CoE Industrial Packaging Manager

Budapest · Hybrid

About this role

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

You will ensure that Givaudan’s packaging solutions are compliant, technically safe, scalable, and aligned with business, regulatory, quality, sustainability, and customer requirements.
As a key interface between multiple teams - including Packaging Engineering, Regulatory, Quality, EHS, Sustainability, Procurement, Supply Chain, Customer Care, and Commercial - you will also collaborate with suppliers to support packaging governance, technical decision-making, packaging transitions, and customer communications.

In This Exciting Role, You Will:

Packaging Compliance Hub Leadership

  • Lead the Packaging Compliance Hub, ensuring regulatory monitoring, impact assessments, governance, documentation, and global alignment.

  • Translate packaging regulations into actionable technical and business measures.

  • Centralize, update, and manage the digitalization of the Packaging Passport framework.

Global Packaging Engineering Support

  • Provide technical packaging expertise across design, material selection, supplier qualification, validation, standardization, and packaging performance.

  • Coordinate, centralize, and maintain updates to the global packaging database.

Customer Query Management

  • Address/optimize customer packaging-related queries, technical information, regulatory questions, and change communications.

  • Optimize customer interaction processes through digitalization.

Change & Supplier Transition Support

  • Assist regional packaging stakeholders in managing packaging introduction and transition processes to ensure business continuity and compliance excellence.

  • Identify, share, and train teams on best practices and technical packaging guidelines.

Your Professional Profile Includes:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Packaging is required

  • Master’s degree in Engineering is an advantage

  • Fluent in English (spoken and written).

  • Minimum of 7 years of experience in a global industrial business environment, with proven ability to manage cross-functional projects.

  • Strong technical knowledge related to packaging.

  • Solid understanding of packaging-related regulations (Quality, Sustainability, EHS, etc.).

  • Experience in project and change management

  • Continuous improvement mindset.

Our benefits:

  • Flexible Working Arrangements

  • Private Health Insurance

  • Monthly cafeteria plan

  • Employee shop discount

  • Travel reimbursement when commuting from out of Budapest urban area

  • Access to exclusive perfumes and other employee discounts

  • Recognition and referral programs

  • Career development opportunities in our multinational environment

  • Team buildings and company events

  • Learning programs to develop your soft and hard skills

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.

Company at a glance

Givaudan is a global leader in Fragrance & Beauty and Taste & Wellbeing. We celebrate the beauty of human experience by creating for happier, healthier lives with love for nature. Together with our customers we deliver food experiences, craft inspired fragrances, and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good.

Givaudan’s global footprint reflects our dedication to serving customers wherever they are. Our presence throughout the world enables us to combine local insight with global expertise, driving sustainable, purpose‑led growth that makes a positive impact.

Givaudan: Human by nature.

www.givaudan.com

Founded1895
Team Size10,001+ employees
WorkspaceHybrid
IndustryChemical Manufacturing
Location
Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary
LinkedInLinkedIn

Top Benefits

  • Flexible Working Arrangements
  • Private Health Insurance
  • Monthly Cafeteria Plan
  • Employee Shop Discount
  • Travel Reimbursement
  • Exclusive Perfumes Access
  • Recognition And Referral Programs
  • Career Development Opportunities
  • Team Buildings
  • Company Events
  • Learning Programs

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