Global Packaging R&D Engineer

Oggi, Campari Group è un importante player nel settore degli spirits, con un portafoglio di fama mondiale di oltre 50 brand premium e super premium, commercializzati e distribuiti in più di 190 mercati in tutto il mondo, con posizioni leader in Europa e America. Con sede principale a Milano, in Italia, Campari Group possiede 25 stabilimenti sparsi per il mondo e una rete di distribuzione in 26 Paesi, impiegando circa 4.700 persone. Le azioni della società capogruppo Davide Campari - Milano N.V. sono quotate nella Borsa italiana dal 2001. Oggi, Campari Group è il sesto più grande player al mondo nel settore degli spirits.

Global Packaging R&D Engineer is responsible for the development, optimization, and industrialization of innovative, compliant, and sustainable packaging solutions across global markets.

Key Responsibilities and Activities

• 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

1-3 years of packaging development experience is 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.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

In Campari Group crediamo nel creare più valore insieme, perciò consideriamo la diversità, in tutte le sue forme, una fonte di arricchimento. Le nostre politiche e pratiche occupazionali garantiscono il nostro impegno nell'offrire pari opportunità lavorative in tutti gli aspetti, indipendentemente da differenze di razza, religione, credo, nazionalità, origini, disabilità fisica, disabilità mentale, condizione medica, informazioni genetiche, stato civile, sesso, orientamento sessuale, identità, caratteristiche o espressione di genere, affiliazione o attività politica, età, stato di veterano/ex militare, cittadinanza o altra caratteristica protetta dalla legge.