Sr. Associate - Label Development

Interested in a career that matters?

Are you passionate about supply chain operations, packaging, labeling technologies, and delivering high-quality solutions on a global scale? Join the Global Competencies Center (GCC) at Novonesis as a Sr. Associate - Label Development, where you will play a critical role in ensuring accurate, compliant, and efficient label management across our global operations.

In this role, you will collaborate with stakeholders across Supply Chain, Warehousing, Regulatory, Customer Service, and Product Management teams to enable seamless label development, maintenance, and support. Your expertise will help drive operational excellence while supporting Novonesis' commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.

The Role & Your Impact

As a member of the GCC Development team, you will be responsible for global label management activities, supporting business-critical labeling solutions and resolving issues that impact manufacturing, warehousing, and customer delivery processes. This is an operational and analytical role requiring strong technical expertise, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous improvement capabilities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design and maintain labels using Loftware Spectrum, NiceLabel, Transform, or similar label design platforms.
• Manage global support tickets related to labels, label printers, and scanners while meeting agreed service levels.
• Configure and troubleshoot label printers including Intermec, Zebra, and Sato devices.
• Support global label management processes and maintain label-related master data and LAMA tables.
• Investigate label-related customer complaints, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Monitor label master data proactively and recommend maintenance activities to prevent operational issues.
• Collaborate with Warehouse, Regulatory, Supply Chain Management Services, Product Managers, and Customer Service Representatives to ensure label accuracy and compliance.
• Develop, update, and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Participate in cross-functional meetings, improvement initiatives, and exception management discussions.
• Train backup resources and support knowledge transfer activities.
• Utilize business systems and tools such as SAP, Intraweb, Promis, and PLM to support daily operations.
• Translate business requirements into practical labeling and process solutions.

What You'll Need to Be Successful

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Commerce, or a related discipline.

Experience

• 4-6 years of relevant experience in label management, packaging, supply chain operations, or related business processes.
• Experience working on packaging and labeling projects in a global environment.
• Knowledge of supply chain processes, packaging operations, and labeling standards.

Technical Skills

• Experience with Loftware Spectrum, NiceLabel, Transform, or similar label design software.
• Knowledge of SQL database creation, maintenance, and data management.
• Working knowledge of VBA programming.
• Exposure to Python scripting and automation.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and data modeling capabilities.
• Experience using SAP and other enterprise business systems.

Essential Competencies

• Analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work across functional and geographical boundaries.
• Self-driven mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Additional Skills & Interests We Value

• Experience within biotechnology, manufacturing, life sciences, or process industries.
• Knowledge of label compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Experience supporting global operational teams and shared service environments.
• Interest in process optimization, automation, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience facilitating training and knowledge-sharing activities.
• Strong relationship-building skills with diverse stakeholder groups.

What We Offer

At Novonesis, you'll have the opportunity to work in a collaborative and inclusive environment where innovation and continuous improvement are encouraged. You will partner with global stakeholders, develop specialized expertise in labeling and supply chain systems, and contribute to business-critical processes that support customers worldwide.

We offer opportunities for professional growth, exposure to global operations, and participation in initiatives that drive operational excellence across the organization.

Ways of Working / Working Conditions

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Part of the GCC Development organization.
• Collaboration with global teams across multiple regions and time zones.
• Primarily office-based role with extensive interaction through enterprise systems and virtual collaboration tools.
• Participation in bi-weekly stakeholder meetings and project-related activities as required.

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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Our History

In 2024, Chr. Hansen and Novozymes joined forces to form Novonesis.

We are 10,000 people worldwide whose expertise spans more than 30 different industries. All around the world our biosolutions already create value for thousands of customers and benefit the planet. Our biosolutions enable feeding and fueling the world more sustainably, from healthy and sustainable nutrition to biofuel. Our biosolutions also reduce the use of fossil-based resources, chemicals, energy and water. And this is just the beginning.