Job Description:Job SummaryResponsible for supporting packaging related initiatives from a technical perspective to support gains in efficiency, innovation, product integrity, and sustainability initiatives.Job Responsibilities
Leads packaging consolidation projects and manages package validation activities including performance testing and line trials with offsite resources including labs and packaging and product supplier resources.
Defines and qualifies product packaging characteristics though activities that include analyzing engineering drawings, specifications of products, and test results.
Defines and enforces packaging quality, safety and sustainability standards across the Owned Brand product profile.
Collaborates with various departments, including product development, supplier manufacturing, marketing, creative design, legal, sourcing, and supply chain to ensure the package will meet the company’s needs of selling and protecting the product while maintaining efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Trouble shoots packaging integrity issues and facilitates solutions.
Serves a technical packaging expert for owned brand products in the America’s. Collaborates with packaging teams located globally including the UK and Asia offices.
Supports packaging supplier management activities.
About Walgreens and WBAWalgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the U.S. Retail Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare segments of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader with a 170-year heritage of caring for communities. WBA’s purpose is to create more joyful lives through better health. Operating nearly 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving nearly 10 million customers each day. Walgreens pharmacists play a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services, including those that drive equitable access to care for the nation’s medically underserved populations. To best meet the needs of customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel experience, with fully integrated physical and digital platforms supported by the latest technology to deliver high-quality products and services in communities nationwide.The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits."An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans".Title: Lead, Technical Product DeliveryCompany Indicator: WalgreensEmployment Type:Job Function: RetailFull Store Address: 106 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015Full District Office Address: 106 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05123-01106-2External Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific field such as packaging, materials science, industrial engineering, or logistics and at least 4 years of experience in packaging engineering, packaging science, and/or packaging technology; OR a High School Diploma or GED and at least 7 years of experience packaging engineering, packaging science, and/or packaging technology.
Experience in consumer packaging, manufacturing, and package testing.
Proven ability to plan and carry out responsibilities with minimal direction.
Proven Analytical and critical thinking skills; including the ability to identify trends and provide potential solutions.
At least 2 years of experience influencing others and working in a team environment.
Experience in the indirect management of team members, including assisting in the development, training and assignment of work/projects to other members of a team.
Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table).
Advanced level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: adding developer tab, creating a macro, formatting table style, inserting comments and/or creating a mail merge).
Willing to travel up to 15% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
Preferred Qualifications:
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Access (for example: designing and creating simple queries, modifying data types, adding dates, working with required fields and/or creating labels).
Experience with packaging specification management system or packaging development software.
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