Driven by integrity and united by the people-and-pet bond, we find strong purpose in the work we do and an even greater joy in those we get to work alongside. Together, we harness the expertise of our long-standing tradition of excellence to embrace possibility and continuously push to do what's never been done before in pet care. Discover your purpose and fuel your passions when you bring your love of pets to a team that prides itself on the power of togetherness—We are Proudly Connected. Purely Driven.

Position Summary

For over 80 years, we’ve set the precedent that a pet food company has a greater duty than just feeding pets. Making an impact through our sustainability work involves every associate in our organization. And we are making great progress on our work to drive climate action, invest in regenerative agriculture practices and design packaging for recyclability while promoting circularity. We're committed to pets, people, and the planet we all share. This is sustainability at Nestlé Purina.

As a Scientist Packaging, you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and delivering cutting-edge packaging materials and functional solutions, with a specific focus on retort, flexible, and rigid barrier packaging. Your responsibilities will encompass planning, organizing, and executing a diverse range of research and development activities. Join our dynamic team and contribute to shaping the future of packaging innovation.

• Serve as a technical leader, providing packaging insights and solutions for projects, both as a project leader and team member
• Lead assigned projects, ensuring effective project leadership, planning, organization, and execution of trials and experiments
• Collaborate as a member of cross-functional teams, contributing to project implementation and providing operational training during hand-off from development to start-up
• Drive innovation by developing new packages, materials, and packaging concepts in response to requests from Markets and the Strategic Business Unit
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with global technology leaders in barrier packaging materials and technologies, translating opportunities into competitive packaging solutions
• Demonstrate technical leadership in pet food packaging, identifying and implementing technology to enhance manufacturing performance
• Effectively communicate findings through oral presentations and timely written technical documentation and reports
• Foster relationships with the global packaging community in Purina, Nestlé, and the packaging industry to identify innovation and business opportunities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a Packaging, Materials Science or related field
• 3+ years of professional experience including 1+ years of experience in food packaging materials and structures

Other

• Travel as needed

The approximate pay range for this position is $79,000 to $109,000. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including, but not limited to knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location.

Nestle offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage, and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. 

REQUISITION ID
347147

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