Packaging Manager (f/m/d)

NovaTaste is a global leader in taste innovation. With its broad portfolio of renowned brands such as WIBERG, Gewürzmüller, Gewürzmühle Nesse, Mühlehof Gewürze, Eppers, McClancy, Piasa, AMCO, Redbrook, BSA WIBERG, and The Mighty, NovaTaste offers a range of value-add savory ingredients and blends to improve taste and texture, as well as extend the shelf life of food products for its customers. NovaTaste has over 2,400 employees and supplies food manufacturers, butchers and foodservice players across Europe, North America and Asia.

Tasks

• Development, optimization, and standardization of packaging concepts for primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging
• Execution of tests under real conditions to ensure quality, stability, and functionality
• Analysis of regulatory, customer-specific, and legal requirements and their implementation
• Creation and maintenance of technical packaging specifications and documentation
• Close collaboration with production, engineering, quality, SCM, procurement, and global packaging teams
• Leadership and support of cross-site packaging and optimization projects
• Analysis of relevant KPIs as well as derivation and implementation of improvement measures
• Driving sustainability, innovation, cost efficiency, and best practices within the packaging network

Skills

• Degree in packaging engineering, materials science, or a comparable qualification
• Several years of experience in the development of technical packaging, ideally in FMCG, food, or regulated industries
• Experience in project management as well as in collaboration with suppliers and technical teams
• Excellent German and English language skills, both written and spoken
• Knowledge of packaging standards, analyses, test methods, and lifecycle assessments
• High technical precision, analytical thinking, and a structured working style
• Strong communication and organizational skills with a confident demeanor and team orientation

Benefits

• Excellent lunch options at gourmet level in our company restaurant
• Attractive discounts on our products
• Professional, free support for mental health through our partner nilo.health
• Physiotherapy with a low co-payment, company doctor, and occupational pension scheme
• Job Bike Leasing
• Flexible working hours through an attractive flexitime model and home office options
• Flat organizational structure with a first-name culture and short decision-making paths
• A constructive and innovative working environment in a successful, internationally active company