Our partner company is a leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce, dedicated to combining operational excellence with a circular mindset. For their Packaging Team in Berlin, we are looking for a Packaging Engineer, an expert to rethink both customer-facing and intralogistics packaging, protecting the product as well as the planet.

The position is set for a duration of one year, providing an intensive opportunity to leave a lasting footprint in a market-leading company.

Your Responsibilities

You drive business growth by identifying sustainable packaging opportunities and presenting robust business cases to senior leadership for approval
As a lead technical expert, you develop new unpacking experiences that balance warehouse efficiency, customer delight, and environmental impact
You lead complex packaging development projects and communicate technical challenges clearly to stakeholders in Marketing, Logistics, and Category Management
Collaborating with suppliers, universities, and start-ups allows you to identify emerging trends and high-impact partnership opportunities
You actively shape the long-term strategic roadmap for packaging innovation across the entire group
Identifying and implementing solutions that generate cost savings and supply chain efficiencies remains a key part of your mission
You act as an informal mentor within the team, providing technical guidance and sharing best practices on complex engineering challenges

Your Profile

A degree in Packaging Engineering, Material Science, or Industrial Engineering forms the basis of your technical expertise
You bring a proven track record of developing and launching physical packaging products or services within a logistics or supply chain context
Experience in taking products from the initial ideation phase through production and final handover for scaling is essential for this role
Your mindset is deeply design-driven and customer-centric, ideally supported by experience in user research and business case creation
You are skilled at managing strategic relationships with suppliers at a senior level to align their capabilities with long-term innovation goals
Analytical thinking enables you to navigate trade-offs between cost, customer experience, and sustainability effectively
Excellent English communication skills allow you to navigate a diverse international environment, while German skills are an advantage

What You Can Expect

You become part of a team that thrives on diversity and is committed to an inclusive-by-design workplace culture
This role offers the chance to work on high-visibility projects that directly impact millions of customers and the company’s sustainability targets
You benefit from a professional environment that focuses purely on your skills and contributions, supported by a bias-reduced hiring process
You join a network of motivated experts where knowledge sharing and professional growth are part of the daily routine

Packaging Engineer (m/f/d)