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Ocala, Florida, Us

Lead Signature Brands packaging efforts by creating the foundation for package development through execution of LEAN practices. Improve manufacturing efficiencies and drive cost effective packaging designs through renovation and new product launches.• Research and identify new/emerging packaging technologies and provide proposals for future programs.• Implement structural/material improvements across primary, secondary and tertiary levels of packaging to reduce costs and labor, while maintaining package integrity and product quality.• Develop and execute packaging concepts to fulfill unmet consumer needs and drive incremental sales.• Lead/collaborate on packaging design, equipment, materials, feasibility, and implementation.• Coordinate/perform package integrity and transit testing in compliance with ISTA standards. • Create/approve technical drawings and pallet patterns. Provide cost estimates for new packaging materials and equipment.• Completed internal LEAN Black Belt training program. Develop and commercialize functional packaging solutions using LEAN practices to optimize all levels of packaging.• Collaborated with internal and external recourses to develop cost/labor effective shipping solutions for key customer. Saved over $200K from elimination of packaging materials across a two-year period. Reduced manual labor by 40% with new tray design versus prior year.• Developed modular display system to reduce complexity for seasonal in-store displays. Create technical instructions for ease of assembly at plant and retail levels. Eliminated continuous spend on custom tooling by creating common sized, reusable components.• Develop shelf ready packaging programs. Coordinated development and testing across multiple suppliers and materials.

Camden, Nj, Us

Lead the Structural Packaging & Design function within the Campbell Soup Company’s Global Research & Development organization, responsible for the supervision and development of 3 direct reports. Focused on developing functional and innovative packaging concepts in a variety of materials and process formats for international brands within the soup, sauce, beverage and healthy snack industries.•Project Management responsibilities for creative services including technical drawing/die-line development, front-end design, 3D prototyping/rendering/mock-ups and consumer insight led ideation sessions within the front-end packaging development process.•Responsible for coordinating and prioritizing projects, allocating resources and meeting key milestones on simultaneous projects as they flowed through the department.•Technical subject matter expert in the areas of front-end innovation/ideation, 3D printing/rendering, and package design/documentation.•Created and managed the packaging front-end innovation process that fostered internal concept ideation of package and graphical design.•Collaborated with internal project/design teams on branding of concepts to create a unified offering of package structure and graphic design.•Leveraged internal/external consumer insights to deliver total packaging/graphic concepts against strategic innovation initiatives across a variety of businesses.•Implemented and grew internal innovation technologies including 3D printing, prototyping, rendering, scanning and animation from a grass roots effort to a technically sound/cost effective way for cross-functional teams to drive meaningful and informed decisions. Fiscal 2013 cost savings in excess of $750K.Additional responsibilities included review of all label graphics for technical accuracy against packaging protocol and specifications. Core member of the Label Governance Committee. Valued member of project teams as a technical expert for package development and concept ideation.

Camden, Nj, Us

Senior Packaging Designer holding positions of increased responsibility focused on the ideation, design and development of innovative packaging concepts and technical drawing specifications/die-lines for primary, secondary and tertiary packaging across a variety of materials and processing platforms. Experience in designing for hot-fill, retort and aseptic processes utilizing materials such as steel, aluminum, glass, PET, HDPE, foils, flexible films, corrugate and paperboard.• Management responsibilities for contract employee and technical mentor to junior packaging engineers. • Responsible for creating, managing and maintaining the company’s drawing specification and die-line database for all printed and non-printed packaging components. • Created the groundwork and led the effort to influence an environment of early innovation and ideation within the Global R&D organization. • Developed the core internal ideation process and lead the acquisition of capital 3D printing/prototyping equipment and personnel to support the implementation.Additional responsibilities included review of all North American soup, sauce and beverage labels for technical accuracy against packaging protocol and specifications Core member of the 2D code/reduced height barcode project team that partnered with the GS1 organization to implement and support the company’s global quality, HACCP and mislabeling initiatives. Co-lead the co-op recruiting program for the packaging departments established intern program that included interviewing, evaluating and hiring packaging interns.

Camden, Nj, Us

Senior Packaging Designer focused on creating functional and innovative packaging and technical drawing specifications/die-lines for primary, secondary and tertiary packaging across a variety of materials and processing platforms. Experience in designing for hot-fill, retort and aseptic processes utilizing materials such as steel, aluminum, glass, PET, HDPE, corrugate and paperboard. •Created photo realistic renderings for internal technical presentations to inspire and drive meaningful decisions on new packaging concepts. •Worked with outside vendors to acquire 3D prototypes and mock-ups as needed. •Recruiting/interviewing team member of the packaging co-op internship program.

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Senior Design Engineer focused on the design and development of innovative hot fill, cold fill, retort and aseptic closure systems for established customers in the food and beverage industry.•Managed new development projects from the initial concept design phase through commercialization. •Lead customer presentations with marketing and new closure development teams of new and innovative closure systems. •Managed various closure product lines with engineering, documentation and technical support. •Experience in designing components intended for injection and compression molding applications. •Utilized problem solving skill set to identify and resolve consumer issues with existing product lines for key customer accounts. •Implemented and maintained the second edition of a company wide plastic and composite closure specifications manual with IT on internal intranet site. •Created photo realistic renderings and sourced 3D prototypes for internal/external presentations.

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Design engineer focused on creating new hot fill, cold fill, retort and aseptic closure systems for established customers in the food and beverage industry.•Experience in designing components intended for injection and compression molding manufacturing applications. •Utilized problem solving skill set to identify and resolve consumer issues with existing product lines for key customer accounts. •Worked with customers to develop unique closure systems for their specific innovation platforms. •Created photo realistic renderings for internal and external technical presentations.

Supervised the quality assurance department and staff of 6+ assembly workers for a commercial military connector and heat sink manufacturing facility.• Maintained all documentation and records in accordance with ISO 9000 military standards. • Worked closely with key US Navy contracted companies in developing standards and protocols for inspection and release of finished product assemblies. • Implemented new inspection plans for injection molding and metal die stamping processes to reduce reject and scrap rates. • Assisted engineering department in the design/development of new test fixtures and measuring devices. • Preformed calibration of all measuring instruments, company wide.