At Holland & Barrett, we're on a mission to make health and wellness a way of life for everyone. Packaging plays a critical role in delivering that mission, protecting product quality, supporting sustainability and ensuring our products reach customers safely and responsibly.

As our Packaging Technical Manager, you'll act as the technical expert for packaging across our supply base and Global Production Centre. You'll help strengthen how we design, approve and deliver packaging solutions, ensuring they meet the highest standards for performance, safety and sustainability while enabling our continued global growth.

This is a highly collaborative role where you'll work closely with suppliers, production teams and internal stakeholders to bring innovative, compliant and future-ready packaging solutions to life.

Location and working pattern:

Hybrid working – based across our Nuneaton or London hub, with travel required to our Global Production Centre in Burton, UK.

We offer hybrid working, with an expectation that you'll be present at one of our Holland & Barrett offices in Nuneaton, London or Burton for 2–3 days per week.  If based in London or Nuneaton, travel to our Burton site will be a requirement.

• Own the technical governance of packaging across primary, secondary and tertiary formats.
• Lead packaging specification, approval and change control to support successful product launches.
• Ensure packaging solutions meet performance, manufacturability, shelf life and product protection requirements.
• Partner closely with our Global Production Centre in Burton, validating packaging performance on production and filling lines.
• Investigate packaging issues, conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions and continuous improvements.
• Build strong relationships with packaging suppliers, supporting technical capability, quality standards and compliance.
• Ensure packaging meets global legislation and environmental requirements, including recyclability, EPR and PPWR awareness.
• Support sustainability initiatives by evaluating new materials, formats and packaging innovations.

• Experience in a technical packaging role within FMCG, retail or consumer brands.
• Strong knowledge of packaging materials and formats, particularly rigid plastics, metals and flexible films.
• Experience working with global supply bases and external manufacturers or contract manufacturers.
• Understanding of packaging regulations and sustainability frameworks, including recyclability standards, EPR and PPWR.
• Confidence managing technical supplier relationships and influencing cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with experience investigating packaging issues and implementing improvements.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to work across technical, production and commercial teams.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Reward

• Annual bonus, up to 10%

Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits 

• Health Cash Plan  
• Private Medical Healthcare - Single cover
• Life Assurance 
• Private Virtual GP 
• FREE at-home blood test kit 
• Holiday Purchase option 
• Pension Contribution 
• Access to ‘Wellhub' with gyms, studios and wellbeing apps 

Discounts & Savings 

• 25% Colleague Discount with FREE Standard Delivery 
• Exclusive Discounts from a wide range of partners 
• £/€50 Annual Product Allowance to spend in store 

Learning & Development 

• Access to a variety of learning opportunities, including Level 2-5 Apprenticeships, Workshops and our Digital Learning Library 
• AND MORE! 

Holland and Barrett is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diverse perspectives and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. We understand that when our colleagues are listened to, respected and valued for who they are, we build an organisation with belonging at its heart – making health and wellness a way of life for everyone.  

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