Global Packaging Manager

Do you want beneficial technologies being shaped by your ideas? Whether in the areas of mobility solutions, consumer goods, industrial technology or energy and building technology – with us, you will have the chance to improve quality of life all across the globe.

Welcome to Bosch.

Bosch Home and Garden is an innovative, customer driven and rapidly growing business worldwide. Our market leading premium products such as our Robotic Lawnmowers are renowned for advances in user experience that makes effortless gardening a reality. We are world leaders in bringing game changing, environmentally friendly products to the market, specialising in robotic and cordless technology, as well as future IoT solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the Packaging Strategy, Packaging Style Guide, and Packaging Process
• Responsible to ensure that Packaging is Legal and Retail compliant and steer the Regions activities
• Support with Packaging Expertise and Guidance to implement functional and sustainable packaging, considering user needs.
• Develop external relations for the regional brand and company based on PT brand strategies and BU Marketing concepts, ensuring optimisation of KPIs.

Job Tasks

• Define the Packaging Strategy in strong collaboration with product management, global portfolio, and other BUs.
• Manage the Packaging Style Guide, ensuring consistent branding and managing changes within timeline and budget.
• Set up the Packaging Process and ensure process alignment and overall stakeholder management.
• Monitor legal and retail packaging requirements across the Regions (material bans, retail sustainability scoring, different countries' waste packaging declarations, Amazon’s packaging guidelines, etc.). Steer the implementation of the packaging requirements to ensure compliance in the markets, including timeline and budget. Support the Product Teams to understand and integrate the packaging requirements into product development projects.
• Provide guidance to Product Teams on packaging concept development and packaging issues (e.g., packaging engineering, material, print, In-box POS, etc.).
• Own regional PR and contribute to PT PR.
• Manage external relations, enhancing brand reach and engagement via online/offline events, targeting partners, stakeholders, and sales.

• Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Brand Management, Business Administration
• Experience Level – 5 years or more
• German Language Skills are desirable

Skills Required For Role:

• Deep knowledge of project management and processes
• Self-responsible
• Proven track record in successfully managing global change project
• Expert in external relations
• High expertise in branding
• Team Player
• Result orientated
• Data based: thinks systematically, translates insights into action
• Willingness to learn and grow
• Communication skills to make topic understood in the broader context of communication/ User journey management
• Analytical and negotiation skills
• UX and Agile working methods

Competitive benefits and services including pension, 7 x death in service benefit, 25 holidays + statutory leave, Occupational Health, employee discounts (Perkbox) and on Bosch goods, development opportunities and on-site parking.