Product Design & Development Director - GP Foodservice Solutions

Your Job

Anchor Packaging is seeking a Product Design & Development Director to lead our Product Design team while driving the continuous improvement and transformation of product development capabilities across the organization.

This role is responsible for developing people, improving processes, advancing technical capabilities, and strengthening collaboration across functions to accelerate innovation and commercialization.

The Product Design & Development Director will work closely with Product Development, Engineering, Operations, Tooling, Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, Sustainability, and key customers to ensure products move efficiently from concept to market.

Success in this position requires a leader who is equally comfortable coaching teams, solving complex technical challenges, and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in thermoforming, product design, tooling development, and manufacturing processes, along with a passion for continuous improvement and transforming how work gets done.

If you enjoy building high-performing teams, improving systems and processes, and creating innovative packaging solutions that deliver real value for customers, this is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a growing business.

What You Will Do


* Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing Product Design team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.


* Drive transformation initiatives that improve product development processes, tools, communication, and overall organizational effectiveness.


* Partner with Product Development, Engineering, Operations, Tooling, Manufacturing, Sales, and Marketing teams to improve the speed, quality, and effectiveness of product commercialization.


* Champion best practices in product design, product realization, and new product introduction (NPI).


* Lead cross-functional efforts to identify and eliminate barriers that slow innovation, increase complexity, or impact execution.


* Apply expertise in thermoforming, tooling, materials, and manufacturing processes to solve technical challenges and improve product performance.


* Ensure product designs are manufacturable, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with customer requirements and business objectives.


* Establish and improve technical standards, development methodologies, and design processes that strengthen organizational capability.


* Support product development projects from concept through commercialization, including prototyping, testing, tooling development, trials, and production launch.


* Work directly with customers and commercial teams to understand needs and translate them into innovative packaging solutions.


* Identify opportunities to improve quality, productivity, manufacturability, and speed-to-market.


* Influence and align cross-functional stakeholders to achieve business objecti...