VP, Packaging - Food & Beverage

About the job ================

The Vice President of Packaging over our Food & Beverage categories is a transformative enterprise leader responsible for shaping the long-term packaging vision, strategy, and execution that fuels business growth, competitive advantage, and sustainability leadership. As the senior-most packaging authority within the US, this executive elevates packaging as a strategic business lever-driving breakthrough innovation, unlocking consumer-preferred experiences, accelerating productivity, and defining the next generation of materials, systems, and capabilities.

Key Responsibilities --------------------

### Enterprise Strategy & Growth Leadership

• Set the enterprise packaging vision and multi-year strategy for our Food & Beverage categories, integrating consumer insights, business priorities, sustainability imperatives, and operational realities.
• Shape and govern a growth-driving innovation and renovation pipeline that advances product superiority, brand equity, speed to market, and margin expansion.
• Elevate packaging as a strategic differentiator-defining future-forward architectures, business models, and capabilities that unlock competitive advantage.
• Translate corporate priorities into clear technical roadmaps, investment strategies, and operating plans with measurable business outcomes.
• Ensure seamless alignment between Packaging, Product R&I, and cross-functional partners to operate as one integrated, high-impact engine.

### Packaging Excellence & Future Capability Building

• Strengthen and scale end-to-end packaging capabilities, including materials science, consumer experience engineering, prototyping, testing, validation, scale-up, commercialization, and lifecycle optimization.
• Build future-ready competencies in advanced and emerging areas such as:
• Advanced materials, biomaterials, barrier science
• Circularity, recyclability, reuse/refill, and reverse logistics systems
• Intelligent and connected packaging platforms
• Sensory-led experience engineering, ergonomics, and usability design
• Establish, govern, and continuously improve world-class packaging standards, validation frameworks, and enterprise KPIs.

### Business Delivery, Performance, & Accountability

• Drive business results through strong portfolio governance, prioritization, risk assessment, scenario planning, and budget stewardship.
• Define packaging strategies that enable emerging channels, evolving supply chains, and new business models.
• Accelerate speed, rigor, and excellence from early concept through commercial scale-up-ensuring flawless execution in partnership with Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement, and Supply Chain.
• Serve as the senior voice of packaging in strategic decision-making, influencing at the executive and GM levels.

### Cross-Functional, Enterprise, & Global Influence

• Build deep, trusted partnerships with Brand, R&I, Supply Chain, Quality, Sustainability, Procurement, and Regulatory to deliver holistic, business-aligned packaging solutions.
• Represent the Food & Beverage category within the global packaging network-leveraging global insights, capabilities, scale, and best practices to accelerate U.S. leadership.
• Establish high-value external partnerships with suppliers, technology innovators, universities, and start-ups to unlock breakthrough innovation and emerging science.

### Talent Leadership & Organizational Culture

• Lead, inspire, and grow a high-performing team of managers, senior engineers, and technical experts.
• Build a culture of innovation, accountability, curiosity, and transparent decision-making.
• Develop the next generation of enterprise packaging leaders through coaching, mentoring, upskilling, and technical stewardship.
• Strengthen organizational capability through talent planning, future-skills mapping, and strategic workforce development.

Salary and Benefits -------------------

The salary range for this position is $240,000-345,000 USD. The exact salary offered will depend on several factors, including the candidate's relevant experience, geographic location, internal equity, and market conditions.

Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage
• 401k Plan
• Wellness Program
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Flexible Time Off
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave
• Hybrid work environment