PACKAGING ENGINEER
- Location, Phuket
- Inclusive and supportive work environment
- Fast growing innovation-lead company in a sustainability category
Based in Confitex Technology’s Innovation Hub, Phuket, Thailand
Confitex is a specialist private-label reusable textiles manufacturer. We are the global tech leader in creating leakproof reusable absorbent products. Product applications range from slimline and sleek leakproof reusable underwear to reusable pads and liners, nursing pads, leakproof apparel, and underpads solutions.
Confitex’s purpose is to transform the lives of millions and reduce Earth’s landfill.
With adult incontinence single-use products making up some 15% of Earth’s landfill, and marine microplastics a huge issue, the imperative for moving away from a single-use world has never been greater.
Launching its first range of incontinence underwear in 2015 on a runway at New Zealand Fashion Week, Confitex has since positioned itself as the tech leader in the reusable absorbent leakproof textile technologies space.
Backed up by multiple patents, Confitex is continually innovating, with new product innovations coming from a dedicated, long-serving team that owns the IP and factory, understands the reusable category intimately, and knows how to innovate and develop private label products from the factory floor upwards.
Confitex is a New Zealand company. It has a 30,000m2 factory in Southern China, has new product development and regulatory functions working from its Hong Kong and Thai offices, and its financial, marketing, and research is run out of Auckland, New Zealand.
Confitex runs a B2B private label business, and its main client base are large retailers or manufacturers and distributors in Europe and the US.
Job Summary:
As a Packaging Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimising packaging specifications for our products. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product development, manufacturing, sales, and supply chain, to ensure our packaging meets quality, cost, and sustainability goals whilst ensuring an efficient supply chain.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop innovative packaging specifications for new and existing products.
- Analyse and ensure packaging meets efficiency goals for pallet and container stacking.
- Evaluate packaging materials, technologies, and production processes to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Conduct packaging testing for durability, safety, and sustainability.
- Collaborate with suppliers and vendors to source cost-effective and sustainable packaging materials.
- Work closely with internal teams to ensure packaging solutions align with brand aesthetics and functional requirements.
- Analyse and improve packaging designs to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and minimize environmental impact.
- Stay updated with industry trends, new packaging materials, and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications and Skills:
- 5-8 years of experience of packaging design.
- Proficiency in using Adobe Illustrator, Autocad or similar design software and palletisation software.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data.
- Proven leadership and team management abilities.
- Familiarity with industry regulations and compliance standards.
- Experience with sustainability initiatives and eco-friendly packaging solutions is a plus.
- A strong attention to detail.
- Strong communication and project management abilities.
Office and Travel Requirements:
- Office-based with occasional travel to suppliers, warehouses, and other facilities.
- Fast-paced environment requiring the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
Compensation and Benefits:
- Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including health, retirement, and professional development opportunities.
Personal attributes
- Results, details and outcomes-oriented; flexible and adaptable
- Confident, secure and a great communicator
- Fluency in English, additional languages a plus
- Team player and non-hierarchical by nature
- Disciplined, systematic, embracing new ideas and technologies
- Corporate understanding with an entrepreneurial curious mindset
- Thrives in a fast-moving and changing environment