Key Responsibilities and Activities

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- Design, develop, and qualify primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging solutions.

- Lead packaging innovation projects aligned with brand, sustainability, and consumer needs.

- Translate marketing, technical, and supply requirements into robust packaging specifications.

- Keep up to date with technological innovations and develop new packaging innovations that unlock new areas of opportunity for Campari Group.

- Support pilot trials, line trials, and global roll-outs from concept to mass production.

- Collaborate with manufacturing plants to ensure packaging compatibility with filling, labeling, and logistics processes.

- Integrate sustainability principles, including recyclability, lightweighting, and material reduction.

- Collaborate with sustainability team to meet corporate and regulatory targets.

- Work closely with procurement teams and global packaging suppliers on technical development and cost optimization.

- Support supplier qualification, benchmarking, and innovation scouting.

- Develop and maintain global packaging specifications, standards, and guidelines.

- Support quality investigations related to packaging performance issues.

Key Relationships

Internal:

- Supervisors and Managers of Supply Chain

- Marketing Staff

- Quality Staff

- Regulatory Staff

- Plant personnel

- Procurement





External:

- Suppliers

- Co-manufacturers

- Laboratories

- Creative Agencies

Education / Professional Qualifications

- BSc/MSc University from a Packaging School/Material science or Industrial Design of consumer goods or Industrial engineering

- Functional knowledge of food contact materials

Experience Required

Summary of Key Skills

- Good technical capability with a proven track record of project management and delivery

- Good creative problem solving and multitasking skills.

- Good understanding of quality tools including RCA, AQL’s, CPK analysis and SPC.

- Good understanding of 3D modeling and LCA tools.

- Ability to work under pressure, set clear priorities and meet deadlines.

- Good negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to align the different interests of internal parties.

- Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and oral.

- Must have outstanding teamwork ability.

- Must have a very good knowledge of English, French and Italian languages.

- Flexible to travel extensively both domestically and internationally.

The indicative annual gross salary (base salary) for this position ranges within €, - €,, depending on the candidate's experience, skills, and overall profile.

📌 Global packaging r&d engineer (Sesto San Giovanni)
🏢 Campari Group
📍 Sesto San Giovanni