(Lead) Engineer Packaging Development (m/f/d) Research & Development

Since our beginnings at Dr. Oetker, we have been breaking new ground. With pizza, cake, and desserts, as well as digital platforms and services – quality and an innovative spirit set us apart.

What awaits you? It's up to you! At Dr. Oetker, you can actively shape the future – both yours and ours. We want to be part of something bigger. Don't you?

Team Description

Our twelve-person packaging development team in Bielefeld is passionately committed to the development of sustainable packaging. We are currently looking for someone to join our team who is just as enthusiastic about sustainable packaging as we are and would like to set an example for the industry together with us. We offer you the opportunity to play an active role in shaping our international strategy and achieving our ambitious sustainability goals. Our broad product portfolio demands exciting and challenging packaging requirements. Join our team and shape the future of packaging development!

Your Responsibilities

1. As (Lead) Engineer Packaging Development (m/f/d), you will be responsible for the development and evaluation of sustainable and economical packaging solutions in compliance with quality, trade, consumer, legal and environmental requirements. Beyond that you will be responsible for optimizing existing packaging.
2. Identify potential for harmonization and standardization across locations for both packaging materials and packaging formats and manage their implementation.
3. In close cooperation with cross-functional project teams and external stakeholders, coordinate development projects in the packaging materials and packaging technology sector while keeping an eye on the market and acting in accordance with the Dr. Oetker Sustainability Charter.
4. As a strategic contact person, manage and monitor international packaging concepts as well as coordinate and assist with packaging-related issues for the product ranges assigned to you.
5. Support the plants in production tests with new packaging materials or material alternatives and work out the necessary quality standards.

What you bring

1. A degree with a focus on packaging technology / packaging development or similar.
2. Several years of professional experience in handling flexible and dimensionally stable packaging materials, along with extensive project management experience.
3. Good knowledge of SAP and common MS Office programs.
4. Excellent communication and networking skills, enabling you to lead and work in international and interdisciplinary teams as a team player.
5. Remarkable organizational skills with a structured and independent way of working, characterized by analytical and entrepreneurial thinking.
6. Creativity, initiative, and assertiveness.
7. Very good written and spoken German and English skills and a willingness to travel internationally.

What we offer you

1. Attractive remuneration
2. 30 days of vacation plus special vacation at Christmas & New Year's Eve