Job Title
Packaging Technologist
Business Function
R&D – Packaging Technologist Business Function: R&D
Location
Leeds
Job Purpose
Shape the future of deodorant packaging for key Personal Care brands, translating ideas into robust, scalable solutions that deliver consumer experiences while embedding sustainability, quality, and speed to market.
Responsibilities
* Lead and support packaging development across innovation and renovation projects, from concept to industrialisation.
* Provide technical packaging expertise to cross‑functional project teams, ensuring designs meet performance, quality and manufacturing requirements.
* Define functional specifications, risk assessments (including FMEA), and validation strategies for components and systems.
* Plan and deliver packaging trials, lab testing, pilot runs and factory line trials, managing technicians and external partners.
* Analyse test data using statistical and digital tools to identify risks, drive decisions and improve design robustness.
* Collaborate with Design and Simulation teams to validate and calibrate virtual models using physical test data.
* Work with suppliers globally to improve, harmonise and qualify aerosol and deodorant packaging components.
* Contribute to capability building and continuous improvement, including development of new test methods and design rules.
Qualifications
* Technical background in engineering, science, design, materials or equivalent experience.
* Experience in packaging development, working with packaging materials and technologies (metals, plastics, aerosols, complex assemblies).
* Confidence working with technical drawings, tolerances, and test data.
* Experience with defining and developing testing methods, comfortable with data analysis and interpretation (eg statistical process control).
* Experience in metrology is preferred.
* Digital fluency and confidence working with data, digital tools and analytics to inform decisions.
* Knowledge of personal care or specifically deodorant packaging (aerosol, stick, or roll‑on formats) is a strong advantage.
Benefits
* Competitive salary and pension scheme.
* Annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, discounted staff shop and shares.
* Flexible working options with a hybrid environment.
* Supportive wellbeing programmes.
EEO Statement
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce.
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