Product design lead Work, Jobs in Edwalton, Ntt (with Salaries)

Design for Variation Specialist
DS Smith —Swadlincote
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Analysis skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Product Manager
Commify —Nottingham
- £70,000 - £75,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
- Life insurance
Quick apply
Product Mission Lead
KERRIDGE COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS CORP —Nottingham
- Full-time
- ERP systems
- IT
- In-person
Quick apply
Maintenance Lead
Reckitt —Nottingham
- Full-time
- Maintenance
- Leadership
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
9d
R&D Product Development Assistant Scientist
PepsiCo —Leicester
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
Senior Complaints Insight Specialist
Capital One UK —Nottingham
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Annual leave
Innovation Leader
BW Packaging —Nottingham
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Analysis skills
- Project management
Packaging Technologist Gift
Boots —Nottingham
- Part-time
- Organisational skills
- IT
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
6d
Head of Engineering
Deep Sea Electronics Ltd —Sutton-In-Ashfield
- £75,460.17 - £125,746.05 a year
- Hybrid work
- Project management
- Product management
- Travel
- Free parking
- Flexitime
Quick apply
Senior Complaints Insight Specialist
Capital One —Nottingham
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Annual leave
3d
Senior Typesetter
Games Workshop —Nottingham
- Full-time
- Free parking
- Employee discount
10d
Marketing Activation Lead
Brush Group —Loughborough
- Hybrid work
- Social media management
- Microsoft Office
- IT
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
Software Integrations Lead
4G Clinical, LLC —Nottingham
- Full-time
- Project management
- Bachelor's degree
- IT
Quick apply
Senior Product Designer - Case Management
ENSEK —Nottingham
- Remote
- IT
- AI
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
4d
Product Manager
MHR INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED —Ruddington
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
Lead Full Stack Developer
NEXT —Leicester
- £63,800 - £68,200 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- DevOps
- Java
- Free parking
- Employee discount
Senior Content Designer
Experian —Nottingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- IT
- AI
- Annual leave
Quick apply
5d
Lead Software Engineer
Microlise —Nottingham
- From £55,000 a year
- Agile
- Communication skills
- HTML
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Lead Software Development Engineer - Shared Platforms
Capital One UK —Nottingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Java
- AWS
- APIs
Lead EPR Intelligence Analyst
Derbyshire Support Facilities Services —Kirkby in Ashfield
- £43,699 - £50,361 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
9d

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Design for Variation Specialist

DS Smith -
Swadlincote

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Job details

Full-time

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount
Car scheme

Qualifications

Microsoft Office
Analysis skills
A Level

Full job description

About the role

We’re looking for a Design for Variation Specialist to help drive smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable packaging solutions at DS Smith.

Based within one of the world’s leading Global Automotive Distribution Centres, you’ll be part of our Mercia Design & Innovation Team, who play a key role in designing, maintaining and enhancing packaging solutions for a major customer’s global aftermarket network.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for identifying and delivering packaging improvement opportunities that create real value through:

Reduced customer costs
Optimised supply chain performance
Improved product protection & damage reduction
Improved sustainability impacts

You’ll oversee the day‑to‑day management of packaging Bills of Materials, while also identifying opportunities to simplify, rationalise and standardise our packaging range using an 80/20 mindset.

This is a collaborative, hands-on role where you'll work closely with:

Our customer and their 3PL provider
Creative and Automotive Designers
Internal technical, operational and commercial teams

Main Responsibilities will include:

Design & Innovation

Develop fit-for-purpose packaging solutions
Produce conceptual/local prototypes and manage materials
Create technical drawings, reports and packaging specifications
Support NPI processes, internal trials and quality improvements
Create inbound & outbound logistics pallet plans
Provide design-for-implementation and creative support

Continuous Improvement

Apply DS Smith Way principles to drive ongoing improvements
Build CI pipelines to deliver annual packaging spend savings
Optimise systems, metrics and standards to maximise performance

Collaboration & Communication

Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers and internal teams
Clearly communicate project requirements and business benefits
Represent DS Smith with professionalism and customer focus

Data & Analysis

Manage and interpret large data sets with strong attention to detail
Produce compelling justification documents outlining benefits
Health, Safety & Environment
Take ownership for safe ways of working
Promote a proactive culture of safety and continuous improvement

About you

To succeed, you’ll need strong analytical skills, the ability to communicate clearly, and the creativity to turn insights into innovative, practical packaging solutions.

Minimum requirements:

Essential

GCSEs (or equivalent)
Experience designing packaging
Strong competence in MS Office
Confident user of CAD and graphics software
Understanding of 2D/3D drawings
Self-motivated, detail-focused and able to drive project momentum
Able to work collaboratively and communicate effectively
Demonstrates DS Smith values: Caring, Challenging, Trusted, Responsive & Tenacious

Desirable

A-levels or degree in a design-related subject
Knowledge of corrugated automotive packaging & supply cycles
Experience in manufacturing or warehousing environments
Strong commercial awareness

Apply now and become part of a team that challenges the ordinary and leads with innovation

Benefits

Competitive salary
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Discounts
Cycle to work scheme

Location: Swadlincote - Mercia Global Automotive Distribution Centre

Working hours: Monday to Friday – 08:00 – 16:00pm

About us

We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!

Fair recruitment at DS Smith

To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria

#LI-CE #DSMISC

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product design lead jobs in edwalton, ntt

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Senior Complaints Insight Specialist

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Packaging Technologist Gift

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