Packaging Development Manager

Packaging Development Manager Segment/ Cluster Lowestoft, Suffolk, Onsite 3 days a week Competitive salary, company car, up to 25% bonus and excellent benefits package

We have an exciting opportunity for a Packaging Development Manager to join our RDQ Packaging team and act as the packaging business partner for both Segment and Cluster. This is a high‑impact role driving packaging innovation, sustainability, value creation and go‑to‑market excellence across multiple markets. If you are passionate about packaging, experienced in FMCG development, and motivated by creating consumer‑centric, sustainable and commercially impactful solutions, this role offers the opportunity to shape the future of our brands across Europe.

As Packaging Development Manager, you will play a key role in defining and delivering the packaging strategy across your Segment/Cluster. You will champion packaging innovation, lead sustainability initiatives, and ensure quality implementation from concept to launch. You will manage a team of packaging experts and operate within our Packaging Community of Practice, driving best practice, elevating design capability, and ensuring our packaging delivers competitive advantage, consumer delight and regulatory compliance.

The role requires close collaboration with RDQ, Marketing, Insights, Procurement, Supply Chain, SU teams, co‑packers and external partners.

• Support the Packaging Lead in shaping and executing the Packaging Strategy across Innovation, Renovation, Sustainability and Fuel for Growth programmes.
• Lead packaging development projects from ideation to launch across Segment/Cluster, ensuring on‑time delivery and high‑quality execution.
• Act as the key packaging partner for Marketing, RDQ and Insights to build strong innovation and sustainability pipelines.
• Drive Packaging Go‑To‑Market Excellence, including user experience, printing, sustainability, compliance, quality reviews and activations.
• Lead and develop a team of packaging professionals across multiple locations.
• Build and influence the Packaging Community of Practice to harmonise ways of working and share best practices.
• Champion packaging sustainability strategy and ensure all sustainability, legal and tax requirements are delivered on time in full.
• Lead or delegate Fuel for Growth packaging initiatives and identify future value creation opportunities.

• Relevant Scientific Degree (Technical, Materials Science, Packaging, Engineering).
• 6–8+ years’ experience in FMCG packaging development.
• Strong understanding of packaging regulation, legal labelling and sustainability requirements.
• Proven track record in packaging innovation, renovation and delivering sustainability programmes.
• Excellent technical project management skills across complex initiatives.
• Ability to work cross‑functionally and influence at senior levels.
• Experience leading teams and driving capability development.
• Strong business awareness, consumer understanding and passion for packaging.
• Ability to build strong partnerships internally and externally.

We’re on an exceptional adventure and offer a truly purpose led career and we aim to empower each employee and promote their personal growth all the while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future.

• An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential
• A culture where your part of a team, where you feel encouraged to make a difference
• The potential to progress your career across different areas of the Nomad Foods Group

Headquartered in the UK, with revenues of €3.2 billion and operations in 22 key markets, Nomad Foods is Europe's leading frozen food company. We are a young company, founded only eight years ago, and built around a number of iconic brands (including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo and more recently Ledo and Frikom) that invented the frozen category 100 years ago and continue to set the bar for great taste, nutrition, convenience and affordability.

Across everything we do, we are guided by our Purpose - Serving the World with Better Food - and how we can make a positive impact on our Performance, People and the Planet.

At Nomad Foods we're proud to represent the world we serve by hiring diverse talent. Our inclusive culture is all about what we can achieve together.