Packaging Professional

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. Does that sound interesting to you? As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities. 

Your Key Responsibilities

• • Plan and develop packaging systems based on internal and external requirements, ensuring successful implementation through defined application rules, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) validation, and packaging process requirements.

  • Consolidate packaging requirements from customers, suppliers, manufacturing, logistics, quality, and other stakeholders, translating them into robust packaging concepts and solutions.

  • Manage the Packaging Lifecycle Management process, including packaging introduction, modifications, cost validation, and phase-in/phase-out activities.

  • Develop, maintain, and deploy packaging standards, specifications, application rules, and technical guidelines.

  • Select appropriate packaging materials based on technical performance, durability, sustainability, ergonomics, product protection, and cost efficiency.

  • Review, assess, and approve supplier packaging concepts, technical documentation, prototypes, and packaging design proposals.

  • Coordinate packaging trials, testing, audits, validation activities, and engineering changes with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.

  • Act as the main technical interface for packaging-related topics with:

    • Customers
    • Suppliers
    • Packaging manufacturers
    • Manufacturing teams
    • Logistics teams
    • Quality departments

  • Create, maintain, and release SAP packaging instructions and master data based on approved packaging concepts, customer requirements, and Business Segment standards.

  • Own and maintain the Packaging Management Handbook, ensuring packaging work instructions are established, updated, and deployed for both new projects and serial production.

  • Coordinate and execute packaging validation and customer approval activities, ensuring packaging concepts are accepted and implemented according to all technical and operational requirements.

  • Conduct root cause analysis of packaging failures, transport damage, packaging losses, and logistics disruptions, implementing sustainable corrective and preventive actions.

  • Develop packaging solutions supporting sustainability objectives, including:

    • CO₂ reduction
    • Waste minimization
    • Improved packaging utilization
    • Circular economy principles
    • Increased recyclability and reusability

  • Monitor, support, and contribute to the achievement of departmental KPIs related to cost, quality, delivery, sustainability, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence.

  • Identify and implement packaging process improvements, standardization opportunities, automation initiatives, and best practices across all packaging-related activities.

  • Support new product launches, industrialization activities, and serial production by ensuring packaging readiness and process compliance.

Your Qualifications

• Graduate Degree in Technical studies;
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience.

Our Offering

• Onboarding & Integration: we help you settle in quickly through our onboarding program and a team that supports you;
• Health & Life Insurance: we provide private health plans and life insurance, so you can have peace of mind;
• Discounts: enjoy discounts from our partners on activities, trainings, goods etc.;
• Bookster Subscription: are you a passionate reader? Then you can borrow your favorite books from the Bookster Library;
• Professional Development: with our variety of projects and teams, you'll be able to learn new skills, develop and shape the career path that fits you best;
• Bonuses: performance bonuses reward your achievements, and thorough referral bonuses we thank you for helping our team grow;
• Gift for Special Occasions: celebrate Easter, 8th of March or the Winter Holiday;
• Vacation Days: we truly believe in long-term partnerships, and we’re committed to supporting your well-being with a generous vacation policy from the start of your journey with us;
• Meal Tickets: we’re happy to offer meal tickets as part of your everyday benefits, helping make your lunch breaks more enjoyable;
• Flexibility: you can balance your work and personal life with arrangements tailored to your job and responsibilities.

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

www.schaeffler.com/careers