Associate R&D Principal Packaging Engineer - Pet - Golden Valley, MN

Job Description

JOB OVERVIEW

General Mills is seeking an Associate Principal Packaging Engineer in their Pet Segment Operating Unit. This role will have Packaging R&D accountability for iconic brands, including BLUE Buffalo and EdgardCooper. You will serve as the direct Packaging R&D business interface across these key brands to deliver the current plan and partner on growth strategies, and build packaging capability to enable the future growth for Pet. This role will coordinate across a talented team of technical leaders, execute against innovation growth ideas, core renovation levers, and advance our digital transformation capabilities.

This role will create and translate a Packaging modeling framework to help accelerate our flexible format across all of Pet, including supporting our international portfolio. This responsibility spans across a large raw material cost of goods sold spend and requires strong activation and leadership to deliver against innovation and cost savings goals. Critical thinking, thought leadership, and strong collaboration with Product R&D Marketing, Sourcing, Operations, and Engineering will be essential to driving next-level cost savings impact.

You will manage a portfolio of products through a complex manufacturing network, temperature states, and channels, providing opportunities to lead new ways of working with a variety of cross-functional partners.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develop a flexible technology framework through new digital ways of working across the entire Pet portfolio.
• Act as a mentor to a high-performing team of packaging developers with diverse expertise across key materials, brands, and technical areas to deliver research and develop new products, cost savings, and core innovation plans and pipeline sufficiency
• Support and activate a packaging cost savings strategy to unlock fewer and bigger end-to-end cost savings initiatives.
• Steer the activation of Functional and Business strategies by driving moments of truth levers, tapping into subject matter experts, external partners, and brand remarkability tools to drive a packaging growth agenda.
• Advance a Circular Future through business management and collaboration with central technology resources on new packaging material technologies to drive advancement of Global Responsibility commitments for packaging sustainability.

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ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $108900.00 - $163500.00 / Annually. At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.

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