- Location
- Paris Île-de-France France
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
About Estée Lauder Companies
The Estée Lauder Companies is a global leader in prestige beauty, founded in 1946 by Estée and Joseph Lauder and built on an enduring belief in creativity, high-touch service, and entrepreneurial spirit. As an employer, the Group offers talent the scale of an international house with the energy of distinctive brands across skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care. Its culture values innovation, inclusion, learning, and responsible growth, inviting professionals to shape consumer experiences from laboratory to counter, digital platform to boardroom. Employees join a purpose-led organization where heritage, artistry, and scientific excellence meet to define the future of luxury beauty.
The Estée Lauder Companies seeks a Packaging Platform Manager to lead Fragrance packaging platform and innovation projects from concept through launch, translating strategies into manufacturable solutions. The role partners across development, marketing, creative, operations, procurement and suppliers, and requires 5–8 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years in relevant packaging roles.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead assigned Fragrance packaging platform projects from concept through design, prototyping, validation and launch, ensuring alignment with established platform strategies and standards.
- Apply Fragrance packaging architectures, standards and toolkits to guide component selection, design modifications and technical decisions for new projects.
- Translate platform strategies and innovation concepts into technically robust, manufacturable packaging solutions.
- Develop and maintain technical specifications, drawings, Bills of Materials (BOMs) and tolerance analyses to ensure packaging quality and manufacturability.
- Support industrialization activities, including trials, technical issue resolution and component qualification, to ensure packaging solutions are robust at production scale.
- Plan and oversee testing and validation activities to ensure Fragrance packaging solutions meet applicable internal and external standards.
- Manage project plans and coordinate delivery of assigned packaging initiatives across key development stages.
- Work closely with NPL Packaging Development, Marketing, Creative, Operations, Procurement and supplier partners to meet functional, aesthetic, cost and timing requirements.
- Build strong collaboration across internal and external stakeholders to support efficient project execution and successful delivery.
- Monitor Fragrance packaging performance across quality, cost and sustainability considerations.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and platform optimization through design and material choices.
- Contribute to cost-saving and sustainability improvements while supporting the effective extension of Fragrance packaging platforms across new launches.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Packaging Science, Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, Materials Engineering or another related technical discipline.
- Strong practical knowledge of Fragrance packaging components, materials, manufacturing processes and typical performance issues.
- Hands-on experience managing packaging development projects from concept through launch, including supplier interaction and industrialization.
- Experience working with glass, pumps and decorative components, with an understanding of their manufacturing processes and constraints.
- Familiarity with testing and validation protocols for Fragrance packaging.
- Strong project management and execution skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects within scope, timeline and budget.
- High level of technical rigor and attention to detail, particularly in specifications, drawings, testing and documentation.
- Strong understanding of platform strategies and the ability to apply platform standards to packaging development activities.
- Fluent in English.
Skills
Experience
5–8 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years in packaging development, engineering or related roles within the Fragrance, Cosmetics and/or Luxury Personal Care industries.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Packaging Science, Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, Materials Engineering or another related technical discipline.
Workplace
This position is based in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
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Culture
The Estée Lauder Companies fosters a collaborative, inclusive workplace where creativity, entrepreneurial thinking, and a passion for prestige beauty are deeply valued. As a global house of distinctive brands, it offers employees an environment that encourages innovation, professional growth, and a shared commitment to excellence and consumer inspiration.
About Cerulean
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