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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Senior Engineer - Packaging Innovation

Industrial DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGuangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Responsibilities

  • Develop packaging for the Gum and Mint category as the packaging representative on cross-functional innovation, renovation, value leadership, and supply security/resilience projects.
  • Serve as the key packaging representative for agile co-pack work and lead tailwind channel pack development while supporting some affiliate business.
  • Follow the innovation process and deliver packaging development tasks to project timelines, including prototyping, structure development, material qualification, factory trials, and technical documentation.
  • Ensure packaging solutions comply with local China regulations and corporate standards and policies.
  • Lead activities and discussions within packaging development, conduct technical risk assessments, and lead change management.
  • Monitor competitive markets and channel landscapes, and translate consumer insights and pain points into packaging development.
  • Iterate and rapidly prototype packaging innovation ideas, and use internal or external artificial intelligence and state-of-the-art tools and systems in daily work.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to provide consolidated technical fundamentals supporting brand activities, consumer complaints, and manufacturing and quality problem-solving.
  • Unlock innovation potential through open innovation and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, suppliers, and partners.

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$27B
Headquarters
McLean, VA
Founded
1911

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