Senior Manager R&D Packaging

We are Licious and we are a Bengaluru based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, our founders, foodies and friends. We pride ourselves on being India’s most successful D2C food-tech brand operating in 20 cities across the country delighting over 32 lac customers with our de- licious fresh meat and seafood! Think you have what it takes to be the

magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on… As we continue to scale our operations, we are looking forsome one who can Lead the packaging development and innovation agenda by designing, developing, validating, and commercializing packaging solutions that ensure product safety, quality, sustainability, regulatory compliance, consumer convenience, and cost competitiveness. Drive packaging innovation across new product development, renovation, productivity, and value engineering initiatives while partnering with cross-functional teams and external suppliers.

What makes the role meaty? Packaging Development & Innovation

• Lead end-to-end packaging development for new products, renovations, and line extensions
• Develop primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging solutions for chilled, frozen, ambient, and retort products.
• Evaluate new packaging materials, formats, and technologies to improve functionality, shelf life, consumer experience, and sustainability.
• Support packaging innovation aligned with business growth priorities.

Scale Up & Commercialization

• Lead packaging qualification from concept through commercial launch.
• Conduct packaging validation, line trials, transport simulation, and shelf-life studies.
• Ensure packaging compatibility with manufacturing processes and distribution conditions.
• Provide technical support during plant commissioning and commercialization.

Productivity & Value Engineering

• Build and execute the packaging productivity pipeline through material optimization, specification harmonization, and cost reduction.
• Identify opportunities for packaging simplification without compromising product performance or food safety.
• Deliver annual productivity and savings targets.

Packaging Sustainability

• Develop sustainable packaging roadmaps aligned with ESG objectives.
• Increase recyclability, reduce material usage, and evaluate alternative packaging materials.
• Ensure compliance with EPR and environmental regulations.

Supplier & Technology Management

• Partner with suppliers to identify new technologies and improve packaging solutions.
• Qualify new suppliers and materials through structured validation protocols.

Quality & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with food contact regulations and quality standards.
• Develop packaging specifications, testing protocols, and change control processes

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with R&D Product, Marketing, Operations, Procurement, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Regulatory teams.

People Leadership

• Lead and develop the packaging R&D team.
• Build capability in packaging science and innovation.

We hope that you have..

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Packaging Technology, Food Technology, Polymer Science, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline.
• 10–15 years of packaging R&D experience in food, FMCG, or protein processing.
• Experience in flexible packaging, thermoforming, vacuum packaging, MAP, retort packaging, frozen food packaging, and commercialization.