ABOUT US
OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible. OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals, and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome and benefit digestive health. We're on a mission to provide an affordable, delicious alternative to soda that delivers leading-edge health benefits to mainstream consumers.
OUR TEAM
At Olipop our values lead the way we create our products, engage with each other, and interact with our community. While we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in personal development. We’re tightly knit, we’re genuine and we’re always pushing the envelope to do a better job than we did the day before. Our team is also fully remote, requiring us to be resourceful, creative and collaborative to support our fast-moving business.
To best serve our diverse community of customers, we also seek to recruit and include people with a diversity of abilities, backgrounds, and cultures.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Working at a start-up can be as much a personal journey as it is a professional one. To succeed at a company like Olipop, you must be comfortable with failing, learning, and adapting. You need to be curious, optimistic, and able to find a way when it seems impossible. You must be confident enough to express your ideas but humble and open to learning from your experiences and from others. If this is the approach you take to life, then we’d love to hear from you.
THE ROLE
As a Senior Packaging Engineer, you will serve as part of a project team to manage packaging development for innovation, renovation and supply chain initiatives. The focus of this role is to establish a comprehensive packaging framework and implement associated processes to drive project success. They will support our supply chain team through their innovative thinking skills, while providing technical and cost-effective solutions for our products. This role will lead packaging development across a wide range of materials and structures (cans, cartons, trays, etc.), and will act as a technical resource to drive successful commercialization of the innovation pipeline, while gaining cross functional alignment on key initiatives. This role is suited for an individual with an emphasis on innovation, collaboration and creative problem solving.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- The Senior Packaging Engineer will lead the scoping, planning and qualification of new primary, secondary and tertiary packaging structures.
- Work closely with Quality, R&D, Finance, Sales and Marketing to develop innovative packaging solutions and manufacturing strategies aimed at driving business growth.
- Assess current packaging processes and identify improvement opportunities that help drive project success.
- Develop protocols and support product line trials to validate new packaging materials and structures.
- Manage distribution and packaging integrity testing with external labs. Responsible for analyzing and communicating results to senior leaders.
- Partner with external suppliers and plants to develop packaging dielines based on manufacturing capabilities.
- Collaborate with the design team to offer direction on artwork, considering supplier capabilities and manufacturing limitations.
- Work closely with the Quality team to address packaging-related quality issues.
- Oversee a packaging specification database; Responsible for creating technical specifications for all materials.
- Responsible for initiating and commercializing packaging cost-savings solutions.
- Provide Subject Matter Expertise for Package Development and Commercialization.
QUALIFICATIONS
- BS in Packaging with 5 - 7 years experience within the beverage industry.
- Experience with can manufacturing and the development of secondary and tertiary packaging.
- Must have strong project management skills in developing packaging qualification timelines.
- Ability to collaborate and build relationships with internal & external teams.
- Passion for process development and continuous improvement.
- Attention to detail with good follow through to ensure job completion and accuracy.
- Experience following a technical stage gate process.
- Strong technical and analytical skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple high priority objectives.
REPORTS TO:
Director of Commercialization
COMPENSATION:
$110,000-$120,000 base salary + bonus
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Olipop does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please see EEO is the Law.
