Associate Packaging Engineer- Essentials, Beauty, Pets, and Baby

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L4 Associate PACKAGING ENGINEER – Essentials, Beauty, Pets, and Baby

About us:

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers.

At the heart of one of the world’s most loved and recognizable brands is the Owned Brand Management & Product Design organization. We thrive on the magic of discovering that just-right thing, and we infuse everything we do with our passion for affordable chic. We concept, develop, make and deliver the stylish new favorites that Target guests expect and deserve. We are uber-savvy trend and style experts who stay ahead of the curve, proactively identifying our market’s needs and exceeding them, every time. Join one of our dynamic and inventive teams to influence the style, quality and value that decisively position Target above the competition. Your input will have a direct and positive effect on a variety of categories. Here, you will be close to the action of dreaming up and bringing to life the Target-owned brands that surprise and gratify guests, wherever and whenever they love to shop.

Job Overview: A role with Target Packaging is an opportunity to lead the development of packaging for Target’s beloved owned brands, exclusive partnerships and select transit packaging. Your influence will drive sales and grow brand love through packaging that’s guest-centric, on brand, competitive “at shelf” and category relevant. Here, you’ll work with the team that leverages internal and external partnerships to execute packaging planning, project management, print development, and structural development to achieve brand expression and market differentiation. As part of a global team spanning the U.S., China and India, you’ll have partners in the US, at sourcing offices overseas, as well as domestic and international vendors and suppliers. Best of all, your commitment to diversity and inclusion will come to life every day as you work with multicultural teams to create the best, most sustainable packaging for all our guests.

You’ll support the structural design and development of new, improved, more sustainable and cost-effective owned brand packaging in Essentials, Beauty, Baby, and Pets.

Job duties may change based on business need. This role does require in office work 4 days/week from our Downtown MN campus

As an Associate Packaging Engineer, you will:

• Leverage your structural packaging expertise for assigned categories working under the coaching of the Packaging Design & Development Director for the business lines you support.
• Ensure the primary package will protect, contain, and display the product from the initial idea through final use for assigned categories and businesses.
• Work across the enterprise with key internal partners to define packaging requirements and identify optimal packaging solutions.
• Collaborate directly with product vendors and packaging suppliers to bring packaging solutions that meet business and consumer needs. It is critical that we deliver solutions on time, at the lowest cost, and while ensuring corporate sustainability commitments and legislative requirements are met.
• Drive packaging sustainability initiatives by reducing material use, phasing out problematic plastics, and supporting compliance with EPR regulations.
• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities through material optimization, format changes, and supplier collaboration without compromising product integrity or brand standards.
• Contribute to category and item level market research, including testing and consumer feedback.
• Draw conclusions from relevant data and make appropriate recommendations.
• Contribute to the prototyping and development of Target packaging structural concepts for our Owned Brand products.
• Ensure item level packaging specifications are accurate; deadlines are met, and products set on time and as designed.

About You:

• Four-year packaging engineering degree
• 1-4 years of experience preferred, including internships and cooperative education internships
• Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize requests, and meet deadlines
• Motivation to learn new skills, with a passion for engineering and design
• Ability to work independently and strategically in a fast-paced multi-project environment
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication, and organizational skills
• Experience with Artios CAD and SOLIDWORKS, CSWA (Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate) preferred
• In office requirement of 4+ days a week

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

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In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.