Product Development & Commercialization

Seeking a highly capable candidate with product development experience to identify, evaluate, and commercialize packaging products, including recommending sourcing and manufacturing strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

 - Research customer needs, competing products, and packaging opportunities.

 - Evaluate sourcing economics using total landed cost, duties, freight, quality, and lead time.

 - Build business cases comparing capital investment, materials, labor, overhead, and expected return.

 - Find and qualify suppliers; coordinate quotes and samples.

 - Lead specifications, product testing, production trials, and launch timelines.

 - Partner with Sales & Marketing on product introductions and track post-launch performance.

Candidate Requirements:

 - Hands-on physical product commercialization and supplier evaluation experience.

 - Experience assessing sourcing economics and manufacturing feasibility.