Product Developer- Retail Napkin at Koch Business Solutions, LP in neenah, Wisconsin
Posted in Other 30+ days ago.
Job Description:
Description
Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Product Developer - Retail Napkin for our Technical Center in Neenah, WI. This is a position within the Retail Napkin team where you will drive product design and new product innovation on the #1 brand in the category - Vanity Fair. This opportunity will allow you to combine your technical expertise, leadership skills, creativity, and entrepreneurship to have a direct impact on business performance. If you have a passion for connecting technical solutions with business and consumer needs, this could be the right opportunity for you!
What You Will Do In Your Role
- Design, experiment, evaluate, and execute alternatives to create long-term product roadmaps based on understanding of technical capabilities, consumer/customer unmet needs and market trends
- Connect market and consumer needs to product design, performance, alternatives, and setting technical specifications/limits on final product design
- Work with business stakeholders, consumer research and technology platform to drive year-over-year cost/product improvements in napkin commercialization by maximizing volume, minimizing waste, and optimizing SKUs in the portfolio
- Mitigate technical risk by designing and analyzing experiments, coordinating, and conducting mill trials, and collecting consumer/market feedback on new napkin product designs
- Develop Intellectual Property strategies that include landscape investigation as well as the creation of invention disclosures and patent applications by partnering with the Legal team
- Solve complex problems, by exercising critical thought and approaching data analysis and potential recommended paths forward with a creative and open-minded approach
- Provide technical advice on claims, data substantiation, and overall product points of view to our business leaders, operations, manufacturing, sales, and marketing teams
- Improve our R&D organizational performance by continually developing subject matter expertise and coaching/educating our technical community
The Experience You Will Bring
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Paper Science, Engineering or at least 5 years of product development experience in paper products
- Five (5) or more years' experience in product development
- Experience working in a Research & Development environment with demonstrated results independently leading commercialization efforts of new products, product development activities, and scaling up to commercial feasibility
- Willing and able to travel an average of 25%, both Domestic and International (for a "typical" year, travel will be less while COVID is a consideration and limited to critical activities)
What Will Put You Ahead
- Advanced Engineering Degree (M.S.) in Engineering or Paper Science
- Experience in project management
- Ten (10) or more years' experience in product development (preferably in paper products)
- Experience in Napkin product development or converting
- Experience building product strategy and innovation pipelines
- Experience with SAP (PLM/MDG)
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.
This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: www.kochcareers.com
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