Manager: Concept

3 months ago

Roodepoort, South Africa Clover Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
Clover is looking for a Manager: Concept & Packaging Development to design of products which are complex and of a high profile. The incumbent is involved in market research, prior to conducting a business viability study and finalising the packaging design. Leads the packaging agenda and strategic direction on large scale Supply Chain projects.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Degree ( In Food Science/ Technology related studies)
- Direct experience in the Product Development/R&D field in preferably a Food manufacturing environment
- People management experience
- Experience in working with senior management
- Business English: Fluent
- Computer literacy (Advanced)
- Travel off-site/ overnight stay

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Drive Innovation in collaboration with various Business Units**
- Stay abreast of local & international packaging launches & trends and communicate opportunities within the Business
- Establish frequent strategic innovation sessions with Marketing to share local and global innovations, ideas and trends
- Ensure the development of packaging in line with the Marketing brief and company's business plans, cost targets and delivering on defined consumer expectations
- Build strong cross-functional relationships with Marketing, Procurement, Production, NBD, Quality and other relevant internal functions
- Establish a continuous review of all packaging elements with the objective to find opportunities for cost saving and/or improved efficiency
- Manage and drive optimisation and/or cost savings projects and ensure implementation according to timelines

**Design & Developing of packaging material**
- Put in place appropriate tools to manage the Packaging development process, i.e. Project Management Tools, Prioritisation tools, etc.
- Ensure all Ingredient
- and Product Specifications & profiles, are up to date on the relevant Business systems relating to packaging
- Propose clear packaging recommendations in line with marketing briefs, considering technical feasibility, value analysis, risks, cost, accessibility, timing, food safety, etc.
- Provide the necessary drawings, dummies, works maps and all relevant specification requirements
- Be the technical packaging expert & support to all relevant departments (Marketing, Procurement, Production, Quality, Logistics)
- Coordinate and supervise packaging material trials and manage all the packaging aspects of projects
- Participate in shelf life predictive modelling, relevant shelf life testing and/or consumer tests
- Investigate & develop knowledge on new pack materials & ingredients, functionalities, technologies, printing processes, packaging equipment, innovation and saving opportunities
- Co-ordinate communications amongst suppliers, procurement, production and quality teams
- Mitigate risk for Clover by evaluating & auditing potential new and/or alternative suppliers
- Assist with supplier quality audits and incident investigations

**Responsible for Regulatory Affairs**
- Establish, manage and develop a well-experienced & skilled resource structure within the team
- Ensure easy, quick, up to date access to the most updated versions of all relevant Acts, regulations and standards
- Build a strong network with the relevant Regulatory authorities, external associations and key stakeholders
- Ensure the necessary support, input and feedback on regulatory matters to the relevant PT&T resources as well as Business Units

**Ensure compliance with the operational requirements of the factory**
- Create packaging item codes, load and maintain the BOM's
- Draft, issue, maintain and control packaging material specifications, pallet configurations and colour standards
- Ensure pack material designs & quality aspects comply with operational requirements and constraints of the factories
- As the packaging technical support, assist and support the process of fault finding (including corrective actions), in co-operation with Production, Procurement, Logistics, Quality and PIT teams, for existing packaging with continuous specification deviations
- Participate with Engineering and Production in setting up and commissioning of new packaging lines/equipment

**Manage Staff**
- Ensure the needed resources and organisation to deliver on all product and development projects within the business within the required cost, quality & time framework
- Manage, train, coach and develop the team to ensure the needed medium and long term scientific capabilities & competencies
- Set individual and team objectives, manage and measure the individual and team performance
- Manage the Product Development budget
- Build a culture of efficient internal, cross functional communication
- Establish a Food Science Centre of Excellence in order tp provide product technology support to other functions within PT&T and the Business
- Manage the Sensory Evaluation function and ensure its efficient, relevant support to all functions

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