Job Title: Agile Testing & Packaging Assesment Manager (m/f/d

Please, apply till 3.09.2025

To strengthen our team in the area of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs at the Trier plant, we are looking for an Agile Testing & Packaging Assessment Manager (m/f/d) in permanent employment. 

Your job mission:  

The Agile Testing & Packaging Assessment Manager plays a key role in ensuring that products and primary packaging materials comply with internal guidelines and global packaging regulatory requirements. As part of the Scientific & Regulatory Affairs (SRA), a global HQ function, this position drives the assessment of primary packaging and factory materials, leads the coordination of SRA testing projects, and ensures timely delivery of results aligned with business priorities.

Who are we?

JTI is a leading international tobacco company with locations in more than 130 countries and world-famous brands such as Winston, Camel and American Spirit. With our brands Nordic Spirit, Logic and Ploom, we also focus on growth through innovations in the field of reduced risk products. In Germany, we are the largest employer in our industry with over 2,000 employees.

As a multiple award-winning top employer, we offer an open and inclusive working environment with exciting tasks in a challenging environment. Flexible working concepts, diverse development opportunities and international career paths are part of our everyday life. Visit us at www.jti.com to find out more about JTI and what it's like to work for us.

Your tasks:

• Assess and qualify primary packaging and factory materials for compliance with internal policies

• Liaise with external packaging suppliers to ensure compliance with international regulations
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with business strategies related to primary packaging
• Coordinate chemical, toxicological testing, and global testing programs as part of SRA product stewardship processes
• Commission testing related to contamination, ingredient inquiries, and health-related complaints
• Collaborate with the SRA Product & Regulatory Affairs Agile Operations team to stay updated on the latest market-specific regulations concerning primary packaging materials

Your profile:

• Relevant educational background: University degree in a technical or scientific field (e.g., Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, or Toxicology preferred)
• Practical experience: Minimum 2 years of experience in the consumer goods industry, ideally in material and ingredient assessment

• Valuable knowledge: Strong expertise in chemical analysis, food contact testing and laboratory practices; solid understanding of international food contact regulations (e.g., EU Directives, German BfR), REACH knowledge is a plus

• Special strengths: Proficiency in MS Office and SAP; experience with SQL databases is an advantage

• Language proficiency: Fluency in both written and spoken English, additional language skills are a plus 

• Suitable personality: Strong communication skills with a proven track record of effective teamwork

Your benefits:

• Your team: You will work in an open and international working environment with approx. 60 nations at the Trier site.
• Your remuneration: Above-average pay as well as a 13th and 14th monthly salary as well as an annual company bonus. Individual company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits.
• Your meals: Our subsidized company canteen and numerous snack and coffee vending machines ensure your physical well-being.
• Your appreciation: You will receive regular feedback from us and, as your personal safety is important to us, we also protect you in your private life with our JTI accident insurance.
• Your work-life balance: You should enjoy your work! That's why we offer you 30 days of vacation for personal relaxation.
• Your development: We focus on your personal development. We support you with a wide range of internal training courses as well as external training and development opportunities that are tailored specifically to you.

Have we aroused your interest?

Apply directly with your complete application documents (CV, cover letter & references) stating your earliest possible starting date (Job ID 101312).

Diversity & Inclusion

We want everyone at JTI to be themselves and develop their full potential, because each and every one of us makes a valuable contribution to the success of the company and the location in Germany. We live and promote diversity, equality and inclusion accordingly. We have local employee groups and networks, such as the PRIDE Chapter Germany or the togetHER network for female employees, in which committed colleagues are involved, and we support a wide range of projects in our local area. For this and many other activities in the area of diversity & inclusion, we have already been awarded the Global Equality Standard by Ernst & Young.

Sustainability & Commitment

We have particularly close ties to the Trier region and the greater Cologne area through our two locations and want to make a significant contribution to a high quality of life, e.g., through annual clean-up campaigns on the Rhine and Moselle and as a long-standing partner of the Cologne Green Foundation, we are committed to the preservation and expansion of the city's green spaces. Renewable energies are also part of our sustainability goals, which is why we are investing in the expansion of the Bescheid Süd wind farm, located 20 kilometers east of our Trier site, in order to secure green electricity for the region and for our production at the Trier plant. We are constantly reducing the amount of plastic used in the packaging of our classic tobacco products, thus saving tons of plastic waste.

Find out more about us at: https://www.jti.com/de/europe/germany/top-arbeitgeber