A mutually rewarding experience.

Work. Realize your ambitions. And realize there’s more to being in business than just making a profit. That’s the Mars philosophy. And the opportunity we offer every one of our Associates. An opportunity to take what you do and make it mean more for you, for those around you and for the planet.  What you get here is challenging, interesting work. You get the tools you need to do a great job and you get to have the best possible people on your side to help you do it. And at the same time as getting to find ways to do business better today than we did it yesterday and driving a great career, you also get to build a more enlightened business and drive sustainability.

Because it’s never just about a single person, a single project or a single brand. It’s about how you can grab everything that’s within your reach here and use it to pursue mutual, long-term gain. It’s about having ideas. And ideals. Being prepared to risk failure because the promise of success means we’ll all be a little better off. It’s that mix of integrity and ambition that makes Mars such a special place to work. And why working here is always about more than just a job.

About Mars, Incorporated 

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

 

 

Packaging Technology Engineer - Nashville, TN

 

The Packaging Technology Engineer is responsible for developing and deploying packaging initiatives that support core brand growth, efficiency, quality and innovation for Mars Petcare NA. This role is critical to the development of new packages, ensuring on-shelf competitiveness of the Mars Petcare North American packaging portfolio through the delivery of innovation and productivity (Do it Best) pipelines.

 

What are we looking for?

• A Bachelor´s or advanced degree in Packaging, Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science, or related technical field
• 3+ years’ experience working on packaging projects
• Knowledge of food packaging fundamentals and application to the product development process
• Strong understanding of packaging materials, functionality, qualification and commercialization of multiple packaging formats, design of experiment
• Experience utilizing scientific principles to solve technical problems.
• Willingness to travel 30%

 

What would be your key responsibilities?

• Create and align packaging design briefs with cross functional project team.
• Coordinates the creation of high-quality prototypes to gauge consumer desirability, influence teams and support customer collaboration.
• Develops detailed packaging specifications to ensure quality materials and best value for money on all packaging components used at our facilities, co-packers and co-manufacturers.
• Initiates, coordinates and executes line trials at appropriate supply locations to confirm that quality attributes and performance metrics are achieved.
• Leads the development of ‘fit for purpose’ packaging in collaboration with Cross-Functional teams;   meets cost targets, is sensitive to environmental needs, processes through the factory, protects the product through the entire distribution channel, and provides functionality to the retail customer and consumer.
• Uses existing procedures to implement new packaging materials and systems for application to company products.
• Exchanges information with packaging suppliers to ensure proper execution of projects.
• Demonstrates technical leadership in the area of pet food packaging by searching for opportunities and implementing technology to improve the company manufacturing performance
• Shares project level information to global Mars counterparts as requested.
• Understands Intellectual Property (patents) landscape of portfolio of technologies in area of responsibility.
• Utilizes modelling and simulation to deploy validated packaging formats across the network with minimal disruption to operations and minimal expense costs to the business.
• Serves as a leader in the packaging community at Mars by way of extending technical curiosity outside of known solutions, connecting technologies with opportunities to serve pets and champions packaging as an enabler for differentiation.

 

What can you expect from Mars?

• The opportunity to learn, develop and take charge of your own career.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package. 
• To be respected and valued.
• The Five Principles at the center of every decision we make.
• The opportunity to work cross functionally, add value and impact a better world for generations to come.

 

If you’re passionate about our brands, a great strategic thinking, deliver high quality decision and have a high drive for results, then we want to hear from you. Click ‘apply’ in this position.

 

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.