SC Packaging Advisor

Responsibilities

• Responsible for coordinating, managing, and optimizing assigned contracted packaging material and supplier(s) and with Sales & Marketing to execute packaging changes or enhancement/optimization initiatives while ensuring regulatory compliance, market, and operational requirement within supply network
• Optimize packaging supply processes, reduce costs, and enhance sustainability efforts across the supply chain
• Champion packaging materials, design, and supply chain operations, enabling opportunities for improvement, ensure quality & compliance, and drive innovative packaging solutions
• Collaborate, communicate, and align with procurement, supply chain, marketing, and operations teams to ensure packaging meets functional, aesthetic, and regulatory requirements
• Support tender and contracts negotiation with packaging suppliers, monitor supplier performance, and manage relationships to ensure reliable supply and competitive pricing
• Coordinate testing and analysis of packaging materials to ensure compliance with quality, operability, and safety standards
• Drive both internal and external investigations on packaging related challenge on quality and supply reliability
• Manage supplier relationship together with Procurement team
• Evaluate current packaging processes, materials, supply, and specifications to identify opportunities for cost reduction, compliance enhancement, operability, and sustainability improvements
• Develop and implement packaging strategies aligned with supply chain and business objectives
• Provide guidance on the selection of optimal packaging materials, considering cost, durability, operability, environmental impact, and product compatibility
• Stay up-to-date on industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes related to packaging and sustainability
• Oversee the implementation of new packaging designs and technologies, ensuring smooth integration with existing supply chain processes
• Drive initiatives to reduce packaging waste, improve recyclability, and minimize environmental impact
• Develop packaging specifications and documentation for various products, ensuring accuracy and consistency
• Support packaging-related training and knowledge sharing across the organization
• Ensure Corporate Packaging Standards are in place and adhered to in all locations filling ExxonMobil Branded products, including Third Parties and resellers
• Provide Packaging technical support and outline impacts of proposed initiatives to all Lines of Business in the region: Procurement, Marketing, Operations, Sales
• Specify design, performance and materials for all packaging components used within region, recording and maintaining relevant data in existing corporate IT specification system(s) like PLM
• Collaborate with Marketing to ensure packaging supports their aims and initiatives, to include both ExxonMobil Brands and Private label
• Work closely with Procurement to support tender processes with market intelligence and select best offers aligned with business expectations
• Develop and maintain effective Business Continuity Plans with suppliers
• Work closely with Supply and Procurement to optimise packaging components costs
• Oversee implementation phase of packaging or related systems
• Coordinate or support investigation of packaging related complaints and quality incident investigations
• Assist operating locations in the resolution of any non-routine packaging quality or supply chain issues
• Develop benchmarking on packaging with competition or across suppliers
• Work closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Engineering to ensure compatibility with their requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Supply Chain, or Operations Research (or related fields such as Applied Mathematics/Statistics)
• Experience in managing/supporting large-scale lubricant production activities
• Minimum 5 years of experience post-secondary school graduation
• Minimum 3 years of experience supporting supply chain activities with demand and/or supply planning processes for either inbound materials or finished products in a large-scale operations within the Oil & Gas/Consumer Packaged Goods/Fast-moving consumer goods industry
• Understand Supply Chain Fundamentals and Supply & Demand Principles
• Experience with extracting information from ERP systems (such as SAP or Oracle) and utilize MS Excel to generate data insights
• Proficiency with both spoken and written in English
• Experience managing a supplier relationship supporting large scale supply chain network
• Function effectively in a team environment, including virtual environments is critical

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