Technical Operations Lead – Technical Innovation Platform (Flexibles and Industrial)
DS Smith · London, England, GB
The role is responsible for enabling the successful industrialisation of the platform’s product range by bridging packaging design with manufacturing realities.
Job description
About the Role The role is responsible for enabling the successful industrialisation of the platform’s product range by bridging packaging design with manufacturing realities. You will lead the implementation at site level and collaborate closely with machine suppliers to ensure concepts can be run on the packaging lines with or without changes to existing production lines. You will support commissioning at customer level when needed to support pilot customer launches. Key Accountabilities: Take the lead and drive the transition of new packaging concepts into scalable, production-ready solutions whilst maintaining the key product design characteristics as required by both the business and key customers Identify, assess and coordinate with packaging machine suppliers to ensure the concept can be mechanised efficiently and effectively Lead the execution of production trials and factory/site acceptance tests Evaluate existing capabilities and with the right stakeholders address the modification or integration of new machines, tooling or settings required to enable successful implementation Act as a problem-solver during trials and launch phases, resolving issues in manufacturability o...