Packaging Operations Principal Engineer

Bayer•Whippany, NJ

4d•Onsite

About The Position

At Bayer, we are seeking a Packaging Operations Principal Engineer who is driven to solve tough challenges and contribute to a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none' is a reality. This role involves developing secondary and tertiary packaging, ensuring project success, creating cost-saving improvements, and leading technical transfers to factories and CMOs. The Principal Engineer will lead US strategic business protection & maintenance projects, creating packaging solutions that consider shopper, customer, channel, brand, financial, technical, and compliance factors. This role collaborates with US Product Supply and Development Center, the broader P&D group, and cross-functional partners to ensure smooth information transfer and adherence to requirements. Additionally, it involves developing key external partnerships with suppliers for innovative selection and cost targets, and internal partnerships to improve supply chain efficiency and manufacturing processes.

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.
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
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.