of SAP
Knowledge of the South African packaging industry essential
Knowledge of QMS systems and HACCP will be an added advantage
Knowledge of packaging materials across various disciplines and formats, e.g., plastics, corrugates, paper, laminates, flexible films, etc.
Must know packaging conversion processes such as blow moulding, injection moulding, lamination, cartons, extrusion, printing processes and color technology
Expertise in carton erection and cartooning, collation, shrink wrapping, case packing – corrugate, case sealing and palletizing and date coding
Pallet optimization and utilization using Cape Pack
Maintain Bills of Materials for packaging changes