Packaging Engineer - Toledo

Packaging Engineer - Toledo

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution! OPmobility is a world-leading provider of innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience. Innovation-driven since its creation, the Group develops and produces intelligent exterior systems, customized complex modules, lighting systems, clean energy systems and electrification solutions for all mobility companies.

With a €11.4 billion economic revenue in 2023, a global network of 152 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 40,300 employees to meet the challenges of transforming mobility. Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting-edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow's clean and connected car. Join our dynamic team and play a key role in shaping innovative supply-chain and packaging solutions that drive efficiency, safety, and customer satisfaction.

As a Supply Chain & Packaging Project Engineer, you will lead strategic projects (OPTIMAP, OPTIPRO, Productivity initiatives) from concept to implementation, ensuring seamless operations and world-class standards. This position will be permanently based in Toledo, OH in 2027 - Need to relocate.

Your Mission

Promote and uphold safety standards across all activities.

Develop cutting-edge supply-chain and packaging strategies for major industrial projects.

Provide accurate inputs and quotations during the exploratory phases to set projects up for success.

Key Responsibilities

• Exploratory Phase (AVP):
  Define optimal supply-chain organization, resources, and processes to ensure Safety, Quality, and Customer Service while minimizing costs and inventory.
• Calculate project budgets (cost per part, investments, etc.) and ensure quotations align with standard equipment and processes.
• Identify and escalate industrial risks early.
• Project Development Phase:
  Apply global standards (POMS & Supply-Chain guidelines).
• Design and optimize physical and information flows from suppliers to customers, collaborating closely with manufacturing teams.
• Determine stock levels and lead time strategies for maximum efficiency.
• Develop functional specifications for packaging solutions, ensuring compliance with customer requirements and production constraints.
• Oversee packaging trials, fine-tuning, and customer approvals.
• Contribute to information system design and layout planning for inbound/outbound flows and storage areas.
• Analyze impacts of scope changes on resources, costs, and packaging types.
• Support supplier selection with technical validation and participate in audits and FMEA.
• Provide hands-on support during production start-up and ramp-up phases.

What We're Looking For

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree with experience or Master's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or related field.
• Experience:
  
  Internal candidates – Plant Logistics Engineer;
  External – similar role in industrial or logistics environments.
• Skills & Attributes:
  Strong dedication to safety and customer satisfaction. Leadership, autonomy, and team spirit. Excellent communication in multicultural environments. Fluent in English; openness to new ideas and continuous improvement mindset.

Why Join Us?

Be part of high-impact projects that shape the future of industrial supply chains. Collaborate with multifunctional teams in a global environment. Enjoy opportunities for career growth and innovation. As a responsible company, OPmobility pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.