Position Vacant Yates: Packaging Scientist

• Flexible work arrangements; hybrid role with flexible start and finish time

• Competitive salary package and opportunity for career progression

• Exclusive DuluxGroup discounts and benefits

As a Packaging Scientist for Yates, you will manage the technology that falls into the home garden plant health, plant protection and ‘other’ categories, ensuring that Yates delivers product innovation.

This opportunity plays a critical role in the future growth of the Yates business through delivery of category leading innovation and sustained leadership of product stewardship initiatives and will work closely with other functions within the Yates business including Procurement, Marketing, Supply chain and other members of the R&D team to develop packaging solutions.

• Generate new packaging products in response to project development briefs.

• Run scientifically robust manufacturing trials to validate packaging suitability, provide successful product launches and any other trials deemed necessary to de-risk project delivery.

• Prepare written reports of trial outcomes and recommendations.

• Ensure commercialisation documentation such as specifications, tech packs, INOMF, Gate paper checklists are completed in a timely and accurate manner.

• Develop enduring relationships with new and existing key technology partners.

• Support for your health and wellbeing via their ‘Wellbeing at Dulux’ program.

• Supporting the Community’ action day for you to give back to your community.

• Access to learning and development opportunities to accelerate your growth.

• Generous parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers.

• True recognition through their various employee award schemes.

• Access to the DuluxGroup product ranges at a generous discounted rate. There may be slight variations between Australia and New Zealand or Permanent and Fixed Term workers.

• Ideally, a tertiary qualification in a scientific or engineering discipline.

• Ability to translate technical data into consumerfriendly content.

• Proven experience within the packaging space, designing experiments and trials to validate suitability of packaging innovation.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• The ability to seek out improvements and drive process enhancements.

DuluxGroup is a leading marketer and manufacturer of premium branded products. They employ approximately 8,000 people in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South-East Asia, China, Europe and the United Kingdom. DuluxGroup is made up of six main business areas comprising of 50 well recognised brands, this opportunity sits within their Yates Garden Care business. Yates has long been Australia and New Zealand’s leading marketer and manufacturer of consumer garden care products. It’s range of premium products include fertilisers, plant protection products, packet seeds, plant food, lawn seeds, potting mix and garden accessories.

At DuluxGroup, they are united by a shared set of values and behaviours that guide the way they work. They offer a supportive and collaborative workplace that values a diversity of perspective. DuluxGroup strive for an innovative, flexible and inclusive workplace where employees can perform at their best.

DuluxGroup welcomes qualified applicants, regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, age or disability. Talent is their only criteria. Let them know if you need any special accommodations to participate fully in the recruitment process.