Materials Innovation & Technology Manager
Charlotte, NC, US, 28208
Sealed Air is in business to protect, to solve critical packaging challenges and to make our world better than we found it. Our portfolio of leading packaging solutions includes CRYOVAC® brand food packaging, SEALED AIR® brand protective packaging and BUBBLE WRAP® brand packaging, which collectively enable a safer, more efficient food supply chain and protect valuable goods shipped around the world. Sealed Air generated $4.9 billion in sales in 2020 and has approximately 16,500 employees who serve customers in 115 countries. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.
Job Description
Sealed Air’s Innovation & Sustainability Organization is seeking a driven leader to lead a team focused on developing new products for the packaging industry with the ability to understand packaging materials’ interaction with the customer’s packaging equipment and the packaged product. In addition to the development of new product solutions, this role is tasked with supporting our front end of innovation initiatives and being an advocate for Sealed Air’s leadership position in sustainable solutions. This individual will manage direct reports, develop improved processes for flawless project execution, prioritize projects and workload for direct reports, and oversee the execution of innovation solutions to meet our customer’s critical packaging needs.
Responsibilities
- Develop employee’s technical and professional skills in the areas of packaging materials (plastic films, urethane foams, low density polyethylene foams, biopolymers, paper, etc.), food science, packaging engineering, and packaging equipment.
- Lead teams to provide technical solutions to customers, external vendors, field representatives, and the broader Innovation & Development organization.
- Implement strategy to develop, design, and run trials that validate the reliability of the equipment, materials, and their interactions in order to provide the most robust solution to our customers.
- Lead the creation of value-propositions and competitive intelligence for Sealed Air’s developmental solutions driving credible project definition and scoping documents.
- Develop and lead front end intelligence gathering on the customer critical packaging challenges to build the funnel of the next innovations for Sealed Air.
- Provide strategic ideas that drive the enhancement of current product lines or the development of new product lines to expedite increased profitability.
- Partner with the Materials & Process Engineering Team and the Applications Team accelerate innovations to funnel the Innovation Pipeline, regionally and globally.
- Provide thought leadership as leader focused on innovative solutions that allow Sealed Air to come up with the next break through innovations in packaging.
- Prioritize tasks and motivate employees to accomplish objectives timely with high quality.
- Interview, hire, coach, and develop direct reports.
- Work effectively within a matrix managed organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science Degree in a science, engineering or packaging discipline
- Master’s degree in a technical disciple is preferred
- Minimum of seven years professional experience
- Flexible travel domestically and internationally, at least 20%
- Excellent people management/development skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience creating data-driven reports to communicate technical ideas
- Ability to effectively present concepts and ideas to non-technical audiences
- Experience managing multiple tasks, often with competing deadlines
- Professional, highly-motivated, reliable, and solutions-orientated
- Must possess strong interpersonal skills and a work ethic that corresponds with Sealed Air’s core values
- Proven track record of opportunity identification and translating ideas into significant commercial success
- Proven business acumen facilitating collaboration across functions, regions, and business segments
Requisition id: 38903
Relocation: Yes
The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state or local laws.
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