Packaging & EPR Experts

About Us

Hi. We're Strategic Packaging Partners

Packaging that Performs. Compliance that protects.

At Strategic Packaging Partners, we help CPG companies make smarter packaging decisions from concept through commercialization.

From packaging performance and operational efficiency to sustainability and EPR readiness, we work alongside your team to develop solutions that reduce risk, support compliance, and keep products moving efficiently through the supply chain.

By combining packaging engineering expertise with practical business insight, we help you navigate complex packaging challenges with confidence, without the need to build a large internal packaging team.

Strategic Packaging Partners combines packaging engineering expertise with real-world business insight to help you reduce risk, control costs, and move forward with confidence.

Why Companies Partner with Us

Rapid Support When Priorities Shift

When timelines tighten or business priorities suddenly change, we help your team respond quickly and keep projects moving.

Help for Stalled Projects & Tight Deadlines

Whether a project has lost momentum or timelines feel impossible, we bring experienced packaging engineers who know how to move work forward.

Support for Cost Savings & Sustainability Goals

From material optimization to ESG and EPR initiatives, we help companies make packaging decisions that balance performance, cost, and sustainability.

Experienced Packaging Engineers

Every engineer on our team brings 15+ years of real-world packaging experience across CPG, operations, commercialization, and manufacturing environments.

What We Deliver

REAL WORLD PARTNERSHIP

We work alongside your team, not outside of it. Our engineers integrate quickly, helping maintain momentum, solve problems faster, and keep critical packaging initiatives moving forward.

PRACTICAL PACKAGING EXPERTISE

From materials and automation to commercialization and EPR, we bring experienced packaging engineering support grounded in real-world CPG environments, not just theory or recommendations.

COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

Packaging challenges rarely live within one department. We help align cross-functional teams across packaging, operations, procurement, sustainability, and commercialization to move projects forward with clarity.

EXECUTION SUPPORT

We don’t stop at recommendations. Whether supporting a product launch, packaging transition, sustainability initiative, or cost optimization project, we help teams execute with confidence.

250+

Years of combined packaging, engineering, operations, and compliance experience

100+

Packaging, EPR, commercialization, and cost-optimization projects supported

7+

Food, beverage, CPG, and manufacturing clients served

5+

Core service areas spanning packaging engineering, EPR, data, testing, and supplier support

Meet Our Leader

Jessie Schwartz

We are proud to be led by packaging expert Jessie Schwartz. Jessie built her career at General Mills before founding Strategic Packaging Partners in 2019. Recognizing the need for stronger leadership and innovation in the industry, she’s grown SPP into a top consulting firm that CPGs trust.

Companies hire us to solve their business problems:

1. Short on Internal resources

When resources are stretched and timelines are tight, the right decisions matter more than ever. Whether you’re awaiting approval for a FTE, or your team has more work than you can manage for a period of time – we’re here to fill in the gaps with experienced packaging engineers who have worked on projects in dozens of CPG companies. We help you focus on what matters and move forward with confidence.

2. Recently lost a packaging engineer

Backfilling a packaging engineering role can be difficult. While you’re searching for your next rockstar, let our experienced engineers keep your project on task and deliver high-level packaging engineering.

3. Need to Quickly Bring a Junior level engineer up to speed

Bringing in new talent requires training, and when your team is already stretched thin, we’re here to coach and share expertise from years in the field. Give your new hires every chance to be successful with our professional jumpstart training.

4. Struggling to Prepare for EPR Requirements

EPR deadlines are approaching quickly, and many teams are realizing their packaging data is harder to organize than expected. Information often lives across multiple teams, suppliers, spreadsheets, and systems, making reporting and decision-making difficult. We help companies create visibility into their packaging data, identify gaps, and build a clear path toward EPR readiness so your team can reduce risk, avoid scrambling, and move forward with confidence.

5. Preparing for EPR Requirements

EPR deadlines are approaching quickly, and many teams are realizing their packaging data is harder to organize than expected. We help companies create visibility into packaging data, identify gaps, and build a clear path toward EPR readiness so teams can reduce risk and move forward with confidence.

6. Navigating Material Changes & Sustainability Pressures

As sustainability expectations and EPR regulations evolve, packaging decisions are becoming more complex. We help companies evaluate packaging options strategically so they can balance performance, cost, recyclability, and operational efficiency with confidence.

Our Process

We Make Working Together Easy

No 90-page slide decks. No consultant theater. Just a clear plan and the people to execute it.

Book a Discovery Call with our team

30 minutes. We listen, ask the right questions, and pinpoint where you’re exposed and where the upside lives.

Get Your Project Estimated

Whether you need 10-hours a week or a larger engagement, our team can meet your needs and your budget.

Win on Cost & Compliance

Get expert help executed alongside your team to capture savings, ensure compliance, and turn packaging into a competitive edge.