The global packaging industry experienced a 3% rise in new job postings related to digitalization in Q4 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 6% decrease versus Q4 2022. GlobalData’s Packaging: Hiring Trends & Signals Q4 2023 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, Office and Administrative Support Occupations jobs accounted for a 12% share of the global packaging industry’s digitalization-related total new job postings in Q4 2023, up 43% over the prior quarter.
Office and Administrative Support Occupations drive digitalization-related hiring activity
Office and Administrative Support Occupations, with a share of 12%, emerged as the top digitalization-related job roles within the packaging industry in Q4 2023, with new job postings rising by 43% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 12% in Q4 2023, with new job postings dropping by 7% over the previous quarter.
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The other prominent digitalization roles include Production Occupations with a 10% share in Q4 2023, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 10% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in packaging industry accounted for 68% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q4 2023 were Avery Dennison, DS Smith, Sealed Air, Klabin, and Suzano. Together they accounted for a combined share of 68% of all digitalization-related new jobs in the packaging industry.
Avery Dennison posted 359 digitalization-related new jobs in Q4 2023, DS Smith 278 jobs, Sealed Air 218 jobs, Klabin 183 jobs, and Suzano 51 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 42.50% share of total new job postings, Q4 2023
The largest share of digitalization-related new job postings in the packaging industry in Q4 2023 was in the US with 42.50% followed by the UK (18.42%) and Brazil (13.19%). The share represented by the US was eight percentage points lower than the 50.87% share it accounted for in Q3 2023.
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