Cartamundi -

About the Job

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Location: Altenburg, Germany - We welcome applicants from any European countries, provided they can work in a hybrid or remote-based model.

About Cartamundi

Cartamundi is the global leader in “play” solutions — from playing cards to board games, collectibles, and trading card games. With 3,100 team members worldwide, we empower people everywhere to “Live Different, Play Different.” Headquartered in Belgium, our family-owned company operates 12 manufacturing sites and a global network of design and sales offices across the U.S., Mexico, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Our portfolio includes iconic heritage brands like Bicycle®, Bee®, and Copag®, alongside many beloved local brands. We’re also a trusted production and distribution partner for the world’s leading toy and entertainment companies.

With roots dating back to 1765, we combine centuries of craftsmanship with forward‑thinking innovation, including digital experiences. Our strategy focuses on sustainable, profitable growth — preserving our planet and our company for generations to come.

BECOME A CARTAMUNDIAN — We Can. We Care. We Do. We Play. We Connect.

Your Opportunity

Cartamundi is looking for a passionate and forward-thinking Global Packaging Automation Technology Expert who will impact the future of our worldwide manufacturing footprint. Operating at the intersection of Industrial Innrovation, Engineering, and Operations Excellence, you will play a key role in driving high‑performance packaging automation systems across all our global sites. 

This position is not a “maintain what we have” role. We are seeking a recognized automation expert who brings fresh thinking, challenges conventional approaches, and helps shape bold new automation strategies together with management. Automation leadership is critical; packaging process knowledge is important and valued. 

This position offers a unique blend of strategic influence and hands‑on technical leadership, with international exposure and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on our global industrial strategy. 

 Location: This position may be based anywhere in Europe

Your function:

As Global Packaging Automation Technology Expert, you will: 

• Serve as Cartamundi’s global technical authority, working closely with regional engineering and site experts.  

• Build scalable standards once and deploy them many times, reducing repetitive site-level problem solving. 

• Define and standardize system architectures for feeding, handling, inspection, packaging, and downstream automation. 

• Ensure high system performance, focusing on throughput, quality, reliability, waste reduction, and OEE. 

• Challenges and guide sites to improve stability and output. 

• Identify and evaluate new automation technologies, OEMs, robotics, motion, vision, and digital solutions. 

• Translate emerging technologies into scalable industrial solutions and actively shape strategic investment decisions. 

• Optimize PLC logic, motion control, servo drives, and system synchronization to enhance performance. 

• Lead FAT, SAT, commissioning, ramp‑up, and qualification activities (IQ/OQ/PQ). 

• Develop global standards, SOPs, reference designs, and validation protocols for packaging automation systems. 

• Train, coach, and build capability within engineering, operations, and maintenance teams worldwide. 

• Act as the global escalation point for critical automation and system performance issues. 

• Collaborate with R&D, Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain to ensure manufacturability and supplier alignment. 

• While hands-on during critical project phases, this role is not a shift-based operation support position.  

Your profile:

You are an experienced automation professional who thrives in high-speed manufacturing environments and enjoys combining hands-on engineering with global impact. 

• You hold a degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or Automation Engineering—or you bring equivalent experience. 

• You have solid, relevant experience (typically 5+ years) in industrial automation, preferably in high-speed or complex manufacturing environments.  

• You are comfortable working with PLC and motion platforms (Siemens, Rockwell, Beckhoff) and have experience with vision systems such as Cognex or Keyence. 

• You understand product handling technologies—feeding, vacuum handling, mechanical transfer—and you are skilled in data-driven improvement methods such as SPC, RCA, DOE, and OEE. 

• You communicate clearly, think analytically, and approach challenges in a structured and pragmatic way. 

• You enjoy working with different cultures and teams across the globe and are willing to travel internationally up to 50%. 

• You are at ease in a role where you coach others and build their capabilities, share expertise, and serve as a technical reference. 

Our offer:

Joining Cartamundi means becoming part of a global industry leader with a strong focus on innovation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. We offer:

• A high-impact global role with the ability to shape Cartamundi’s packaging automation strategy. 

• The opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and leading global suppliers. 

• A dynamic, international environment with collaboration across continents. 

• Continuous opportunities for professional development and technical mastery. 

• A culture that values expertise, initiative, and results. 

• Competitive compensation and benefits. 

You will become a key driver in our journey toward world-class packaging automation—and help build the future of manufacturing at Cartamundi. 

Cartamundi is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing fair and inclusive employment opportunities. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnic origin, colour, religion or belief, age, disability, national or social origin, marital or family status, genetic or health information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 

Our offer:

• A high-impact, strategic role shaping the global future of cutting and converting within Cartamundi with direct visibility at group level.
• The opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies high speed automated die cutting and slitting
• Collaboration with world-class teams in engineering, R&D, operations, and supplier networks.
• A culture built on innovation, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement.
• A global playground where your expertise directly influences product excellence and technological leadership and sets standards that endure beyond individual projects.

This role suits experts who enjoy seeing the real factory floor around the world – while still having the mandate to change how things are done.

Interested?

Are you ready for a new challenge? Surf to www.cartamundi.com/nl/careers and apply online. We look forward to receiving your resume and application letter.

DEI Statement

Cartamundi is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing fair and inclusive employment opportunities. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnic origin, colour, religion or belief, age, disability, national or social origin, marital or family status, genetic or health information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.