RD Manager - Product Development
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Position: R&D Manager - Product Development

Location: Open in Europe. Specific locations referenced include: Paris (FR), Roeselare (BE), Rhymney (GB), Saint Seurin (FR), Singen (DE), Rorschach (CH), Logrono (ES), Venturina (IT), Valkeakoski (FI), Copenhagen (DK), Krakow (PL), Arenzano (IT), Rome (IT), Ardeer (GB), Naples (IT), Glasgow (GB), Mareuil sur Ay (FR), Porto (PT), Lille (FR), Dijon (FR), Florence (IT), Evesham (GB), Cramlington (GB), Lisbon (PT), Horsens (DK), Seville (ES), Santiago De Chile (CL), Malmo (SE), American Canyon (US), Sarrebourg (FR), Milan (IT), Ledbury (GB), Paisley (GB), Hardenberg (NL), Toulous (FR), Rheinbach (DE), Lyon (FR), Madrid (ES), Espoo (FI), Dijon (FR), Zele (BE), Poznan (PL), Dax (FR), Turin (IT), Zurich (CH), Bristol (GB), Heanor (GB), Sligo (IE), Wroclaw (PL), Bromborough (GB), Gdansk (PL), Munich (DE), Gent (BE), Cologne (DE), Swansea (GB), Istanbul (TR), Dumfries (GB), Izmir (TR), 35620 Chalon Sur Saone (FR), Ankara (TR), Kreuzlingen (CH), Zlotow (PL), Braga (PT), Froges (FR), Burgos (ES), CP 09001 Helsinki (FI), Frankfurt (DE), Prague (CZ), Lugo (IT), Winsford (GB), Winterbourne (GB), Lezo (ES), Burgdorf (CH), Dublin (IE), Birmingham (GB), Alcacer do Sal (PT), Prostejov (CZ), Bern (CH), Lodz (PL), Arad (RO), Saint Cesaire (CA), Barbezieux (FR), Philippsburg (DE), Selestat (FR), Zutphen (NL), Barcelona (ES), Montreuil Bellay (FR), Liverpool (GB), Mohammedia (MA), Cumbria (GB), Piatra Neamt (RO), South Africa (ZA), La Defense (FR), Brussels (BE), Novy Bydzov (CZ), Warmley (GB), Soliera (IT), Alzira (ES), Leominster (GB), Teningen (DE), Flint (GB), Zdzieszowice (PL), Worcester (GB), Steinfeld (DE), Bologna (IT).

Department: R&D / Innovation Management • BG and BU: Amcor Flexible Europe, Middle East and Africa • Function: Research and Development • Line Manager: Product Development Director • Contract: Permanent • Employment type: Employee • Shift: Hybrid • Worktime: Full-Time

Job Purpose and Dimensions

You will lead the Dairy Product Development team and take ownership of the dairy product and project portfolio. In partnership with Sales, you will bring market-ready, innovative solutions to customers, drive cost reductions via raw-material optimisation, value engineering and simplification, and secure business continuity by qualifying alternatives and ensuring regulatory and compliance alignment. You will balance short-, medium- and long-term priorities, allocate resources efficiently and manage both internal and external partners with a strong customer focus. This role partners with the Meat & Dairy BU and covers dairy categories including yoghurt, desserts, processed cheese, soft cheese and dairy specialties, and is part of the Global Protein Growth category.

Key Responsibilities

• Product & Portfolio Management: Own and prioritise the project portfolio to support profitable growth through innovation, sustainability, simplification, compliance and cost-out initiatives.
• Execution: Lead delivery of the approved R&D pipeline via the Stage-Gate process, meeting committed timelines and enabling strong cross-functional collaboration across sites and functions.
• Resource Allocation: Prioritise and assign resources based on project complexity, value and strategic relevance.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Sales and other functions to ensure successful execution of key business initiatives and contribute to global Protein technical portfolio leverage.
• Support & Deployment: Provide technical support for existing products and lead deployment of Global and BG R&D programmes, KPIs, processes and tools.
• Team Leadership: Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team; foster a collaborative and innovative culture and promote safety and customer focus.
• Intellectual Property: Manage IP strategy and confidentiality agreements and oversee patent filing in coordination with Legal to protect innovations.

Key Challenges

• Convert diverse customer requirements into commercially viable packaging solutions and decline non-viable requests respectfully.
• Form and lead cross-customer project teams to deliver high-impact end-to-end solutions (e.g., raw-material simplification, business continuity planning, portfolio management) across multiple regions and cultures.
• Balance competing short- and long-term priorities while driving results through effective resource allocation.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Strong scientific background; Master’s degree preferred in chemistry, engineering, material science or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience within a product development environment, preferably in a matrixed B2B organisation.
• Project management experience in a matrix organisation and experience managing innovation and competitiveness portfolios.
• Strong understanding of data analytics, proven customer engagement and stakeholder management experience.
• Willingness to travel approximately 30% of the time, primarily within Europe.

Specific Skills and Abilities

• Strong project and resource management capabilities; ability to coach and mentor team members.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Good awareness of market trends and customer dynamics, strong business acumen and strategic thinking.
• Comfortable operating in complex, matrixed, global organisations.

About Amcor

Amcor is a global leader in responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across diverse materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. The company combines product innovation and sustainability expertise to address packaging challenges worldwide, producing flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that aim to be more sustainable, functional and attractive. Amcor is guided by its purpose to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future, and it emphasises safety as a core value. The organisation employs over 75,000 people, generates approximately $23 billion in annualised sales and operates across more than 400 locations in 40+ countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC.

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Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a global, market-leading company with extensive international exposure.
• Leadership and career development in a world-class R&D environment.
• Emphasis on safety and a collaborative, innovative culture.
• Hybrid working model and travel opportunities (~30%).

Requisiti

Master's degree preferred in chemistry, engineering, material science or equivalent; minimum 5 years' people leadership in product development (preferably matrixed B2B); project management in a matrix organisation; experience in innovation and portfolio management with strong data analytics; proven customer engagement and stakeholder management; willingness to travel ~30% (primarily Europe).