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Georgia-Pacific LLC · 16 hours ago

Senior Product Developer

Neenah, WI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Georgia-Pacific is a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, and more, and they are seeking a Senior Product Developer for their Technical Center in Neenah, WI. This role focuses on product development for the Tissue, Towel, and Napkin product lines, requiring collaboration with various teams to translate market needs into technical specifications and mitigate risks through experimentation.

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Responsibilities

Collaborate with Product Development Strategist and other capabilities to develop product specifications that meet feasibility, desirability and viability objectives through designed experimentation

Translate market and consumer needs into product design, performance criteria, and technical specifications

Mitigate technical risk by designing and analyzing experiments, coordinating, and conducting mill trials, and collecting consumer/market feedback on product designs

Develop Intellectual Property through the creation of invention disclosures, patent applications and trade secrets by partnering with the Legal team

Solve complex problems, by exercising critical thought and approaching data analysis and potential recommended paths forward with a creative and open-minded approach

Provide technical advice on claims, data substantiation, and overall product points of view to our business leaders, operations, manufacturing, sales, and marketing teams

Qualification

Product developmentPaper ScienceMaterial ScienceR&D experienceProject managementEntrepreneurshipData analysisLeadership skillsCreativity

Required

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Paper Science, Material Science or Engineering

Five (5) or more years' product development experience in paper products

Experience working in an R&D environment with experience leading projects or experiments, product development activities, and scaling up to commercial feasibility

Willing and able to travel, general average of 25% based on business needs

Preferred

Advanced Engineering Degree (M.S.) in Engineering, Paper Science, or related disciplines

Project management experience

Ten or more years' experience in paper products development – papermaking and/or converting

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending and health savings accounts

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Company

Georgia-Pacific LLC

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Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers and building products.

Founded in 1927

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

10001+ employees