Packaging Sustainability Program Manager

• Ensure HP product packaging complies with all governmental environmental regulations and market access requirements around the world.
• Collaborate with HP’s packaging team to set and drive HP’s long-term sustainable packaging strategy.
• Meet HP’s packaging sustainability goals alongside multi-disciplinary teams within HP
• Research and evaluate emerging trends and technologies in sustainable packaging and recommend best practices and solutions.
• Understand and report the competitive landscape on packaging.
• Guide investigations to design and evaluate packaging prototypes that minimize environmental impact and optimize functionality, quality, and cost
• Answer customer inquiries, meet customer demands, and track customer trends as HP’s packaging sustainability subject matter expert.
• Engage, educate and market to internal and external stakeholders on the value and benefits of sustainable packaging and the competitive differentiators.
• Monitor and report HP’s packaging performance and progress internally and to third-party reporting schemes and packaging award programs.
• Build business cases to drive investment in sustainable packaging design and sourcing.
• Foster sustainable packaging innovation through investigations with partners into new more sustainable packaging materials and designs
• Support new products/services introduction processes where packaging is needed to ensure the packaging is compliant, and certified to any voluntary eco labels
• Work with industry groups and eco-label organizations specializing in packaging sustainability.
• Support packaging assessments for internal audits and supplier audits to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Manage implementation projects to meet materials restrictions or other regulations
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Packaging Engineering, Environmental Science or related field
• Knowledge and understanding of packaging materials, processes, and systems.
• Experience and skills in packaging testing, analysis, and evaluation.
• Basic understanding of different packaging materials and general sustainability.
• Certification or training in sustainable packaging, such as Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) or Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) membership, is a plus.
• Typically, 4-7 years’ experience in packaging design, or development
  

Knowledge And Skills

• Proven project management skills to lead projects and programs with team members from diverse technical backgrounds.
• Ability to collaborate successfully coordinating and directing virtual, matrixed teams and resources to manage multiple projects and deadlines, and solve complex problems.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English.
• Willingness to thrive in an ambiguous and a dynamic environment.
• Excellent data analysis, mathematical modeling, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated to make progress towards goals autonomously as needed.
• Ability to balance multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Experience or understanding of productivity software and tools including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Ability to effectively communicate program plans, proposals, results, and requests at the senior management level.