Technical Service Manager

BillerudKorsnäs is a leading provider of renewable packaging material. We have an informal and improvement-focused corporate culture that encourages every employee to think outside the box, work as a team player, take responsibility and create value, both internally and externally towards customers and partners. To us, diversity and inclusion is important to encourage our employees different ideas and experiences. It gives us new perspectives and challenges our thinking. BillerudKorsnäs is an international company with strong local roots, and one that is developing and growing – do you want to grow with us and together challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future?

BillerudKorsnäs is divided into three business areas - Packaging Paper, Consumer Board and Corrugated Solutions – that develop and market high-quality materials and smarter solutions to packaging manufacturers, converters and brand owners. Production is carried out at the Company’s eight production units in Sweden, Finland and England.

Packaging Paper, Speciality Products is now looking to recruit a Technical Service Manager, a specialist in paper-barrier coatings to support the dialogue with brand owners and our internal BillerudKorsnas product and business development in the area of surface sized paper products.

Job description
The main objective of the role is to provide technical expertise and advice to brand owners as well as customers and the business segment. In addition, operate as a Technical Service Manager within Flexible packaging, i.e. food packaging. You will handle arising technical issues from customers and also ensure good internal understanding of current and future market technical demands. The position is placed in Norrköping at the Skärblacka Mill. You must be willing to travel - Europe and overseas.

Responsibilities:

Provide internal expertise in paper-barrier coatings Support the delivery of new products and opportunities with brand owners Visit brand owners and customers in relation to developments and technical issues Investigate and answer technical questions and claims from Sales Managers, customers and brand owners in liaison with the technical and production departments Provide internal expertise with regard to customer converting process and product technical demands as well as development outloook Actively provide feed-back to the business area and mills in product, service, quality and claims issues Arrange internal and external training sessions and product seminars
Qualifications

University Degree in Chemistry, Biology or Paper technology 8- 10 years of work experience in relevant industry (eg. Pulp & Paper, Paper converting, Chemical) and knowledge about surface treatment, barrier coating Good customer facing skills – listening, communicating, presenting Fluent in Swedish and English both spoken and written
You are:

Systematic and driven Strategic and analytical Have the ability and flexibility to work in all environments – internal production, external converting companies through to international brand ownders
Contact
If you wish to know more please contact Mrs Caroline Linderoth, Director Technical Service Speciality Paper, phone no +46 11 24 54 36 or Mr Steven Blacow, Business Segment Director, Speciality Papers phone no +44 1539565010.

To apply

Please send in your application in English no later than August 7