First Brands Group™ is a global automotive parts company that develops, markets, and sells premium products through a portfolio of nine market-leading brands: Raybestos® complete brake solutions, Centric® Parts replacement brake components, FRAM® filtration products, LuberFiner® filtration products, TRICO® wiper blades, ANCO® wiper blades, Carter® fuel and water pumps, Autolite® spark plugs, and StrongArm® lift supports. The First Brands Group™ portfolio of world-class brands offers best-in-class technology, industry-leading engineering capabilities, and superior customer service. First Brands Group is hiring for a Packaging Director General Purpose: This position will report to the VP, Enterprise support and will be primarily focused on spearheading and leading global packaging team along with integration and qualification projects for new and existing automotive aftermarket products that support new business commercialization activities. In addition, this role will be responsible for establishing packaging related processes such as quality standards and testing requirements to make the packaging qualification process more efficient. Lead packaging team to support large-scale packaging projects from ideation to completion while collaborating with internal packaging plants, packaging suppliers and customers. This position will provide the key link between the Product Engineering, Marketing and Sales groups as well as the Procurement Team. Principal Accountabilities: Lead, manage and develop global packaging team consisting of packaging engineers, structural engineers, packaging specialists and graphic designers Manage the packaging development process and projects, including the creation of packaging designs, prototype development and specification and testing. Build strong internal and external relationships with key business partners to support new product launches and key initiatives. Ability to work with packaging manufacturing plants to provide technical support, including leading line trials, to operations and engineering through the development and commercialization of a new product, and as needed thereafter. Bring experience, rigor and efficiency in overall packaging design and engineering support to the company and support vertical integration of packaging manufacturing within the operations Must be able to prioritize team activities Manage packaging vendor base and deliver cost savings and synergies Qualifications: Bachelors degree is required. (Packaging or Mechanical Engineering, or related field preferred) Minimum of 10 years of experience in packaging functions, preferably in the automotive industry or Consumer packaged goods industry Strong leadership skills Strong project management skills or experience leading large-scale projects Understanding of process improvement and quality improvement concepts Ability to multi-task and possess sense of urgency to meet time-sensitive deadlines Problem solving and decision-making skills are necessary Experience in sustainable/ green packaging and processes VISA to travel to the United States (Requirement) Software Experience: Adobe Illustrator ArtiosCAD CAPE J-18808-Ljbffr J-18808-Ljbffr
