Junior Packaging Technologist - Eastleigh - Hybrid

Position: Junior Packaging Technologist

Location: Eastleigh, Southampton

Salary: £28k

What they are looking for in a Junior Packaging Technologist:

• Have Problem-Solving skills as these will be useful and used on a regular basis.
• Have a great attention to detail and strength of character to challenge the status quo.
• Be comfortable with multi-tasking; we look after 50,000 individual products and have 100s of projects.
• Assist in the execution and delivery of Kingfisher own brand packaging projects across all categories, providing Packaging Engineers with support on their projects.
• Be committed to working…at the facility at least 3-4 days every week.
• Support the Sustainability team to collect vendor packaging data.
• Give analytical support to the Packaging Sustainability Data Analyst to provide stakeholders with vendor performance visibility and sustainability tracking.
• Liaise cross functionally to ensure we secure and provide timely, accurate and insightful data to support all upcoming projects or business critical requirements.
• Gathering data on current and historic pack performance, helping investigate abnormalities in data with the category Packaging Engineers, Our Vendors and Sustainability team.
• Actively listen and relate to others in an accepting and respectful manner, values difference and builds rapport.
• Adapts their communication style and approach as appropriate, using effective diplomacy when and where required.
• Works co-operatively, actively building cohesive relationships within and across teams (internally or externally).

Skills & Experience required for a Junior Packaging Technologist:

• Desirable to have science or maths-based A Levels, BTEC or HND qualifications but not a requirement for the role.
• Maybe you have experience within packaging production, packaging material manufacturing or a very different busy production facility or environment.
• Maybe you have some experience as a Packaging Technologist in either the retail or packaging sectors.
• You have a good understanding of packaging processes and materials across many packaging formats.
• A working knowledge of print processes & 'Print quality Management' is desirable.
• Strong analytical skills, need the capacity to work with large amounts of data, extract relevant information and draw logical conclusions.
• You might have experience in CAD (ArtiosCAD/CAPE) or packaging prototyping skills if not, we can teach you!
• You can talk about the Packaging Industry, types of Packaging and processes, packaging materials and trends.

What we offer.

• Competitive Salary
• 25 days Holiday

If you are interested in this role, please apply today - for more information, please call Olivia on