Sr Engineer, Pkg Innovation & Development

Lowe's Home Centers•Mooresville, NC

10d

About The Position

Your Impact The primary purpose of this role is to lead in the development of cost-effective, environmentally sustainable, structurally sound retail packaging to maintain, improve, and redesign packaging for existing, carryover, and/or new private branded products sold at Lowe's/Lowes.com. The Senior Engineer, Packaging Innovation & Development will foster relationships with key stakeholders including packaging suppliers, vendors, product designers, global sourcing and creative services in order to achieve mutual goals of visual presentation, cost performance, and a reduction in environmental impact. This experienced packaging professional will help to develop prototype packaging solutions and ultimately deliver solutions that will be shipped to retail in order to achieve the established sustainability commitments for Lowe's Companies. This role is responsible for comprehensive structural packaging and display projects for 200+ different product groups supporting Lowe's Private Brand portfolio as assigned by the Manager, Packaging Innovation & Development and in support of the three business areas of the company: Home Décor, Hardlines and Building Materials. This role acts as the liaison between design team, sourcing, and external manufacturing vendors to provide innovative packaging solutions designed. The ideal candidate has experience with development and engineering design of packaging and has proven ability to navigate complexity. Successful candidates have the ability to work independently and possess outstanding technical knowledge in structural packaging, aesthetics sensibility, form development, physical problem-solving and visual communication. It is also essential that this role have ability to work cross-functionally and support the high-demand volume in a fast-paced retail environment. What You Will Do Partners with global teams of product designers, quality assurance, and vendors to address opportunities to implement sustainable, right-sized, cost-effective packaging solutions across US and Canada stores. Develops new packaging concepts and solution across Lowe’s Private Brands seeking visionary solutions in the structural design process that supports the brand strategies. Supports business sustainability efforts in the area of packaging, both in terms of consumer facing packaging for Lowe’s Private Brand products, as well as shipping and protective packaging throughout the supply chain. Work hand in hand with product design, creative, packaging production teams and vendors supporting the business. Leads the development and revisions of structural concepts for assigned product categories and effectively guides buy-in of relevant teams (Brand, Product Design, Product Development Team, Merchants and Product Vendors). Manages all relevant packaging data down to SKU level, including weights, dimensions, material, print style and packaging process Works in conjunction with the Quality Assurance team to ensure the packaging designs maintain integrity and protect product through the supply chain Understands key product attributes and handling processes to facilitate structural improvements and proper material selection while coordinating, conducting, and driving vendor compliance. Participate in product commercialization through the product development calendars and in conjunction with Private Brand’s creative team. Conducts market research of existing packaging, conducts frequent store walks for competitive benchmarking identifying new packaging opportunities. Helps define packaging specifications and operational requirements for packaging in partnership with Quality Assurance team. Develops a plan, validates a solution, communicates direction, and implements a roll-out for both new and existing (refreshed) packaging systems

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Packaging Design, Packaging Engineering, Industrial Design or related field or equivalent work experience
5+ Years Experience in packaging development
5+ Years Proven experience with packaging materials and related technologies
5+ Years Experience/understanding the entire packaging design process from concept, prototype, testing, and production

Responsibilities

Partners with global teams of product designers, quality assurance, and vendors to address opportunities to implement sustainable, right-sized, cost-effective packaging solutions across US and Canada stores.
Develops new packaging concepts and solution across Lowe’s Private Brands seeking visionary solutions in the structural design process that supports the brand strategies.
Supports business sustainability efforts in the area of packaging, both in terms of consumer facing packaging for Lowe’s Private Brand products, as well as shipping and protective packaging throughout the supply chain.
Work hand in hand with product design, creative, packaging production teams and vendors supporting the business.
Leads the development and revisions of structural concepts for assigned product categories and effectively guides buy-in of relevant teams (Brand, Product Design, Product Development Team, Merchants and Product Vendors).
Manages all relevant packaging data down to SKU level, including weights, dimensions, material, print style and packaging process
Works in conjunction with the Quality Assurance team to ensure the packaging designs maintain integrity and protect product through the supply chain
Understands key product attributes and handling processes to facilitate structural improvements and proper material selection while coordinating, conducting, and driving vendor compliance.
Participate in product commercialization through the product development calendars and in conjunction with Private Brand’s creative team.
Conducts market research of existing packaging, conducts frequent store walks for competitive benchmarking identifying new packaging opportunities.
Helps define packaging specifications and operational requirements for packaging in partnership with Quality Assurance team.
Develops a plan, validates a solution, communicates direction, and implements a roll-out for both new and existing (refreshed) packaging systems