Offer summary

Qualifications:

Strong background in packaging development and project management, ideally in the food or beverage industry., Proven ability to lead and deliver complex projects across multiple stakeholders., Solid technical understanding of paperboard packaging, printing technologies, and converting processes., Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus..

Key responsibilities:

Manage cross-functional packaging development projects from concept to delivery, ensuring milestones, timelines, and budgets are achieved.

Work closely with brand owners and converters to understand their packaging needs and deliver tailored solutions.

Coordinate with internal experts to facilitate teamwork and deliver results.

Identify opportunities for sales growth and contribute to building and refining service offerings.

Job description

We're Hiring: Project Manager – Packaging Development (Remote, Europe)

Join our international Packaging Development Experts team at Stora Enso

Are you passionate about creating innovative and sustainable packaging solutions? Do you thrive at the intersection of customer needs, technical expertise, and project coordination? If so, we’d love to meet you.

We're looking for a Project Manager to join our Packaging Development Experts team at Stora Enso Packaging Materials. This is a remote position based in Europe, ideally near a major international airport, with regular travel to our customers and production mills.

What you’ll do

Lead Packaging Development Projects: Manage cross-functional packaging development projects from concept to delivery—ensuring milestones, timelines, and budgets are achieved. With a focus on innovative, brand-aligned, and sustainable solutions
Drive Customer Collaboration: Work closely with brand owners and converters to understand their packaging needs and deliver tailored, value-adding solutions.
Facilitate Teamwork: Coordinate with internal experts across packaging development, technical support, and converter support teams to deliver results.
Support Sales Growth: Take a proactive approach in identifying opportunities, building compelling value propositions, and co-creating solutions with customers.
Build and Evolve Service Offerings: Contribute to building and refining our service portfolio for brand owners, especially around design and early development stages.
Leverage Technical Expertise: Apply your knowledge of cartonboard properties, printing and finishing technologies (printing: offset, gravure, digital, embossing), and converting processes to support successful product performance—through printing, die cutting, gluing & filling lines, and logistics.
Explore Market Opportunities: Stay ahead of packaging trends, consumer expectations, and industry innovations.
Solve Problems Proactively: Identify and resolve any technical or logistical challenges to ensure smooth project execution.

What you bring

Strong background in packaging development and project management, ideally in the food or beverage industry.
Proven ability to lead and deliver complex projects across multiple stakeholders.
Customer-centric approach with excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Solid technical understanding of paperboard packaging, printing technologies, converting, assembling and filling lines.
Familiarity with project management tools and the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
Self-driven, solution-oriented, and results-focused mindset.
Willingness to travel regularly across Europe.
Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.

Nice to have

Experience in the tobacco, pharma, beer & beverage and/or frozen food segments.
Background in packaging portfolio development.

Additional information

You can only submit your application to us by using our recruitment tool. As we are assessing our candidates on an ongoing basis, we hope to hear from you as soon as possible but at the latest by 16th of June.

Depending on the role, we might invite you to a video interview and/or aptitude tests. Also, our recruitment process could include pre-employment actions such as background, reference and health checks as well as a drug test.   

Questions regarding the position can be directed to hiring manager Paola Carceles Moreno, paola.carceles@storaenso.com.

About us

At Stora Enso, we're rethinking the way packaging is designed and produced, with renewable materials at the core. Our Packaging Development Experts team is a key driver in this mission—turning customer challenges into innovative, sustainable packaging solutions that open new markets and strengthen our customers' brands.

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