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Racine, Wi

• Manage packaging development work for all Shoe Care (Kiwi and Tana) in North America• Provide support and packaging expertise for global Shoe Care projects at manufacturing sites in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.• Collaborate with R&D colleagues in Shanghai and Poland to successfully implement project work• Leading project to change 70 SKUs for Canada to streamline supply chain and reduce costs• Work closely with Marketing, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory, Planning, and contract manufacturers

Racine, Wi

• Led development and supported commercialization of ~100 e-Commerce SKUs for Amazon• Worked with Amazon to understand certification guidelines and restrictions to provide robust, cost efficient packages• Tested 34 new e-Commerce designs per ISTA 3A standards for a variety of product forms, including aerosols, bags, liquids, and candles• Developed and executed resource scorecard for Global Commercialization Excellence group to quantify and visualize workload capacity. Eventually rolled out to all regions globally for monthly reporting to upper management.• Planned and coordinated various team-building events for regional as well as international Global Commercialization Excellence groups combined with project management group

Shelton, Ct

• Managed and developed primary and secondary packaging for shave prep category• Developed specifications for a variety of package types, including cans, bottles, labels, tubes, aerosol systems, and corrugated components• Routed and approved BOMs and specifications for all categories in Agile (data management system)• Interfacedd cross functionally with Marketing, Quality, Formulation, Procurement, and Planning• Worked with third party suppliers and contract manufacturers to ensure smooth production

Trumbull, Ct

•Developed primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging specifications for a range of components, included but not limited to corrugated components, cartonboard, bottles, tubes, aerosols, films, and thermoforms•Assigned package components for all skin care brands•Constructed full BOM hierarchy for approval process and contract creation•Attached all artwork to packaging components by retrieving from Blue•Worked closely with 15-20 Packaging Engineers on a daily basis to complete specification creation and BOM setup for all skin care brands•Established and enforced ways of working with various functions, including Packaging, Planning, Brand, and outside suppliers

Shelton, Ct

•Supported the primary and secondary package development of all brands in the Energizer Personal Care division by working with a wide-ranging variety of packaging components from bottles, tubes, and aerosol cans to films, paperboard cartons, and corrugated shippers.•Prepared BOMs for internal/external manufacturing sites; wrote finished goods specifications, component specifications, and package manuals•Conducted distribution and functionality testing using ASTM methods on an array of package types•Implemented new parts/specs and modified existing items using Agile Product Lifecycle software•Generated pallet patterns using CAPE software to determine most efficient layout•Used Kongsberg cutting table to cut samples of paperboard packaging from ArtiosCAD