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Packaging Expert - Searious Business 

• Do you know the ins and outs of sustainable packaging?

• Do you recognise the importance of a circular economy?

• Do you want to work in a fun, enterprising team on a mission to prevent plastic waste?

• Then this is the ideal position for you! Searious Business is looking for a packaging expert who can be available 32-40 hours a week (flexible hours possible). 

WHO ARE WE?

Searious Business is a company committed to preventing plastic pollution, and we believe this has to start not with individuals but with business. We operate as game-changers in a B2B setting, offering ground-breaking solutions to large companies for the circular use of plastic. This means not only using the latest insights and techniques in innovative materials, recycling and redesigning plastic products and business processes but also changing the minds and hearts within an organisation through a completely new approach to revenue models. The central message of our work is that you can make a big impact in the world of plastic at the same time as yielding a competitive advantage. We work at the forefront of the circular economy and are considered leaders in the field.  

The core values of Searious Business are 'integrity, 'imagination', 'responsibility' and 'collaboration'. We get going when the going gets tough and create opportunities where there don't seem to be any. Through close cooperation within the value chain or even across chains, we don't follow the beaten path - we carve out new ones! It is vital that you are inspired by what you do – as a 'game changer', Searious Business needs exactly that maverick energy, enthusiasm and courage.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Packaging is incredibly multi-faceted, and our clients need help. We need you to bring your overall packaging and sustainability expertise to offer our clients the best possible strategic advice. You will combine your excellent material knowledge with innovative insights and knowledge of recycling infrastructure and production processes to steer our customers towards market-ready sustainable solutions. You will need to maintain a market overview of material and technological innovations. It is handy if you have an existing network of material suppliers, plastic processors and/or brand owners. You will be responsible for stakeholder management and will visit many companies and organisations. You must be a self-starter, organised and confident enough to foster relationships and communicate with external groups. In your role, you must be aligned with our mission and core values and flexible and proactive towards clients and a diverse range of collaborative partners.

WHO ARE YOU?

• You have at least 2 years of experience within the packaging industry.

• You understand packaging specifications, data requirements, sustainability, packaging waste regulations, quality requirements & associated packaging legislation.

• You understand packaging components and materials used to produce packaging structures. This includes knowledge of the manufacturing processes used and how they impact barrier and/or other physical properties.

• You can identify and evaluate new packaging materials, technologies and concepts, as well as emerging packaging trends.

• You have familiarity with the circular economy, cost/benefit analyses, and innovative business models.

• You recognise yourself in these qualities: reliability, representativeness, perseverance, result orientation, independence and flexibility.

• You are fluent in Dutch and English.

• You have a genuine 'can-do' attitude and a positive approach to the functioning of Searious Business and the realisation of our social mission.

• You enjoy working in a fast-paced, pioneering scale-up style environment.

• You are available 32-40 hours a week. For the sake of creating synergies and cross-overs within our team, you need to be willing to work regularly from our office in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

OUR OFFER

• An enterprising, driven and fast-growing environment in which you can prove that things can be done differently.

• Direct involvement in ground-breaking initiatives in the circular economy.

• Opportunity to make a difference with major brands in (food) packaging, furniture and consumer electronics.

• Salary indication: € 38,800 - € 41,500 per year based on 40h/week, depending on years of experience. As a young company, we do not offer a pension benefit (you have to arrange this yourself), but we do offer a training budget and a high degree of involvement in company strategy.

• A fun, informal working atmosphere at a dynamic organisation that works with the smartest people in their field.

• Satisfaction that your work is making a real impact on the world.

 Are you the packaging wizard we are looking for? 

Then respond directly by email with motivation and CV to careers@seariousbusiness.com for the attention of Willemijn Peeters. 

Note: We do not have a deadline to apply. Applications will be treated in order, with the first perfect match being accepted!