RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Contribute to Exclusive Brands profitable growth and overall success, with focus on packaging for new offering innovation, and aligned with overall US Foods strategy.

• Collaborate with Category, Marketing, FSQA and other functions to drive project potential and assure aligned direction on priorities

• Align with key vendors and facilitate the on-boarding of new vendors. Build effective relationship with the vendor community

• Develop best-in-class functional attributes and specifications that meet corporate, regulatory, and consumer/customer needs.  Ensure that brand integrity and brand strategies are maintained.

• Ensure that specifications are accurate and complete.

• Collaborate with the cross functional team to make sure that projects are delivered with the highest quality to the business on agreed timelines and within budget.

• Participate on product innovation teams. Effectively communicate packaging specifications, develop risk assessments and implement corrective action plans.

• Drive non-category specific packaging initiatives aligned with overall Packaging Science team strategy.

• Drive Packaging focused COG savings strategies aligned with assigned category goals to help the category achieve market growth and maximize financial performance.

RELATIONSHIPS

Internal: Strong collaborative relationship with Category Teams, FSQA, Culinary and Creative Services.

External:  Professional and effective relationships within the EB vendor community and key packaging vendors. Possess a strong dynamic relationship with professional organizations and peer community.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Training:

• 4 yrs College Degree or equivalent in Packaging Engineering required

• Minimum 5 years’ related work experience in CPG, retail or foodservice required

• Expertise in packaging engineering and innovation.

• The candidate must have a strong foundation in the core fundamentals of packaging engineering, development and manufacturing processes.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Strong passion for food and food packaging and the drive to develop this passion throughout the organization

• strong packaging evaluation and analysis skills

• High collaboration and project management skills to work across a broad business base. Ability to influence and translate technical information in a non-technical way to all levels in an organization.  Strong judgement and decision making skills.

• Highly organized with a strong focus on detail and accuracy. Ability to thrive in a complex, high demand, evolving environment, requiring quick responsiveness. They must be able to handle multiple priorities while maintaining focus on the bottom line. The candidate must demonstrate a high degree of written and verbal skills and have excellent organization and presentation skills. 

• Work effectively as an individual with minimal supervision or as a team member as required

• Must possess a workable knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Physical Requirements: Must possess a valid driver’s license, be able to sit and stand for long periods of time and be able and willing to travel.

Universal pay verbiage:

Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law.  The expected base rate for this role is between $75,000-$120,000

This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus.?

?Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.