Packaging Design Manager

About the Role
Unilever is seeking an innovative Packaging Design Manager to drive packaging design and execution across our Personal Care portfolio, including brands such as Dove, Dove Men+Care. This role combines packaging design leadership, project management, and sustainability-focused innovation to deliver consumer-centric, manufacturable, and environmentally responsible packaging solutions.

Working within the Global Skin Cleansing Packaging Team, you will lead the development of primary packaging concepts from early-stage ideation through commercialization, ensuring designs meet consumer, business, technical, and sustainability objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead packaging design and development for new products, renovations, and strategic innovation initiatives.
• Translate consumer insights and brand strategies into compelling, sustainable packaging solutions.
• Manage multiple packaging projects, balancing timelines, resources, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
• Partner cross-functionally with Brand, R&D, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, and external suppliers to deliver packaging programs successfully.
• Drive packaging sustainability initiatives through material selection, recyclability improvements, circular design principles, and reduction of environmental impact.
• Ensure packaging designs are scalable, manufacturable, and aligned to Design for Manufacturing (DFM) best practices.
• Collaborate with external design agencies and suppliers to evaluate new materials, technologies, and decoration methods.
• Support packaging testing, validation, and commercialization activities while ensuring compliance with Unilever quality, safety, and sustainability standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Industrial Design, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 6+ years of packaging design, development, or engineering experience within FMCG, consumer products, or related industries.
• 3+ years of project management experience leading cross-functional product or packaging initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of packaging materials, manufacturing processes, and primary package development, including plastics, closures, dispensing systems, and paper-based formats.
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling, rendering tools, and rapid prototyping technologies.
• Familiarity with sustainable packaging principles, recycled materials, circular economy strategies, and environmental impact reduction.

What Makes You Successful

• Strong packaging design expertise with a passion for innovation and sustainability.
• Excellent project management and prioritization skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through launch.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Results-oriented mindset with a focus on delivering consumer-preferred, brand-building, and environmentally responsible packaging solutions.

Impact

This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of packaging for some of the world's most recognized Personal Care brands by delivering innovative, sustainable packaging solutions that enhance consumer experience, support business growth, and advance Unilever's sustainability commitments.

Pay: The pay range for this position is $103,000 to $154,400. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs. 

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible. 

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible. 

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance 

(including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents. 

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