Principal Packaging Engineer

Overview

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

• Lead the development and commercialization of new packaging solutions, quality improvements, and material sourcing initiatives.
• Proactively manage a diverse portfolio of packaging projects across multiple brands, ensuring timely achievement of key milestones.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch packaging for new product innovations.
• Provide technical expertise in the qualification and approval of new packaging formats, suppliers, and manufacturing sites.
• Champion the optimization of digital systems and work processes to enhance operational efficiency.
• Identify and pursue opportunities in consumer-centric and sustainable packaging innovation.

• You bring a strong tactical mindset, a passion for innovation, and advanced engineering capabilities suited to a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in packaging development and/or engineering, with deep knowledge of packaging design, quality systems, plant operations, equipment and working with other functions.
• Solid understanding of various packaging materials, structural design principles, printing technologies, and manufacturing processes.

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance:
  Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $- $. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.