(Senior) Packaging Developer / Deputy Head of Packaging Development (m/f/d)

We are a globally active group of companies in the food industry with around 5,700 employees working at the headquarters in Bergisch Gladbach as well as in subsidiaries at various production sites in Germany and abroad. In our plant in Bergisch Gladbach near Cologne, we produce with over 1,400 employees Instanttee, Cappuccino, coffee preparations, cocoa-containing beverage powder, vitamin tablets, sweeteners and medicines.

Design the future of our packaging As a (Senior) packaging developer (m/w/d) you are taking a key role in developing innovative and sustainable packaging solutions for our products. You work interdisciplinary with purchasing, marketing, quality assurance, production and external partners – from idea to implementation. In addition, as Deputy Head (m/w/d) of the development of packaging, you gradually take responsibility for leadership. The aim is to take over the extensive know-how of the current agency owner and to take over the management of the area in a perspective.

You develop new, sustainable packaging solutions for our brand and brand products and optimise our existing packaging portfolio from technical, economic and ecological perspectives You work closely with sales, purchasing, production and our suppliers You continuously monitor and analyze the packaging market in terms of innovation, recyclability, sustainability, cost developments and customer requirements You ensure professional project management – including the creation, control and follow-up of project plans You agree closely with production and technology to make packaging processes efficient and sustainable You coordinate the production of prototypes in cooperation with suppliers and external service providers As Deputy Head (m/w/d), you actively support the team's professional management and take over successive strategic and operational management tasks

You have a successfully completed technical training in packaging development, packaging technology or a comparable qualification You bring with them several years of experience in product and project management, ideally in the consumer goods, food or commercial sectors, You possess a strong technical understanding and good spatial imagination. You will enjoy the further development of FMCG products and a good sense of packaging trends and market requirements You are strong in communication, enforceable and feel comfortable in varied areas of work You have good conceptual skills and think solution-oriented You are safe in dealing with MS Office, ideally bring SAP knowledge and work quickly into new systems You master the English language in word and writing You bring a high level of team skills with – first leadership experience is desirable

Flexible working time models (including sliding time, mobile work) Attractive and performance-oriented remuneration Holiday and Christmas money 30 holidays + Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve free Individual further and further training Attractive job leasing Modern operating restaurant with grant Free parking Occupational pension Corporate Benefits