A well-known and established Meat and Food Processing Plastics Packaging Manufacturing company requires the above to provide commercial and operational support to the manufacturing and sales teams by co-ordinating, liaising with customers, principals and colleagues and handling all artwork for various packaging supplied into the meat and food processing manufacturing markets.
Minimum requirements for the role:
- Previous experience having worked in an Artwork Co-ordination role is essential.
- Previous experience having worked within the Plastics Packaging or Printing or Flexo Graphic Printing or Artwork House or related manufacturing environment (packaging/FMCG/chemical or related) is pref but not essential.
- Must have a good understanding of Artwork within a manufacturing or related environment.
- Previous experience having liaised with REPO houses that does all their art work is pref.
- Person must be attention to detail and be able to sign off on all art work within a manufacturing environment is essential.
- Must be able to follow up meticulously on all Artwork and projects etc.
- Must be driven and able to take ownership.
- Good excel spreadsheet skills capabilities as well as previous experience working on an ERP system such as SAP or related is pref.
- The successful person should be customer orientated, passionate and dedicated to working with customers, suppliers and all internal staff.
- The candidate should have good communication skills, both written and verbal.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Running with all Artwork, Liaising with customers, agencies and REPO houses.
- Managing and co-ordinating of Printing on casing – Shrink Wrap.
- Maintaining all projects within the customer portfolio.
- Co-ordinating and following up with all packaging development, marketing, branding, Co-ordinating all designs Flexo printable, DTP, etc.
- Liaising and co-ordinated press approvals and Co-ordinated designs for packaging, liaising with technical, production and Repro teams and customers.
- Manage and co-ordinate Mockups ensuring that artwork is set up as per customer specifications.
- Dispatch samples and Artwork to customers drawing following through for final approval.
- Attend technical meetings with the Production team working closely with Repro departments.
- Ensure stock is delivered to customer to correct specifications and delivered on time.
- Accountable to manage and co-ordinate the flow of Artwork and the effective scheduling of briefs with clients to facilitate the on-time delivery of exceptional printing and packaging.
- Identify, plan and co-ordinate various packaging needs of clients.
- Examine new Artwork and technically assess print-ability, machine, and process attainability of all elements of packaging.
Salary package, including benefits, is highly negotiable depending on experience gained.