The global packaging industry experienced a 51% rise in new job postings related to digitalization in Q1 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 30% increase versus Q1 2023. GlobalData’s Packaging: Hiring Trends & Signals Q1 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the packaging industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 13% share of the global packaging industry’s digitalization-related total new job postings in Q1 2024, up 63% over the prior quarter.
Management Occupations drive digitalization-related hiring activity
Management Occupations, with a share of 13%, emerged as the top digitalization-related job roles within the packaging industry in Q1 2024, with new job postings rising by 63% quarter-on-quarter. Production Occupations came in second with a share of 9% in Q1 2024, with new job postings rising by 25% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent digitalization roles include Office and Administrative Support Occupations with an 8% share in Q1 2024, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 7% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in packaging industry accounted for 73% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q1 2024 were Avery Dennison, Klabin, DS Smith, Sealed Air, and Korber. Together they accounted for a combined share of 73% of all digitalization-related new jobs in the packaging industry.
Avery Dennison posted 686 digitalization-related new jobs in Q1 2024, Klabin 395 jobs, DS Smith 390 jobs, Sealed Air 291 jobs, and Korber 68 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 38.36% share of total new job postings, Q1 2024
The largest share of digitalization-related new job postings in the packaging industry in Q1 2024 was in the US with 38.36% followed by Brazil (16.52%) and Germany (5.92%). The share represented by the US was five percentage points lower than the 43.47% share it accounted for in Q4 2023.
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