Packaging Design Manager

Smurfit Westrock • Minneapolis, MN • 1h ago

The Sr. Mgr, Packaging Design, manages a team of primarily experienced Professionals. Establishes and executes short to mid-term operational plans. Problem-solving with moderate to significant impact on performance within Smurfit Westrock. Requires the ability to influence others outside of own job area regarding policies, practices and procedures.

Collaborates with division management, sales teams, and divisional and corporate resources on innovation and differentiation strategies.

Develop designs (graphics and structural) to meet various design challenges. Provides direction to design team and leadership on how the team will both interface and provide design resources to maximize value to Smurfit Westrock and its customers. Provide support for design excellence initiatives, and serve as a strategic partner to commercial, innovation, and operations teams.

How you will impact Smurfit Westrock:

Ensure packaging design work aligns with commercial priorities, sustainability goals, and customer performance expectations

Ability to monetize & quantify impact through redesign

Potential sales or cost take out details to eventually report on monthly basis

Subject matter expert support for our design excellence program

Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Innovation teams to support customer-facing design projects, Innovation events, and strategic prospecting efforts

Provide technical oversight on structural packaging design for performance, automation compatibility, and manufacturability

Support value-selling initiatives by translating technical solutions into customer-centric value propositions

Collaborate closely with Sales leadership to understand and develop account strategies.

Allocates design resources to maximize value to Smurfit Westrock's customers and Smurfit Westrock.

Develops and delivers customer value propositions in conjunction with Smurfit Westrock sales professionals.

Motivates and leads the team to develop winning solutions.

Sets goals and tracks results for sales growth.

Manages the performance of a design team in possibly more than one location.

Manages department budget

What you need to succeed:

10+ years of experience in corrugated or packaging design, with a track record of design team leadership

Deep technical expertise in structural design (ArtiosCAD, parametric design) and strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite

Technical expertise with packaging performance standards (BCT, ECT, compression, etc.) and plant converting processes

Strong facilitation and storytelling skills to communicate packaging value internally and externally

Experience leading cross-site or regional teams and scaling best practices

Proven ability to influence commercial, technical, and operations teams

Highly collaborative mindset with the ability to create alignment in a matrixed organization

Communicates well, demonstrates excellent organization and time management

Has strong business acumen and self-awareness and a robust design & management skillset

Provide advice, support and coach peers and colleagues on complex design-related challenges

What We Offer

A corporate culture built on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence

A competitive salary and bonus structure that reflects skills, competencies and potential

Comprehensive training and development opportunities

Career growth within a global packaging leader where safety, quality, sustainability and people are fundamental to daily operations

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity, and respect, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

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