Functional Engineer Labelling

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Location: Pune, IN

Company: AkzoNobel

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we've been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people's lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It's what you'd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that's dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let's paint the future together.

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The Functional Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and implementing IT solutions and processes that align with global IT and security standards to meet R&D business needs in the formulation management domain. This domain manages AkzoNobel's formulations and makes sure they are ready for manufacturing.

Their role involves translating business requirements into detailed specifications and implementing those, coordinating with Agile DevOps teams or project management structures, and ensuring high-quality change execution and testing. They actively participate in preparing and executing changes, collaborating with internal partners and external consultants, and may also help resolve urgent incidents and improve business processes.

The Functional Engineer translates business requirements into clear, detailed designs and high-quality change specifications and implements them or oversee implementation. They ensure all standards are followed and solutions are stable, sustainable, and compliant with architectural and security principles. The Engineer is responsible for testing, including developing test scripts, coordinating business sign-off, and ensuring timely and proper validation of changes and releases. They perform incident management by analyzing issues, conducting root cause analysis, deploying fixes, and ensuring swift resolution of problems. Additionally, the Engineer supports process improvement and project delivery by monitoring performance, collaborating with architects, and managing specific project deliverables for efficient execution.

Labeling sub-domain specific knowledge

Profile

• Interest in understanding business processes, requirements and functionality and how this can be realized in a software application
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with inquisitive approach
• Willingness to proactively engage with business users to fully understand needs
• Ability to apply critical thinking to find best solutions and identify impacts, risks and dependencies
• Ambition to learn and adapt to new technologies and tools
• A proactive attitude and a passion for software development & delivery
• Ability to coordinate specifications and delivery of work
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills but with ability to work independently

Functional knowledge

• Knowledge of product labeling in manufacturing
• Knowledge of product classification and labelling regulations (like GHS)
• Familiar with regulatory compliance requirements
• Familiar with PLM processes
• Cross-application processes

In-depth experience of labeling tooling:

• Labeling Tool like Loftware Cloud and ECS Episys
• Printer setup and networking
• Microsoft SQL databases
• Applications management: Windows Server, Services, asp, Events, Scripting such as PowerShell, printer setup, Azure
• System integration with SAP and other applications

Additional pro's:

• Knowledge of Sphera Intelligent Authoring (Product Safety)
• Experience with Azure DevOps and ServiceNow
• Experience in modeling notations such as BPMN, ERD, ArchiMate, UML
• Experience with Azure cloud based solutions and their administration
• Experience with .Net, REST APIs
• Experience with SAP Labeling
• Experience with waterfall and agile methodologies
• Batchelor or master's degree in computer science, computer engineering or related field study

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 50362