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Lead Technical Secondary Packaging Latam

Location: 

São Paulo/SP, BR, 04711-130

Department:  Procurement
Full-time or Part-time:  Full-Time
Job Type:  Employee
Shift:  On site

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet.  More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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Job Overview:
We are looking for a strategic and hands-on Lead Technical Secondary Packaging LATAM to drive the transformation of our secondary packaging portfolio across the region. This role will lead the design, optimization, and governance of packaging solutions that balance product protection, sustainability, and cost efficiency, while enhancing end-to-end supply chain performance. You will play a key role in simplifying and standardizing packaging across LATAM, driving smarter decisions through a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) lens.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the design and optimization of secondary packaging solutions, considering manufacturing, palletization, transportation, warehousing, and handling impacts
  • Translate customer and business needs into efficient, scalable packaging solutions supported by TCO analysis
  • Drive standardization across LATAM, reducing complexity while ensuring compliance with local regulations
  • Define and implement “right-spec” packaging guidelines, avoiding over-engineering
  • Identify innovative materials and design alternatives to improve cost and sustainability performance
  • Incorporate CO₂ and environmental impact assessments into decision-making and business cases
  • Act as a key technical partner across Procurement, Logistics, Operations, Sales, and external suppliers

Challenges:

  • Balancing competing priorities: cost, sustainability, performance, and customer expectations
  • Driving standardization across diverse markets with different needs and maturity levels
  • Reducing complexity while maintaining agility and responsiveness to the business
  • Navigating trade-offs between packaging optimization and logistics/warehousing efficiency
  • Influencing and aligning multiple stakeholders across functions and countries

Skills & Competencies:

  • Strong expertise in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and data-driven decision-making
  • Deep technical knowledge of secondary packaging materials and design, ideally in B2B environments
  • Strategic thinking combined with hands-on problem-solving capabilities
  • Strong project management skills, with the ability to lead multiple initiatives simultaneously
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without authority
  • Collaborative mindset and ability to work across cultures and functions
  • Familiarity with packaging design tools and analytical methodologies
  • Solid understanding of sustainability practices and trends in packaging
  • Knowledge of supply chain, logistics, and distribution dynamics
  • Strong alignment with Amcor core values

Qualifications:

  • 8–12+ years of experience in secondary packaging engineering or related roles
  • Proven track record in packaging design, testing, optimization, and regulatory compliance
  • Experience evaluating trade-offs between packaging design and supply chain costs
  • Background working in cross-functional and regional/global environments
  • Experience managing supplier relationships and working with external stakeholders
  • Familiarity with sustainability initiatives and material innovation in packaging
  • Understanding of key raw materials (feedstocks) impacting packaging costs

Education & Certification:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field
  • Master’s degree is a plus
  • Relevant certifications in packaging design or related fields may be required depending on regional regulations

About Amcor
Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.
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