Packaging Assistant

·Immediate Start Preferred

·Graduate Opportunity

Are you concerned about plastic pollution?

Do you want to support a more circular economy and system?

Do you seamlessly and calmly manage a multitude of project simultaneously?

Are you comfortable with analysing data and have attention to detail?

Do you enjoy supporting product developers and manufacturers to find more sustainable packaging options?

A bit about the role’s day to day:

Working in a key role in our Own Brands team, you will champion packaging sustainability across our Own Brands range. You will provide support in delivering on our commitment of having all Own Brands product packaging be reusable, recyclable, or certified home compostable by 2025.

You will inspire, excite and be a standout ambassador for packaging sustainability, advising on the packaging requirements for product briefs, tenders, and evaluations to ensure these meet our sustainability requirements within our timeframes. You will work with suppliers to ensure they provide accurate and complete packaging data for new and existing products within our web-based product information system. This will support you to keep our business and our customers updated on our progress with transitioning to 100% reusable, recyclable or certified home compostable packaging.

Some helpful experience to have:

·An approachable team member, with a passion for packaging sustainability and driving positive change.

·Understanding of food manufacturing or packaging industry experience or qualifications.

·Great attention to detail, enabling you to achieve thoroughness and accuracy in your role and time management.

·Highly consultative, excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to move freely between diverse groups of people with personal confidence that should be based on a high level of competence.

·An open, positive, engaging approach with the ability to relate to stakeholders at all levels.

·High standard of personal work ethic and time management skills.

·Sense of urgency and the initiative to manage issues quickly but without compromising quality of the output.

·Ability to look for ways to continuously challenge the status quo and improve the business across all areas.

A bit about us:

Foodstuffs Own brands is a 100% New Zealand owned and operated organisation, owned by the two Foodstuffs regional co-operatives. Foodstuffs Own Brands is the business responsible for product development, sourcing, and quality control on private label products exclusively for the Foodstuffs retail and wholesale banners nationally. We own several brands, the most iconic of which is the much-loved Pams brand which holds the title of New Zealand’s most popular grocery brand. Our brands have been such a big part of the kitchens, dinner tables and homes of New Zealanders for over 85 years. From our humble beginnings when we supplied just Pams baking and custard powder, we now boast a range of over 3000 products with everything from baking to butchery, to fresh produce and grocery. We aim to inspire New Zealanders with affordable, high quality, innovative products that are supported by simple yet delicious recipes, mealtime solution and household tips.

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