Global Product Developer at Essity North America Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Global Product Developer

Who We Are

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene with our corporate headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and North American headquarters in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company that is committed to breaking barriers to well-being. Essity does this through innovative brands in the areas of Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical Solutions.

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being. At Essity you will find a caring and compassionate culture where we remain grounded in our beliefs & behaviors.

At Essity: This Is What We Do

About the Role

Essity North America is looking for a Product Developer to the Incontinence Pants team within R&D Personal Care to meet the consumer and customer and business needs, ensuring manufacturability, cost efficiency and product superiority. We as a team translates consumer needs to product functions and further into technical solutions. We offer you a chance to work in a global company, to develop both your technical and leadership skills as part of a global, creative, curious and supporting team.

The ideal candidate should/could live in Philadelphia. 

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk. 
 

As a Product Developer, you will:

• Lead the development work of new or existing products to meet consumer and business needs.


• Secure that the solution have strong manufacturability.


• Propose, verify and validate product solution meeting set project scope.


• Support consumer testing and take part in translating learnings into consumer and customer needs.


• Be a core team member in innovation projects from early idea generation to launch.


• Support or lead R&D enabling projects to develop solution and improve state of readiness for future innovations.


• Plan and execute test runs in factory and on pilot machine at Essity or at our machine suppliers.


• Lead technical substantiation work for claims.


• Work together with global colleagues in the fields of product, process and material development, Lab, manufacturing, product safety and regulatory.


• Support projects in US and Canada, but also Mexico, South America, and Europe

Key Competencies

• Bachelors degree within a technical field, preferably Mechanical, Industrial Design, Chemistry or equivalent within relevant practice


• Minimum of 3 years’ experience within product development, product life cycle management or similar relevant experience


• Experience from project management is beneficial.


• Experience from using modelling and simulation tools in product development is valuable.


• Ability to travel 10-20% of the time as the function requires visits to factories and suppliers both in and outside North America.

Personal Skills and Capabilities

• We are looking for someone that can that take the lead for the NA Underwear product development, be flexible in supporting local initiative still making sure it fits on the global product structure.


• We are looking for someone that enjoys working in teams, is open minded and has a problem-solving approach.


• You should have a passion for product development and understand process/production opportunities and restrictions and interest in consumer, business, and marketing aspects of the development work as well as a strong technical competence.


• You should have the ability to have a holistic view and relate well to different cultures and build good relations on all levels.


• In addition, we want someone with good communication skills and strong self-leadership capability.


• Valuable skills are: analytical, data driven, proactive, collaborative and driven

About Our DEI Culture

Guided by our Beliefs & Behavior, our culture is the foundation that connects our history with our future. At Essity, care, collaboration and inclusion are more than buzzwords, they are practiced on an everyday basis. And with a purpose of breaking barriers to wellbeing, promoting gender equality and enable customers and consumers to lead a fuller life at all stages of life, DEI is in our core.

As we work in diverse teams across geographies, cultures and professional areas, inclusive leadership is something we expect from ourselves and each other. In our leadership platform, we express this as leveraging the power of differences. From experience we know that diverse and inclusive teams are key to innovate and profitably grow our business while simultaneously address our ambitious climate targets.

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Compensation and Benefits:

Expected Compensation

Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.

Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance


• Wellness program provided through Rally


• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)


• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution


• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance


• Employee Assistance Program


• PTO offering with Paid Holidays


• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance


• Employee discounts program


• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees. 

Collaborative and Caring Culture | Empowerment & Engaged People | Work with Impact and A Powerful Purpose | Individual Learning & Career Growth | Health & Safety Priority | Sustainable Value Together| Innovation| Sustainable Working Life | Competitive Total Rewards

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com

Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

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