Senior Packaging Engineer (all genders)

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

As a Senior Packaging Engineer (all genders) in our Packaging R&D Team, you'll develop new unpacking experiences that reconcile operational efficiency in our warehouses and with carrier partners, an exceptional customer experience, and sustainability. You'll rethink our current customer-facing and intralogistics packaging, optimizing existing solutions or designing new, scalable ones. This includes supporting the discovery, design, and delivery of packaging for new product categories. You'll work closely with our supply partners and internal stakeholders, always keeping a strong focus on our customers and the planet.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with our hiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit.

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support you throughout the hiring process.

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/dobetter-our-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy

Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/our-employee-resource-groups

WHAT WE9D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)...

• Drive business growth by identifying opportunities for new sustainable packaging solutions, developing robust preliminary business cases, and effectively presenting them to senior leadership for approval.
• Serve as the lead technical expert for packaging development projects, clearly communicating technical opportunities and challenges to diverse stakeholders like Marketing, Logistics Operations, Market Research, and Category Management.
• Engage with our suppliers, manufacturers and logistics service providers as well as universities and start-ups to identify trends and collaboration opportunities
• Actively shape the long-term strategic roadmap for packaging innovation and development across Zalando Group packaging.
• Take ownership of identifying and implementing packaging solutions that generate cost savings and efficiencies across the entire supply chain.
• Act as a primary technical expert and informal mentor within the Logistics Sustainability & Packaging team, providing guidance and support on complex technical challenges and best practices to colleagues.

WE9D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF85

• You hold a degree with a focus on Packaging Engineering (Material science expertise is a plus), Industrial engineering, Logistics Engineering or comparable education and a proven track record of developing and launching new packaging or services within Logistics or Supply Chain.
• You have relevant professional experience designing new customer propositions and getting sign off from senior stakeholders to bring physical products from ideation to production to hand over for scaling. Experience working for a packaging supplier is a plus.
• You possess a design-driven and customer-centric mindset: experience running user research and creating business cases is ideal.
• You support strategic relationships with key packaging suppliers at a senior level, influencing their roadmaps and ensuring their capabilities align with Zalando's goals.
• You apply analytical thinking to solve complex problems with potential trade-offs between cost, customer experience, sustainability.
• You possess excellent English verbal and written communications skills (German is a plus)

OUR OFFER

Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.

• Employee shares program
• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge, discounts from external partners
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Hybrid working model with 60% (or more) remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration
• Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
• 27 days of vacation a year to start
• Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
• Family services, including counseling and support
• Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)
• Mental health support and coaching available

Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us