Global Engineering Senior Manager – Packaging & Automation Technology

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Company

hirify.global is a global food manufacturing company developing and operating large-scale packaging and automation systems.

What you will do

• Define and drive global standards for packaging equipment, design criteria, and material–equipment compatibility.
• Build global capabilities across moulding, filling, labeling, cartoning, case packing, palletizing, and format changeover for rigid and flexible packaging.
• Evaluate and implement packaging machinery, materials, automation, robotics, AI-driven controls, AMRs/AGVs, vision systems, and predictive monitoring.
• Standardize line layouts, conduct value-stream mapping, identify bottlenecks, and improve manufacturing performance.
• Manage global packaging machinery OEM partnerships, supplier qualification, technical assessments, and platform negotiations with Procurement.
• Define the packaging and automation capital investment pipeline and long-term equipment technology roadmap.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of packaging machinery and materials.
• Strong experience in project management, capital planning, and major automation investments.
• Strategic and systems-thinking abilities.
• Experience leading global technology adoption and organizational change.
• Ability to influence without authority across cultures and regions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in matrix organizations, across technical and non-technical audiences.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment based in Amsterdam.
• Work across global teams, cultures, and regions.
• Collaboration with Global Procurement, machinery OEMs, and technology partners.
• Equal opportunity employment environment.