Packaging Operations Principal Engineer

Bayer•Hanover Township, NJ

5d•$96,200 - $144,400•Onsite

About The Position

At Bayer, we are visionaries driven to solve the world's toughest challenges, striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none' is a reality. We are looking for a Packaging Operations Principal Engineer to join our team. This role involves assuming responsibility for business protection and maintenance activities, including the development of secondary and tertiary packaging, ensuring on-time, in-full delivery of project success factors, creating meaningful improvements and cost savings projects, and effective technical transfer of information to factories and CMOs. The role also includes leading US strategic business protection and maintenance projects, creating packaging solutions with in-depth technical knowledge, and partnering with various internal and external stakeholders to achieve project goals.

Requirements

Packaging Engineering Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent degree)
A proven track record in managing packaging development, including the creation, development & delivery of new packaging and business protection & maintenance of launched packaging, ensuring efficient production and best in class quality in the supply chain.
Dealing with ambiguity
Business Acumen
Conflict management
Organizational agility & perspective
Problem solving
Drive for results
Communication skills
Project planning
Packaging manufacturing/PS principles
Finance
Analytics

Nice To Haves

Consumer healthcare or FMCG experience is an advantage.
8y experience, master’s degree (or equivalent degree) with min. 3y experience

Responsibilities

Assume remit for business protection & maintenance activities; accountabilities including: Development of secondary and tertiary packaging
On time, in full delivery of project success factors
Creation of meaningful improvements and cost savings projects to protect brands and defend vs competition
Effective technical transfer of information to the factory / CMO
Packaging leadership of US strategic business protection & maintenance projects
Create packaging solutions by using in depth technical knowledge, experience, and education; considering the shopper, customer, channel, brand, financial, technical, and compliance success factors.
Partner with the US Product Supply and Development Center to contribute to category business protection & maintenance plans, with specific packaging strategy insights and recommendations.
Collaborate with the broader P&D group as well as all cross-functional partners to ensure smooth transfer of information, holistic understanding of project needs, and adherence to requirements.
Develop key external partnerships (in collaboration with Procurement) to ensure best fit to project needs, innovative supplier selection, and cost budget targets.
Develop key internal partnerships (in collaboration with consumer insights, manufacturing and sales) to reduce damage in the supply chain and improve manufacturing efficiencies.
Develop key external partnerships (in collaboration with Procurement) to ensure best fit to project needs, strategic cost savings strategy/pipeline, innovative supplier selection, and cost budget targets.