Director/Sr. Director - Product Development (Foodservice Packaging)

Director/Sr. Director - Product Development (Foodservice Packaging) - United States - 185298 - Koch

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Director/Sr. Director - Product Development (Foodservice Packaging)

Location(s)

Atlanta, Georgia | Neenah, Wisconsin | St. Louis, Missouri

Company

Georgia-Pacific

Career Field

Business Strategy & Development

Job Number

185298

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As the leader of the Product Development (PD) team, you will be responsible for accelerating and scaling the PD capability for the Anchor Packaging business within the GP Foodservice Solutions platform.

This role entails translating customer needs and market insights from commercial and cross-functional teams into scalable, commercially successful products for restaurants, retail foodservice operations, convenience stores, and food processing segments - from next-generation containers and cling film to new categories across multiple substrates.

Working at the center of a growth-oriented business, you will partner closely with Sales, Operations, Engineering, Sustainability, and customers to rapidly turn concepts into manufacturable solutions, leading development from prototyping and testing through trials and full commercialization.

You will help shape a strong innovation pipeline, build business cases for new solutions and capabilities, and ensure products are cost-effective, operationally scalable, and aligned with evolving sustainability goals.

This is a leadership role within a fast-growing business and requires someone who is an excellent collaborator, forward-thinking, disciplined executor, and passionate about helping teams grow.

What You Will Do

• Build and scale a high-performing product development capability, strengthening processes, talent, and tools to support rapid business growth and an expanding innovation pipeline.
• Turn customer needs and market insights into scalable, differentiated foodservice packaging solutions across multiple substrates including plastic and paper.
• Lead product development from concept to commercialization, including ideation, prototyping, customer trials, and launch.
• Connect the dots across material science, product design, tooling design, and manufacturing processes to develop solutions that are technically sound, manufacturable, and cost-effective.
• Partner with Sales, Engineering, Operations, Sustainability, and key customers to deliver solutions that are manufacturable, cost-effective, and performance-driven.
• Build strong business cases and value propositions for new products, supporting pricing, investment, and capital decisions.
• Ensure new solutions meet functional, regulatory, and sustainability requirements, including recyclable, compostable, and material-reduction opportunities.
• Monitor market trends, competitive activity, and regulatory changes to shape the innovation pipeline and prioritize high-impact opportunities.
• Serve as a technical leader in customer engagements and report progress, milestones, and growth opportunities to senior leadership.

Who You Are

• Team builder who can develop talent, strengthen processes, and scale a product development organization to support rapid growth.
• Customer-centric innovator who is energized by solving real-world problems and delivering solutions that create measurable value for customers.
• Strong cross-functional leader who builds alignment and drives results across Sales, Engineering, Operations, Sustainability, and Product Development.
• Strategic thinker and disciplined executor who can connect technical solutions to value propositions and translate ideas into scalable, commercially viable products.
• Technically grounded, with experience developing products across multiple materials, formats, or manufacturing platforms.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree
• 7 years of innovation/product development experience in foodservice packaging, consumer products, or related industries
• Experience in product innovation and application development to develop commercially successful products
• Leadership and supervisory experience
• Experience working cross functionally (Sales, Engineering, Operations, Legal, Sustainability, etc.) to deliver solutions
• Experience working directly with customers to understand needs and develop solutions Customer Facing experience
• Ability to travel up to 30%

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Packaging, Materials Science, or a related field
• Thermoforming experience
• Experience in the foodservice or food processing space, including role of packaging in meeting market needs
• Foodservice Innovation experience
• Knowledge of kitchen/food processor operations

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate''s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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