Deputy Manager / Manager – FG Packaging Design

We are looking for an experienced professional for the position of Deputy Manager / Manager – FG Packaging Design, responsible for developing, evaluating, and optimizing finished goods (FG) packaging solutions. The role will focus on secondary and tertiary packaging, packaging material cost optimization, pack configuration, material utilization, and improvements in packing processes and logistics efficiency. The ideal candidate should have strong technical knowledge of packaging materials, structural packaging design, packaging optimization, and transportation efficiency, along with the ability to drive cost savings and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Packaging Design & Development: Develop and evaluate packaging concepts suitable for finished products, ensuring product protection, handling, transportation efficiency, and customer requirements.
• Secondary & Tertiary Packaging Optimization: Optimize corrugated cartons, bags, trays, pallets, stretch films, strapping, and other packaging materials to improve performance and reduce costs.
• Pack Configuration & Space Utilization: Optimize pack sizes, packaging configurations, material consumption, stacking patterns, and packaging space utilization.
• Cost Reduction & Material Optimization: Identify opportunities to reduce packaging costs through material optimization, standardization, lightweighting, and evaluation of alternative packaging materials and suppliers.
• Packing Process Improvement: Improve manual, semi-automatic, and automatic packing processes to enhance productivity, consistency, packaging quality, and operational efficiency.
• Palletization & Logistics Optimization: Optimize pallet patterns, stacking arrangements, and truck/container loading to maximize space utilization and reduce transportation costs.
• Cross-functional Coordination: Work closely with Production, R&D, Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, and other relevant teams to implement packaging improvements.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive packaging standardization, trials, validation, and improvement initiatives to enhance packaging performance and achieve cost-saving targets.
• Technical Evaluation: Assess packaging materials and designs for suitability, durability, product protection, handling requirements, and transportation conditions.

• 10–15 years of relevant experience in packaging design, packaging development, packaging engineering, or packaging optimization.
• Experience in secondary and tertiary packaging, particularly corrugated cartons, trays, pallets, stretch films, strapping, and other transit packaging materials.
• Strong understanding of packaging material optimization, cost reduction, pack configuration, and space utilization.
• Practical exposure to palletization, stacking patterns, and truck/container utilization.
• Experience in improving packing processes across manual, semi-automatic, and automatic operations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• A qualification from the Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) or SIES School of Packaging is preferred. Candidates with relevant technical qualifications and strong, demonstrable packaging optimization experience may also be considered.
• Candidates may be sourced from organizations such as
• Packaging,
• and other relevant packaging design, packaging development, and packaging optimization organizations.