Packaging Operations Principal 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.

Packaging Operations Principal Engineer

Your Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Assume remit for business protection & maintenance activities; accountabilities including:
• 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.

WHO YOU ARE: Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following: Required Qualifications:

• Education: Packaging Engineering Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent degree);
• Experience: 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. Consumer healthcare or FMCG experience is an advantage.
• Fit to Win Competencies: Dealing with ambiguity, Business Acumen, Conflict management, Organizational agility & perspective, Problem solving, Drive for results,
• Fit to Win Skills: Communication skills, Project planning, Packaging manufacturing/PS principles, Finance, Analytics

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8y experience, master's degree (or equivalent degree) with min. 3y experience

This posting will be available for application until at least September 28, 2026. Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $96,200-144,400. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Other benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.