PackagingTechnologist

**Job Title:** Packaging Technologist **Business Function:** R&D **Location:** Leeds **JOB PURPOSE** The Deodorants category is a key part of the Unilever Personal Care Business Group. With a family of Power Brands – Rexona, Dove, Axe – which are critical growth drivers of the company. We are looking for a Packaging Technologist to help shape the future of deodorant packaging for some of the world’s most recognisable Personal Care brands. This is a hands-on technical role at the heart of innovation—translating ideas into robust, scalable packaging solutions that deliver outstanding consumer experiences while embedding sustainability, quality and speed to market. **RESPONSIBILITIES** * Lead and support packaging development across innovation and renovation projects, from concept through 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, including management of 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. **ALL ABOUT YOU** * A technical background in engineering, science, design, materials or equivalent experience. * Experience in packaging development, working with packaging materials and technologies (e.g. metals, plastics, aerosols, complex assemblies). * Confidence working with technical drawing