This position is offered at either of our two new European plants — Nyíregyháza in Hungary or Zaragoza in Spain — and can be filled at whichever location suits you.

CAIP Group is a integral Tier 1 automotive supplier for premium interior components — instrument panels, door panels, and decorative trims — for leading European OEMs. We are currently building two new production sites in Spain and Hungary. This is a greenfield role: you will not inherit an existing packaging system, you will design it. The concepts you define now will run for the lifetime of the programs.

Your responsibilities

- Develop packaging concepts for new products from first draft through validation to formal customer release — returnable containers, dunnage, and load carriers.
- Deliver the logistics and packaging cost position for customer RFQs within program timing.
- Define and release packaging for after-sales spare parts in line with OEM aftermarket requirements.
- Review supplier packaging concepts and drive standardization to reduce container variety and handling cost.

Standards, materials, and serial production

- Set technical specifications, quality standards, and certification requirements for packaging materials; steer sourcing and consumption.
- Write packaging work instructions and qualify plant and 3PL personnel against them.
- Act as escalation point for packaging disruptions in serial production — containment, root cause, permanent corrective action.

Logistics planning

- Design the supply chain for new programs: 3PL selection,



inbound and outbound transport concepts, distribution strategy, and transport packaging as one integrated solution.
- Plan and improve in-plant logistics layouts, storage areas, and material flow.
- Specify logistics equipment and support infrastructure procurement in line with the overall plant plan.
- Own the logistics and packaging cost baseline: budget planning, variance analysis, cost-down measures.

Your profile

- Degree in Logistics Engineering, Packaging Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Mechanical Engineering, or a comparable qualification.
- 3+ years in automotive supply — ideally interior or plastic injection components. Experience in a plant ramp-up or new program launch is a strong advantage.
- Confident in APQP and PPAP; able to run packaging development and logistics validation independently against a customer milestone plan.
- Working knowledge of OEM packaging and logistics standards (VDA / Odette or equivalent); practical experience with returnable tooling and expendable packaging.
- Fluent English. Spanish or Hungarian depending on location is an advantage; Chinese is welcome but not required.
- Willingness to travel to customer sites, suppliers, and our Chinese headquarters.

What we offer

- A greenfield site — you design the packaging and logistics system rather than administer someone else's.
- Direct line to plant management and the group's logistics function in China; short decision paths.
- Relocation support

Join us and play a key role in CAIP’s European transformation

📌 Senior Packing Engineer | CAIP EUROPE (España)
🏢 WAY Group
📍 España