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Packaging Engineer

  • Full Time, onsite
  • AFM - Association Française du Marketing
  • Cincinnati, United States of America
Salary undisclosed

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The Role

Kao USA is seeking a Packaging Engineer to join it's Supply Chain Management team! The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Packaging Engineering.

The Packaging Engineer will plan and direct line trials to commercialize new package structures. The Packaging Engineer will also source, specify, install and qualify packaging equipment for internal cosmetic and OTC manufacturing.

At Kao, we offer amazing benefits that are available to you on your first day of employment (healthcare, 401(k) plus company match, etc.), 36 total days off (vacation + holidays + sick) and a reasonable salary range of $70,000 - $75,000.

What You Will Do

Commercialization

  • Take packages designed by the Research and Development Package Development group to trial and first production.
  • Coordinate and manage sales samples for the entire organization.

Technical Support

  • Troubleshoot technical packaging problems as they arise in internal/external production

Cost Reduction and Continuous Improvement

  • Drive, support and implement Total Cost Reduction (TCR) and packaging improvement initiatives at the package supplier and the finished goods manufacturer levels.

Supplier Quality

  • Drive improvement in overall quality of package suppliers.

What You Will Need

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Packaging Engineering
  • 0-3 years of experience in an engineering role with a working knowledge of general manufacturing, distribution and shipment environments, statistical methods and problem solving techniques
  • Availability to travel up to 25%

How we work: Having been selected among the World´s Most Ethical Companies for 17 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.

What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with competitive salaries, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.

Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.

Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website (https://www.kao.com/americas/en/).

EOE, including disability/vets