John McComb

About John McComb

A detail-oriented engineering and design management professional, with excellent creative, technical and leadership experience. A proven professional with over 20 years of expertise in the packaging, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, technical documentation and quality industries with extensive focus in the areas of package design, front-end innovation, rapid prototyping and project management.

Experience

1. Sr Packaging Engineer

   Signature Brands, LLC

   Jun 2015 — Present · Ocala, FL, US

   Lead Signature Brands packaging efforts by creating the foundation for package development through execution of LEAN practices. Improve manufacturing efficiencies and drive cost effective packaging designs through renovation and new product launches.• Research and identify new/emerging packaging technologies and provide proposals for future programs.• Implement structural/material improvements across primary, secondary and tertiary levels of packaging to reduce costs and labor, while maintaining package integrity and product quality.• Develop and execute packaging concepts to fulfill unmet consumer needs and drive incremental sales.• Lead/collaborate on packaging design, equipment, materials, feasibility, and implementation.• Coordinate/perform package integrity and transit testing in compliance with ISTA standards. • Create/approve technical drawings and pallet patterns. Provide cost estimates for new packaging materials and equipment.• Completed internal LEAN Black Belt training program. Develop and commercialize functional packaging solutions using LEAN practices to optimize all levels of packaging.• Collaborated with internal and external recourses to develop cost/labor effective shipping solutions for key customer. Saved over $200K from elimination of packaging materials across a two-year period. Reduced manual labor by 40% with new tray design versus prior year.• Developed modular display system to reduce complexity for seasonal in-store displays. Create technical instructions for ease of assembly at plant and retail levels. Eliminated continuous spend on custom tooling by creating common sized, reusable components.• Develop shelf ready packaging programs. Coordinated development and testing across multiple suppliers and materials.

Education

• Western Illinois University

  Bachelor's Degree, Industrial Technology (Engineering)

  1990 — 1995

Skills

• R&D
• Quality Assurance
• Food Industry
• Corrugated
• Packaging Development
• 3d Rendering
• Manufacturing
• Rapid Prototyping
• Industrial Design
• Fmcg
• Lean Manufacturing
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Commercialization
• Injection Molding
• Packaging Engineering
• Management
• Customer Insight
• Problem Solving
• Graphic Design
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Packaging
• Lean Six Sigma
• Consumer Products
• Project Management
• Product Innovation
• Food Packaging
• Strategy
• Strategic Thinking
• 3d Printing
• Structural Engineering
• Marketing Research
• Plastics
• Innovation Management
• Creative Problem Solving
• Product Design
• Design Strategy
• Leadership
• Segmentation
• Creative Direction