Guerlain Packaging Industrialization Project Manager

Guerlain is an iconic French high-perfumery and cosmetics House, recognized for its craftsmanship, creativity and refined product heritage. Part of the LVMH group, the Maison combines artisanal savoir‑faire with industrial excellence to produce premium fragrances and beauty products and maintains high standards across product development and manufacturing.

1. Lead and manage industrialization schedules for new products and range evolutions, ensuring adherence to launch timelines for Guerlain and B2B projects.
2. Participate in feasibility, design review, technical meetings and AMDEC sessions alongside packaging developers and packaging engineering teams.
3. Assess industrial technical feasibility of marketing briefs against production line capabilities and define associated technical/process risk analyses and mitigation plans.
4. Define and validate production line and CCR range allocations for each new product with the Responsible Unit Pilot (RUP).
5. Specify required on‑line investments (new modules, tooling, modifications) in collaboration with industrialization technicians, supervisors and technical management.
6. Establish production standards and provide tooling and set‑up instructions (fiches de réglages) for the workshop.
7. Control and report on the packaging industrialization budget.
8. Maintain finished‑product BOM data (components, quantities, scrap rates).
9. Coordinate line trials with short‑term planning, quality and production: resource needs, machine availability, component availability, reports and provision of parts to supporting departments.
10. Attend production start‑ups and monitor implementation of action plans.
11. Ensure industrialization databases are up to date and reliable.
12. Support external capacity subcontractors in the industrialization of Guerlain products.
13. Drive continuous improvement initiatives on the production site (PDCA), and perform line transfers when requested by logistics.
14. Support process investment projects: write specifications and qualify new equipment; explore new packaging and processes for internal or subcontracted applications.
15. Ensure compliance with hygiene rules, BPF requirements and report any anomalies or drifts.

1. Master's level engineering degree (Bac +5) or equivalent.
2. Minimum 5 years' experience in packaging industrialization or a closely related role within cosmetics, perfumery or FMCG manufacturing.
3. Strong project management capability with proven ability to drive cross‑functional projects to schedule.
4. Solid technical knowledge of packaging processes, tooling and production line constraints.
5. Experience writing technical specifications and qualifying production equipment.
6. Rigour, autonomy, reactivity, analytical and synthesis skills.
7. Excellent interpersonal skills, influence and team spirit; ability to coordinate with operators, technicians and external suppliers.

1. Project management
2. Packaging development / industrialization
3. Industrialization planning
4. Line trials coordination
5. BOM management
6. Equipment specification and qualification
7. Budget management
8. Changeover and line transfer
9. Risk analysis (AMDEC)
10. Continuous improvement (PDCA)
11. BPF

At least 5 years of proven experience in packaging industrialization or production industrialization within cosmetics, perfumery, or FMCG environments; experience with production start‑ups, line trials and supplier industrialization is required.

Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent (Bac +5).

Guerlain blends longstanding artisanal heritage with a modern drive for excellence; the manufacturing environment values meticulousness, cross‑functional collaboration and a commitment to product quality. The production site culture emphasizes operational discipline, continuous improvement and close cooperation between technical, quality and production teams.