- Find packaging solutions to fit your projects, either stock components or custom solutions.
- Management of packaging projects.
- Write protocols for packaging testing and qualification.
- Review test reports and qualification reports.
- Review of packaging processes to make sure they are optimized.
- Innovation and technical watches.
- Create presentations for review of packaging solutions or packaging projects.
- Data analysis and reporting from packaging testing or quality controls.
- Competitive Innovation, LLCPackaging EngineerMay 2015 - August 2024 (9 years and 3 months)Philadelphia, United States
- Support packaging projects to assure they meet quality and consumer expectations while maintaining project schedule.
- Responsible for ensuring that the project meets cost and sustainability requirements within the agreed upon schedule.
- Work with other corporate departments, plants, contract manufacturing, consultants, and suppliers.
- Assist with the execution of projects within complete scope from primary through tertiary packaging development.
- Assist with the coordination and execution of plant line trials, including the generation of test plans and reports.
- Offer input for the creation of project time lines.
- Assist with the execution and completion of qualification programs for new package designs and materials.
- Perform hands-on evaluation of packaging components for conformance to project requirements.
- Assist in the review and approval of component blueprints for issue with component specifications.
- Responsible for the spec creation.
- Innovation and technical watches.
- Products included medical devices class II and cannabis items.
- Corbus LLCProject Coordinator, Packaging DesignJune 2014 - April 2015 (11 months)Geneva, Switzerland
- Coordinate activities of multiple internal and external parties involved in the packaging design process (i.e. vendors, agencies, designers, suppliers, printers, manufacturers, etc.).
- Perform daily administrative tasks related to the packaging design process (open purchase orders, enter project data into systems, coordinate meeting schedules and project calendars, and attend meetings, take and distribute notes).
- Track project timelines and regularly communicate project status updates and project needs to all pertinent parties.
- Serve as the main point of contact to ensure the smooth execution of the packaging design program.
- Ensure the final product meets the approved design specifications and the design marketing strategy is implemented in a timely and effective manner.
- Analyze project related problems or issues, research information and resources, and suggest workable solutions.
- Gutenberg NetworksProject manager / Packaging coordinatorJuly 2013 - December 2013 (6 months)Paris, France
- Coordinate all the actors of prepress projects.
- Validate the technical documents of suppliers.
- Brief the creative agency in charge of graphic design.
- Validate the final documents to launch packaging printing and start production
- Manage costs and schedules (internally and externally).
- Provide accurate feedback for an efficient customer management (potential litigation, deadline overrun...).
- Master degree in Packaging EngineeringGraduate School of Packaging, Reims University (France)2012Subjects: Packaging materials, packaging tests, quality control and management, process, statistics and industrial control, project management, container-content interactions, costs analysis and management, purchasing, marketing, printing and CAD technologies, graphic design.
- Bachelor degree in SciencesReims University (France)2009Major in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.