Package Developer (Temp Contract)

Maesa•New York City, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Maesa is a next-generation beauty company focused on incubating and growing meaningful, innovative brands to make prestige beauty accessible. They achieve this through best-in-class design, formulation, brand creation, and marketing, delivering new and differentiated products with speed to market. Maesa partners with various retailers to launch brands across beauty and wellness categories, with a current portfolio including Kristin Ess, Hairitage by Mindy McKnight, Fine'ry, Being Frenshe, and Niches & Nooks. This Package Developer role is a temporary contract position based in NYC with a hybrid in-office presence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Technical field, preferably in Packaging, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering
5-10 years of experience in the field or in a related area
Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within packaging and product management field
Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Performs a variety of complex tasks.
A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required.
Able to travel 20% of the time
Experience working with overseas manufacturers, especially in China
Have experience with turnkey customed package development and project management.

Responsibilities

Maintain timetables, costing and managing development for packaging of Turnkey programs.
Responsible for overall form, fit and function of custom tooled projects across multiple beauty categories.
Interact with Creative, Marketing (internal or customer), Product Development, Retailer and or Distribution Center for the timely launch of project.
Ensure all the required testing parameters are accurately performed for package development.
Responsible for direct interface with our China office and North American Factories, ensuring all packaging aspects of the Project are in line with established costs, timing and quality.
Costing, to stay +/- 10 percent in development and plus or minus +/- 5 in production, for documented cost of goods.
Establishes Bill of Materials, Fill and Assembly instructions and Specifications.
Hold Marketing, Sales and Creative in conjunction with Project Manager, manage and update timetables weekly to ensure all parties are aware of critical project dates.
Clear working knowledge of Timetables and Cost Sheets and Development.
Attend weekly internal Production meetings to ensure that open purchase orders are prioritized and production dates are firm and on schedule.
Prioritize workload and critical issues, pertaining to the core development of Turnkey projects.
Making a concerted effort to acknowledge and/or address all inquiries within 24 hours upon receipt (24 hour Rule).
Perform additional duties and responsibilities as deemed appropriate by the VP of Package Development, as required and necessary to support the workflow of the department.
Maintain positive attitude & foster a positive working environment at all times.