- The Sr Manager Packaging Innovation is the technical expert lead for luxury packaging innovation, focusing on new materials, breakthrough technologies, sustainability advances, and next‑generation luxury experiences.
- Continuously scouts emerging technologies, industry trends, and luxury competitor innovations, proactively generating and proposing innovative and future‑fit packaging concepts (BlueSky) that strengthen La Prairie’s leading position in luxury skincare innovation.
- Drives the end‑to‑end development of innovative packaging solutions in close collaboration with internal and external partners, ensuring alignment with legal, quality, strategic, cost, and market requirements, while securing feasibility for filling and packing operation, including complete documentation (SAP, SOPs, testing, regulatory data, specifications, etc.) before handover to Industrialization and Manufacturing teams.
- Ensures that packaging innovation concepts meet all compliance, sustainability, and regulatory requirements through close coordination with the Sustainability and Regulatory teams.
- Identifies, evaluates, and approves suppliers based on technical innovation capabilities, aligning selection with strategic procurement criteria to strengthen La Prairie’s packaging innovation ecosystem.
How You Will Create a Beautiful Impact
Packaging Innovation Development
- Leads the exploration and development of new packaging concepts and technologies, focusing on advanced materials, new formats, and breakthrough luxury experiences (BlueSky). Drives early‑stage technical assessments, prototyping, and feasibility validation of innovative solutions in collaboration with internal experts and external partners. Oversees the design, engineering, and validation of new moulds and tooling required for innovative packaging concepts, ensuring technical feasibility prior to handover to Industrialisation and Manufacturing. Leads or supports innovation‑driven optimization initiatives, integrating new technologies or process enhancements to improve performance or sustainability. Evaluates the technical capabilities and innovation maturity of suppliers, supporting supplier development to ensure access to cutting‑edge technologies. Ensures that innovation concepts are supported by structured technical data and documentation, while not owning operational master data.
Packaging Process Innovation & Framework Development
- Supports the creation of innovation‑related contracts, technical agreements, and IP‑relevant documentation for new technologies or materials.
- Prepares and maintains all relevant innovation documentation, including feasibility reports, prototype specifications, testing documentation, and early‑stage SAP/SOP inputs used for concept transfer.
- Continuously improves the innovation testing framework, including methods, validation protocols, and release criteria, ensuring robust evaluation of new concepts and technologies.
- Contributes to the development of future‑ready processes that enable effective scale‑up of innovative concepts in to solution (BlueSky - Process).
Strategy & Communication
- Acts as the central interface with Supply Chain, Marketing, Sustainability, R&D, and Quality to enable smooth integration of new packaging ideas and technologies into the long‑term roadmap.
- Ensures clear reporting of innovation pipeline progress, risks, feasibility outcomes, and strategic recommendations.
- Conducts early‑stage risk assessments of new materials, technologies, and filling/assembly implications to ensure future manufacturability and business continuity.
- Defines and contributes to the packaging innovation strategy, ensuring alignment with brand ambition, luxury positioning, and future product pipelines.
What you need to have to be our next audacious and creative talent
- Packaging engineer or comparable education
- Min. 10 years’ experience in packaging development with strong focus on innovations in luxury cosmetics
- Strong capability in early‑stage innovation development, including feasibility assessment, prototyping, and technical validation
- Excellent cross‑functional leadership and communication skills
- Solid understanding of sustainability, compliance, and regulatory needs for innovative solutions
- Fluent in English, very good German language knowledge beneficial
At La Prairie, we are committed to supporting your professional and personal well-being through a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Health Insurance Contribution: Enjoy a monthly contribution towards your health insurance.
- Generous Leave Policy: Benefit from 25 days of annual leave, plus an additional 8.5 days off (available for HQ employees).
- Exclusive Product Discounts: Access special discounts on La Prairie products and participate in Employee-Only Sales at our exclusive Employee Boutique.
- Skill Development Opportunities: Benefit from unlimited access to La Prairie’s “SkillCare” program, tailored to enhance your skills and support your professional growth, along with access to the LinkedIn Learning platform for additional learning resources.
- Career Mobility Opportunities: Explore internal and international mobility options within the Beiersdorf Group.
- Employee Referral Bonuses: Earn bonuses for referring talented individuals to join our team.
Your journey with La Prairie begins here. Submit your application quickly and easily through our online tool—only applications received this way will be considered. The selection process includes a combination of interviews with HR, the Hiring Manager, and key stakeholders, along with assessments. We look forward to meeting you.
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At La Prairie we work on creating a diverse & inclusive culture by having a balanced population and an open, safe, trusting and accepting culture. We believe that diversity in our talents is the strength of our House and we are supporting professional equality for everyone. We welcome applicants with and from diverse background.
