Technical Packaging Lead - Innovation, Brand Change & Transformation
Leven or Shieldhall
Full-time, Permanent
Closing date: 23rd July 2025
Create the Future of Iconic Brands with Diageo
From Johnnie Walker to Guinness, Baileys to Tanqueray - at Diageo, we don't just make drinks. We shape experiences. And now, we're looking for a Technical Packaging Lead - Innovation, Brand Change & Transformation to help us bring the next generation of packaging innovation to life across the globe.
This is more than an engineering job. It's a chance to transform the way the world experiences our brands - and help build more inclusive, sustainable, and efficient packaging systems in the process.
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This role sits at the cutting edge of where engineering meets brand ambition. If you're passionate about packaging, technical feasibility, and want to shape projects that transform consumer experience - read on.
About the Role
You'll act as a critical link between our global engineering and brand technical teams, supporting innovations across Scotch, Beer, Tequila, Gin, Vodka, Rum, and Baileys. Your role will be to ensure every packaging change - whether for innovation, renovation, sustainability or margin enhancement - is:
- Technically feasible
- Operationally scalable
- Commercially viable
- Aligned with our strategic goals
You'll assess technical feasibility, support return on investment evaluations, and advise on how to optimise packaging from both a brand and production standpoint. This is a global role with a local hub, requiring collaboration across multiple geographies and teams.
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Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate packaging design proposals with a focus on operational performance, cost, and sustainability
- Work closely with Category Project Managers to assess feasibility and risk
- Influence and support brand change decisions through your technical expertise
- Partner with Third-Party Operations to validate and support remote production
- Ensure excellence in safety, governance, and stakeholder management
- Drive simplification, margin enhancement and material optimisation
- Contribute to the delivery of our Society 2030: Spirit of Progress goals
About You
This isn't a traditional functional engineer role - it's a brand-savvy, strategically-aligned transformation position. You'll need to bring both technical depth and business acumen to help craft packaging changes that unlock brand value. We're open-minded on your exact background - what matters most is your ability to think critically, work collaboratively, and lead technically.
To be successful in this role, you must have;
- Packaging, Mechanical Engineering or related technical background or equivalent experience
- Significant experience in FMCG, manufacturing or packaging industries with strong grasp of packaging materials, processes, line design and scale-up
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- A strategic mindset, with the ability to balance technical rigour and commercial goals
- Ability to travel independently
Nice to Have:
- IO3, IOM3, IBD (Packaging Module) or similar certifications
- NEBOSH or similar health & safety qualification
- Experience with global or multi-site technical projects
- Familiarity with governance and capex processes
- Project management experience
Working with Us
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
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