Unilever
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
PackagingProductDesigner
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“Packaging Product Designer at Unilever. Skills: Packaging engineering design, 3D CAD design, Prototyping. Lead packaging engineering design work. Partner with internal and external teams”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver brilliant and meaningful products; shaping our sustainable future; mass manufacturable products; deliver design rigour; ensure that the brand’s design intent is met; deliver impactful brand innovation; create value; meet consumer needs; landed in the market right first time
Industry & Context.
logical; analytical mind; technical problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a Product Design or Engineering related discipline, good understanding of design for manufacture and manufacturing techniques, Relevant experience in a design engineering role, 3D CAD design skills with expertise in parametric solid and/or surface, good data management and version control, Experience creating and tolerancing 2D technical drawings, managing structured data
Nice to Have
experience in the consumer goods business, supporting multi component packaging or device design within a corporate or agency environment, experience in Solidworks, CREO etc, Some experience of Finite Element tools (Abaqus), IM Simulation experience, Knowledge of moulded plastic packaging components, material properties, processing and manufacturing
What You'll Do.
Lead packaging engineering design work
Partner with internal and external teams
Generate and refine structural packaging solutions
Use 3D printing and prototyping technologies
Support packaging workstream leaders
Support the briefing process
Create and manage CAD data
Liaise with global suppliers
Support the design capability build programme
Contribute to cross category Design Communities of Practice
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work across multiple innovation and capability projects; support projects within cross functional teams; connecting functions, touchpoints, competencies and external partners; collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and external partners; Partner with internal and external teams; collaborating and guiding the design delivery of external engineering and simulation agencies; Liaise with global suppliers and development partners; contribute to cross category Design Communities of Practice
Communication Scope
communicator; influencer
Process & Methodology
manage CAD data, manage structured data, ability to meet deadlines
Full Job Description
Job Title: Packaging Product Designer**** Location: Leeds Office and R&D Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company with powerful brands like Dove, Axe, Domestos, Lux and Signal. Through our Brands we create products that make a positive impact on consumers lives whilst striving towards our Net Zero Carbon footprint ambition. To maintain the contribution of world-class design to the success of our brands, the Deodorant Category has created exciting new roles in its Design Team. We are looking for a Packaging Product Designer**** to join the team in Leeds, UK. **JOB PURPOSE** As a Packaging Product Designer**** in Deodorants you will work across multiple innovation and capability projects reflecting our packaging and future technology strategies, to deliver brilliant and meaningful products that consumers love, whilst shaping our sustainable future. You will support projects within cross functional teams and be responsible for engineering future packaging projects, new technologies and novel future formats, turning technically feasible concepts into mass manufacturable products. By connecting functions, touchpoints, competencies and external partners, you will have significant technical impact on our packaging portfolio. In order to deliver the greatest value for both the consumer and our brands, your job is to deliver design rigour and ensure that the brand’s design intent is met in a project’s outcome. **WHY JOIN UNILEVER DESIGN** Joining Unilever Design means contributing to an ambitious, high‑performing creative team focused on delivering impactful brand innovation. You will work in an agile, open‑minded environment alongside dedicated thinkers and doers who continually advance our ambitions across brand, people, sustainability, technology, and business growth. . In Unilever, you will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and external partners in order to create value and meet consumer needs with convincing and meaningful creative solutions. **Ma
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