Principal Packaging Engineer

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ‘Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Principal Packaging Engineer 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Principal Packaging Engineer, are to: 

• Assume end-to-end remit for pipeline innovations, and design renovations;
• Development of primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging On time, in full delivery of project success factors;
• Creation of meaningful IP to protect innovation and defend vs competition;
• Effective technical transfer of information to the factory / CMO;
• Packaging leadership of US innovation & strategic projects;
• Create innovative packaging solutions by using in depth technical knowledge, experience, and education; considering the shopper, customer, channel, brand, financial, technical, sustainability and compliance success factors;
• Partner with the US regional team and Development Center to contribute to category StratPlans, 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.

• Relocation assistance is available.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree;
• Proven track record in managing packaging development, including the creation, development and delivery of ownable structural and functional consumer impactful packaging innovations, resulting in notable commercial impact;
• Strong Communication Skills, Project planning, Packaging Manufacturing principles, and Finance, Analytics.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Packaging Engineering Bachelors Degree (or international equivalent) with 8 years experience, Master’s Degree (or international equivalent) with 6 years experience;
• Consumer healthcare experience;
• Strong technical knowledge in industrial mold qualifications for plastic injection and extrusion blow molding;
• Flexible substrates knowledge.