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AVI LIMITED is home to many of South Africa’s leading and best-loved brands. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the Food Products sector, and centred on the FMCG market, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our single-minded purpose is our brands growth and development. Our brands span a range of categories i…
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An exciting opportunity exists for a Regional Packaging Manager at 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
Minimum Requirements:
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
Closing Date: 17 January 2025