Packaging Development Manager
Who We Are: At Huda Beauty, our Vision is to lead in creating a democratized beauty industry where power is given back to people to define, create, and enjoy beauty for themselves! Launched by award-winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brands. As a company, we are fueled by purpose and not profit, this allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. A lot has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on business excellence and our unwavering passion for kindness!
Summary: As a Packaging Development Manager at Huda Beauty, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and industrializing innovative packaging solutions. You will lead technical development and supplier coordination, ensuring that our packaging meets the highest standards of quality, functionality, and innovation. Additionally, you will focus on process optimization to drive efficiency and cost effectiveness across our operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Packaging Development & Industrialization
- Lead the end-to-end development of innovative, high-quality, and sustainable packaging solutions aligned with the brand's aesthetic and functional requirements.
- Ensure the feasibility of designs by conducting technical risk assessments, tolerance stack-up analysis, and industrial validation.
- Collaborate with suppliers and contract manufacturers to optimize manufacturing processes, ensuring smooth industrialization.
- Work closely with the Product Development teams to ensure compatibility between bulk products and packaging.
- Evaluate, create and provide technical specifications, drawings, and CAD models to suppliers and oversee sample validation.
Supplier & Contract Manufacturer Coordination
- Work directly with CMs and packaging suppliers to ensure smooth development, from concept to production.
- Analyze and optimize mold and tooling design to improve production efficiency and reduce defects.
- Partner with suppliers to identify and resolve technical issues that may arise during development or production.
Innovation & Sustainability
- Stay ahead of market trends and emerging technologies in packaging development to propose innovative solutions.
- Lead initiatives for sustainable packaging, evaluating eco-friendly materials and recyclability strategies.
- Support R&D efforts to integrate new materials and manufacturing processes that enhance product performance.
Quality & Compliance
- Collaborate with Quality teams to define and implement robust testing protocols for new packaging components.
- Ensure packaging meets all relevant industry regulations, compliance standards, and safety guidelines.
- Participate in line trials and first production runs at contract manufacturers to validate packaging performance.
Cost Optimization & Process Improvement
- Conduct value analysis and propose cost-saving initiatives while maintaining quality and design integrity.
- Support the purchasing team in evaluating supplier capabilities and cost efficiency.
- Identify process improvements to enhance packaging development speed and reliability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years in packaging development within the cosmetics or beauty industry, with a strong technical foundation in packaging materials, manufacturing processes, injection molding, and decoration techniques. Experience working with contract manufacturers and suppliers is essential.
- Proficiency in CAD software (SolidWorks, KeyShot) and 3D prototyping is highly advantageous.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and suppliers to develop and industrialize packaging solutions.
- Ability to work in a fast pace environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously and ensure timely execution.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for troubleshooting packaging issues.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements related to cosmetic packaging is required.
- Proven leadership qualities and the ability to mentor and guide a team while driving strategic packaging initiatives.
Benefits
- Monthly “Self Love Days” – at company discretion
- Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for employee plus dependents
- Monthly coaching sessions with our in-house Success Coach
- Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products
- Quarterly product gifting
Huda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and upholding an equal employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire stellar individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical conditions, disability, or veteran status. If you need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.