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Newark, California, US

Greensboro, North Carolina, US

• Management of the expendable packaging development and approval of over 900 parts, across 100+ Tier 1 component suppliers.
• Design and implementation of returnable packaging systems for cost savings, and sustainability initiatives.
• Creation and maintenance of the supplier packaging guidelines, and other standard processes used within the packaging group.
• Cross functional training for internal departments on our packaging requirements and expectations for suppliers.
• Creation of the groups packaging dashboard and maintaining the packaging PFEP.
• Continuous improvement efforts to reduce cost and improve quality on existing product packaging.

Morrisville, North Carolina, US

• Responsible for package design, development, and implementation for all new Sensus products (NPI) across all North American facilities and CEMs (Dubois, PA, Uniontown, PA, Morrisville, NC, Aguas, MX).
• Work closely with Engineering, Marketing/Communication, Sales and Logistics, as well as product managers to determine key elements fornconsideration in the packaging design phase.
• Establish the supply chain for packaging materials and negotiate pricing.
• Conduct all packaging tests per ISTA/ASTM methods with our in-house reliability group to qualify new and redesigned packaging.
• Documentation of final packaging solution - Create CAD drawing for all packaging and shipping labels. - Create detailed packaging and labeling instructions for manufacturing. - Release documentation through our ECN/ECR.
• Continuous improvement efforts to reduce cost and improve quality on existing product packaging.

Sanford, NC, US

• Design, develop, test, and implement cost effective packaging for a variety of components used to remanufacture laser and inkjet printer cartridges. Create retail packaging for point of sale, as well as distribution of.
• Primary use of ArtiosCAD software for structural package design, including, but not limited to, corrugated boxes, die cut boxes, inserts, pads, chipboard cartons, and die cut foam material.
• Secondary use of Autodesk Inventor software for modeling components, plastic blisters, trays, and clamshell packaging.
• Optimization of new and existing packaging through use of Cape Pack Palletizing software.
• Work directly with marketing and materials suppliers to sample, quote, and place initial orders of all new packaging and labelingmaterials.
• Create illustrated packaging instructions for manufacturing, and implement training when necessary.

Amsterdam, North Holland, NL

• Developed GCM machinability criteria for all folding cartons.
• Designed Shippers and Partitions.
• Provided customer service and created Pallet Pattern Artwork for incoming shippers.
• Developed/Assigned shippers for all component and finished good Bill of Materials.
• Lab work, including ASTM product testing, and UPC, EAN Barcode label scanning and approval.

Amsterdam, North Holland, NL

• Helped spearhead a ‘green project’ involving carton size, format, gauge reduction, and Wal-Mart Scorecard.
• Calculated cost savings analysis resulting from green project.
• Evaluated and approved carton artwork for final production.
• Component specification writing, assembly instructions, and ship drop test evaluations.