Senior Associate, Packaging Engineer

About Harry’s

Harry’s is a men’s grooming brand that offers high quality shave, body, hair, and skin care products at an exceptional value. Launched in 2013, Harry’s redefined the shaving experience and helped pioneer the earliest era of direct to consumer in the process. Since then, the brand has become the #2 shave brand globally and expanded to offer products for every step in its customer’s routine. Harry’s is also on a mission to ensure guys have access to quality mental health care. To date, the brand has helped connect over 2 million men to quality mental health resources.

Harry’s is part of Mammoth Brands, the modern CPG company behind category-leading brands Harry’s, Flamingo, Lume, and Mando. Driven by a mission to “Create Things People Like More,”  the company is creating a new model—and home—for brands, founders, and talent looking to solve unmet needs, improve peoples’ lives and ultimately change the status quo. Even as we grow, we take extra care to maintain the small, scrappy, entrepreneurial culture that helped to get us where we are today: a company that people like more, that better serves its customers, employees, and community. Mammoth Brands is committed to making a positive impact and donated over $20 million through our network of nonprofit partners to date. 

About the Team

The Packaging Engineering Team is responsible for the development and engineering of all aspects of packaging from concept to mass production.  The team supports all packaging types including custom and stock packaging (bottles, caps, pumps, jars) and secondary packaging (folding cartons, gift sets) for all products within the Harry’s Inc. Personal Care brand portfolio. As we continue to expand into new categories, the Packaging team will be an instrumental driver of innovation and brand success. 

 

About the Role:

Consumer packaging is everywhere and in many cases it’s unavoidable.  Packaging can be disappointing, frustrating, wasteful or unremarkable at best.  Conversely, it can drive impulse purchase, consumer loyalty/satisfaction, deep brand recognition, and be mindful of its purpose without being excessive or insufficient.  We’re looking for someone who is passionate about creating overwhelmingly positive experiences for our consumers.

What you will accomplish:

• Bring your passion and enthusiasm for package engineering to work every day
• Research packaging sustainability/innovation/trends and develop packaging components that support new product introductions, retail exclusives, promotions and partnerships,  and operational initiatives. 
• Recommend and own packaging workstreams required to qualify packaging components, tooling, equipment and processes.
• Develop specifications as part of the package development process. Access, modify or create 3D CAD models and 2D engineering drawings to build prototype tools, samples, and approve component structures.
• Work with packaging component suppliers to design for manufacturing, apply robust testing plans to validate the design, and qualify production release in partnership with technical cross functional partners.
• Participate in and drive packaging engineering design reviews.
• Own packaging line trials and test plans. Troubleshoot packaging-related technical issues during development; develop risk mitigation plans and packaging alternatives.
• Work with the Production Artist team to develop color standards and establish production color ranges. 
• Bring printing and decorating experience to the process of graphics design, decoration testing, and artwork approval.
• Issue and maintain packaging component specifications, finished goods specifications, and assembly instructions, for production accuracy and scalable success.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with suppliers and internal cross functional partners.

 

This should describe you:

 

• Studied/degree in Packaging Engineering and/or studies in mechanical engineering, industrial design, materials and chemical engineering and related fields. BS in Package Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, other related disciplines, or demonstrated equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience in the design, testing, and development of new packaging using a range of component manufacturing processes and materials.
• Having knowledge of a variety of material properties and packaging components such as pumps, closures, bottles, tubes, aerosols, folding cartons, gift sets, flexible films and laminations.
• You have a good eye for design and aesthetics, plus experience with decorating techniques and materials used on primary and secondary packaging
• Honest, direct, and ability to articulate and defend technical