The Job

As a Senior Packaging Engineer, you manage the packaging creation and development process, developing effective packaging concepts and designs that are functional, cost effective and in line with the project brief. You are the driving force to generate ideas and concepts in collaboration with our Creative Marketing department. You make sure the packaging is production ready within the set deadlines in regards of quality, construction, price, sustainability, brand identity and compliance requirements.

Your Mission

You manage your direct reports ensuring their growth development, act as a coach and consciously bring the best out of them;
You consciously foster the stichd values within your team and the whole product team;
You develop new brand / product / category packaging concepts liaising with your counterparts in product management, development, and marketing;
You develop short-, mid- and long-term creative packaging strategies, tactical packaging executions and innovations in line with stichd strategic business objectives and strategy;
You manage the process of designing and developing new packaging concepts based on a project brief. Packaging needs to be 100% correct and complete in its functional development steps, quality, construction, and target price needs to meet product, stichd & market standards;
Any packaging development needs to be compatible with the product, therefore you will work closely together with internal teams to evaluate packaging requirements at all developmental phases;
You research market, consumer and industry trends and prepare mood boards during the concept and design phase. This requires carrying out in-depth investigations into the latest trends, pricing architectures, and any potential obstacles that may come up during the testing stage;
You monitor the packaging development process of the assigned projects during its product life cycle. Main objective is to ensure the right balance between price and quality and never lose sight of stichd standards and compliancy requirements;
You are responsible to accurately maintain our PLM (product lifecycle management) system with any packaging related information and share finalized packaging BOM’s with our manufacturing partners;
You work closely with our manufacturing partners, helping them with any technical guidance and support they may need;
You drive regular reviews of the design & development processes to make sure designs and/or processes are as efficient and functional as possible

Your Talent

You have a relevant Bachelor education, with 8+ years of work experience in a similar position. Preferably in a sports-lifestyle industry or international organization with a global brand;
Extensive structural and graphic experience with packaging, proficient in Adobe creative suite programs, especially Illustrator, knowledge of CAD tools is a preference;
You work with a self-starting mind set and pro-actively identify future growth potential
You are innovative, interested, organized, detail-oriented and able to prioritize, to come up with new ideas that match the brief;
You are the trouble-shooter for issues as they arise, pro-active and a self-starter Able to translate the brief into packaging designs and able to create clear communication for your stakeholders. You are fluent in English.

We Offer

1-year contract with option for extension to permanent contract;
Our salaries are based on 38 hours per week, but fulltime work is 40 hours per week. Instead, you choose between a lot of holidays; 37 per year ór choose for a 40-hour salary per month with still 25 holidays. You can switch every six months;
Annual bonus scheme;
New hires (introduction) days with all new colleagues from all our global offices;
Great offer of e-learnings and a training offer for personal development;
Enough free fruit for you daily vitamins;
Provided lunch for low cost;
Choose between lease-bike, NS Business Card or travel by car for € 0,23 per km (>10km).
8% holiday allowance, employee insurances and a good pension scheme;
Employee discount on the PUMA, Levi’s, Fuelforfans and BMW Lifestyle websites;
Hybrid working. On fulltime basis 3 days in the office and 2 days at home (incl. allowance for home working);
Flexible working hours, modern workspace and a good working atmosphere;
International working environment with colleagues of more than 50 different nationalities;
Wellbeing activities (f.e. yoga and bootcamp);
Community involvement (stichd impact tool);
stichd drinks 5/6x per year in the city center of Den Bosch;
Work hard, play hard. Our stichd-events are legendary.

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Senior Packaging Engineer