Packaging Technologist - Personal Care (Skin & Hair)
Vlaardingen Area, Netherlands
1. Packaging redesign project, which aims at logistic cost reductions. My role was as the first point of contact for all Skin and Hair portfolio's pallet pattern optimization.My activities: - Project management across various functions, including procurement, marketing, suppliers, supply chain. etc. - Conducting packaging quality tests in lab, and optimizing the pallet schema based on test results- Redesigning packaging / pallet schema with specialized software CAPEResults: a saving of 2.3m euro by the end of project.2. Upgrading specification according to new EU regulations (new cosmetic EU regulations required specific packaging specifications, and a tight deadline was imposed)My activities: - Independently led the specification updates of entire category (skin products)- Collected information across functions (formulation team, suppliers, etc)- Managed specification data in Unilever specification systemProject results: managed full category packaging specification upgrading before deadline, up to EU cosmetic regulation standards.3. Aluminium foil projects: investigating technical issue foil delamination.My activities: - Assisting the technical project leader in lab tests- Liaising with suppliers - Learning across functions: gained knowledge in product formulation, cosmetic regulation, and packing line operations