**Job Information**:

- Number
- WEBWW-2026-000016
- Job function
- Legal, Compliance, Audit
- Job type
- Full-time
- Location
- Barcelona
- Country
- Spain

**About the Position**:
**Introduction**:
Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. We are a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics in the areas of Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Transfusion, Autoimmunity, and Transplant. Through our Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) business line, we research, develop, and manufacture customized assays and biomaterials. We operate directly in 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors. Our Headquarters and Technology Centers are located in the US and Europe, and our workforce is more than 7,000 strong.

**Overview**:
The **Global Product Sustainability Engineer - Packaging** is a senior individual contributor responsible for driving Werfen’s global packaging sustainability, compliance, and strategic transformation initiatives. This position leads the development, implementation, and oversight of packaging-related regulatory compliance programs, sustainability frameworks, and cross-functional efforts required to meet worldwide packaging requirements.

The position must excel in influencing without authority, coordinating diverse global teams, engaging suppliers, ensuring data accuracy, and shaping Werfen’s long‑term packaging strategy. This position will report to the Global Product Sustainability Sr. Manager under the corporate sustainability leadership.

**Responsibilities**:
The **Global Product Sustainability Engineer - Packaging** is a senior individual contributor responsible for driving Werfen’s integral packaging sustainability, compliance, and strategic transformation initiatives. This position leads the development,



implementation, and oversight of packaging-related regulatory compliance programs, sustainability frameworks, and cross-functional efforts required to meet worldwide packaging requirements.

The position must excel in influencing without authority, coordinating diverse global teams, engaging suppliers, ensuring data accuracy, and shaping Werfen’s long‑term packaging strategy. This position will report to the Global Product Sustainability Sr. Manager under the corporate sustainability leadership.

Key Accountabilities

**Regulatory Compliance & Stewardship**
- Lead global compliance for packaging regulations including: EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR - material restrictions, recyclability, recycled content thresholds, technical documentation, EU Authorized Representative requirements), Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR - requirements across EU Member States, UK, U.S. states, APAC, and emerging markets), French AGEC Law & national reuse targets, mandatory annual declarations on packaging mass, weight, recyclability, and reuse metrics.
- Develop and support Werfen packaging compliance documentation including Declarations of Conformity (DoCs), technical files, testing evidence, and supplier attestations.
- Ensure packaging types used across Werfen products are registered appropriately with EU Authorized Representatives and competent authorities.
- Support audits, inspections, and reporting for governmental bodies,



packaging producer responsibility organizations, and sustainability frameworks.

**Packaging Strategy, Governance & COE Enablement**
- Lead creation of a global packaging governance model, advancing the foundation for a Packaging Center of Excellence (COE) to support Werfen’s sustainability, compliance, and innovation goals.
- Develop strategic roadmaps addressing packaging redesign, reusable systems, sustainable alternatives
- Translate regulatory deadlines (2026-2030+) into global execution plans, ensuring cross‑functional readiness and risk mitigation.

**Packaging Data, Analytics & Reporting**
- Oversee global packaging data collection and validation across Werfen, including: Packaging type, weight, material composition, recyclability, recycled content, and country‑specific reporting fields
- Establish standardized templates, processes, and repositories to ensure accurate and consolidated reporting across business units.
- Lead creation of dashboards and analysis for senior leadership on packaging costs, EPR fees, waste metrics, supplier performance, and compliance exposure.

**Cross-Functional Collaboration & Program Leadership**
- Provide guidance to packaging engineering teams on design requirements, testing, validation, labeling, and compliance readiness.
- Lead engagement with packaging suppliers on recyclability, recycled content, documentation, and engineering constraints.
- Coordinate supplier assessments, compliance questionnaires, and PPWR/EPR‑aligned material declarations.

**Continuous Improvement & Innovation**
- Identify opportunities for packaging optimization (weight reduction, material substitution, consolidated packaging types, circularity).
- Promote reuse initiat

📌 Global Product Sustainability Engineer - Packaging (Barcelona)
🏢 Werfen
📍 Barcelona