MidFull TimeEN
At Ontex, we are making everyday life easier across generations. Worldwide our 5,500 colleagues are taking pride in their work, guided by our values – Passion, Reliability, Integrity, Drive and Everyone. Every day they are developing, producing, and distributing affordable and sustainable baby, woman and adult personal care products.
As a leading international provider of personal hygiene solutions for retailer brands and healthcare partners, founded in Belgium in 1979 and listed on Euronext Brussels, we believe that innovation should be accessible to everyone.
As we continue being 'Here for you’, we’re looking for a Product Developer Baby Pants to join our R&D team.
EMPLOYER: Ontex Operations USA, LLC
TITLE: Product Developer
DUTIES: Coordinate and contribute to the development, validation, and implementation of product, raw material, and packaging initiatives within the Baby Pants category. Ensure execution of innovation and/or design-to-value projects across North America manufacturing locations (Tijuana, Mexico and Stokesdale, NC), aligned with Innovation Process and FTR principles. Deliver key outputs including product and raw material specifications, BOMs, quality control plans, safety documentation, and validation reports. Lead and coordinate trial runs, laboratory testing, and consumer panel evaluations to validate new concepts and developments. Build knowledge and maintain specifications for new and existing raw materials, ensuring alignment with supplier validation processes, Quality standards, and sustainability objectives. Engage with cross-functional and international teams (Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing) to translate strategic plans into actionable product developments. Support cost-saving initiatives under the Ontex Design-to-Value program and contribute to the company’s sustainability strategy. Participate in the Innovation process (Stage Gate), design and development and FTR processes, while supporting the creation of master specifications for new products, including technical drawings, quality recommendations, CTQs, Cpks, and safety files. Provide input to CAPEX requirements and collaborate with legal counsel to assess patent landscapes, safeguard intellectual property, and ensure freedom to operate. Build product-level market intelligence through competitive benchmarking and reverse engineering exercises. Gather, evaluate, and develop ideas for new concepts, features, materials, packaging, and machine processes. Support the design and prototyping of mockups to accelerate product innovation and validation.
REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or a related field; and 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related research and development occupation developing personal hygiene products. Must include 5 years of experience in each of the following: Working in research and development; Serving in an industrial production environment; Working with disposable absorbent products, raw materials, and production processes; Developing and reviewing specifications including designs, patents, test methods and management of specification agreements; Creating mechanical drawings for hygienic products; Developing physical prototypes based on mechanical drawings to understand physical characteristics and technical feasibility of product design and development; Producing technical reports outlining materials required for new prototypes; Navigating complex IP constraints to ensure freedom to operate and/or designing around existing patents to enable market access managing risks; and Implementing new products in a manufacturing setting, including scale up and validation of products and processes. 15% international travel required, as necessary.
OTHER: Job Site: Stokesdale, NC;
40 hours/week;
Requisition AM26EX
If interested apply online at https://careers.ontex.com or email your resume to hr.usa@ontexglobal.com and reference the job title of the role and requisition number.
If you're passionate about the role and believe you would be a great fit, we'd love to hear from you. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply, ensuring a fair and transparent selection process. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact our HR department at jaime.miller@ontexglobal.com.
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