Global Secondary Packaging Specialist

Siegfried AG; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Siegfried AG is seeking an experienced Global Secondary Packaging Specialist to optimize assembly and packaging processes across sites for oral and parenteral products. The successful candidate will possess at least 8 years of hands-on experience, a relevant engineering degree, and strong problem-solving skills, and will work in a dynamic, international environment that prioritizes innovation and professional growth.

Formación

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in secondary packaging.
• Highly proficient in English; knowledge of German is valuable.
• Experience with cost calculation and customer interaction.

Responsabilidades

• Lead packaging development and optimization processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet quality standards.
• Manage workflow and staffing for operational efficiency.

Conocimientos

Problem-solving

Leadership

Communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Packaging Technology

Herramientas

Packaging Equipment

Descripción del empleo

At its locations around the world, Siegfried offers employees exciting career opportunities in international settings. We cultivate multidisciplinary cooperation and encourage our staff to actively shape and influence their careers. This approach, coupled with our dynamic working environment, makes Siegfried an attractive employer.

Your role

We are looking for an experienced Global Secondary Packaging Specialist to join our team. This role involves managing and optimizing secondary assembly and packaging processes across sites, for oral and parenteral products, particularly for cartridges and pre-filled syringes (PFS).

Key Responsibilities :

• Packaging Development & Optimization :

Lead and update assembly and secondary packaging solutions for oral and ophthalmic units, vials, ampoules, cartridges, pre-filled syringes (PFS), and bundling processes.

• Continuously assess current packaging designs and processes to identify areas for improvement and innovation.
• Actively participate in the performance qualification activities, shipping verification, and verification features related to new and changed packaging materials.
• Maintain an overview of technological improvements in pharmaceutical packaging internally within Siegfried, as well as in the pharmaceutical industry, including material suppliers.
• Engineering & Technical Challenges :

Develop new and challenge existing packaging systems with innovative engineering solutions.

• Contribute to the standardization of secondary packaging materials and processes across sites, defining new standards and supporting sites in their implementation.
• Lead and coordinate teams throughout the site for cross-functional root cause analysis and problem-solving on technical quality issues, e.g., recurring deviations, complaints, and performing investigations for complex issues while contacting suppliers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure packaging designs meet regulatory, quality, and safety standards, patient usability, line efficiency, and cost.
• Operational Efficiency :

Operationalize packaging processes by managing workflow, staffing, and resources.

• Optimize the number of personnel involved and streamline the flow of packaging operations to maximize efficiency and minimize waste.
• Propose changes to tooling / equipment, in alignment with changes and / or improvements to secondary packaging materials and processing parameters.
• Project Management & Customer Interaction :

Support customers in the regulatory documents related to secondary packaging materials when requested.

• Support cost calculations related to packaging projects, providing detailed analysis and recommendations.
• Engage with customers to understand their needs and ensure packaging solutions align with their expectations and requirements.

Your profile

Experience & Expertise :

• Provide hands-on leadership and mentoring to the packaging team, ensuring adherence to best practices and company standards.
• Foster knowledge transfer in secondary packaging among sites.
• Be a recognized scientific expert internally and externally by reporting and presenting scientific / technical work at internal / external meetings / conferences.
• Leverage at least 8 years of hands-on experience in secondary packaging to drive process improvements and team development.

Background / Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Packaging Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in secondary packaging, preferably in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device industries.
• Languages : highly proficient in both spoken and written English and local language. Knowledge of German is highly valuable.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to challenge existing methods for continuous improvement.
• Good knowledge of equipment suppliers and packaging material suppliers.
• Experience with cost calculation, budgeting, and customer interaction.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills with a proactive, hands-on approach.
• Ability to handle multiple projects at one time.
• Willingness to travel around 10% of the time.

Working at Siegfried

Siegfried's work environment is dynamic and international. With a highly professional and motivated team, the company operates in a future-oriented business field. Siegfried possesses a unique culture that leverages cultural differences to create a competitive advantage. Siegfried places the highest priority on providing a flexible, diverse, and discrimination-free working environment in which employees can develop personally and professionally, advance innovation, and deliver superior performance. We strive to provide a work environment where employees can take on challenging jobs and associated responsibilities that best serve their personal and technical development and can benefit from the success of our company. The company regulations in respect of compensation and career development opportunities apply to all Siegfried sites. Additional conditions of employment are governed by location-specific circumstances, legislation, and customs.

Who we are

In the Midst of People’s Lives – Across the Globe

The Siegfried Group is one of the world’s leading Custom Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) developing and producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), intermediates, and finished dosage forms. As our core competence, we successfully integrate chemical and pharmaceutical capabilities into a single business model.

The Siegfried name stands for the highest quality, efficiency, flexibility, and safety. Present in Europe, Asia, and North America, we serve a broad global customer base from major international pharmaceutical companies down to small biologic-pharmaceutical organizations. For them, we develop and produce product innovations on a large scale to finished products. We integrate our offer seamlessly into the customers’ value chain. Our comprehensive services range from early-stage Research & Development services such as synthesis, scale-up, formulation development, stability studies, and method development all the way through to manufacturing services, ranging from preclinical R&D material for clinical trial purposes to commercial production.

We are able to produce about 200 of the approximately 1500 registered drug substances used in medicine. Moreover, we produce 20 percent of global demand for caffeine. Consequently, nearly 1 billion individuals come into contact with Siegfried products.

What we do in El Masnou

Bulk manufacturing and packaging of sterile ophthalmic products including eye drops, eye ointments, and otic / nasal sprays.

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