Freelance Packaging Project Manager - Food retailer

Company Resource Partnership
Salary £ 40,000 - 45,000 p/a
Location Home Counties
Job Type / Hours Consultancy / Full Time
Start Date Immediate
Date Posted 01/03/2010
Job Reference ozzle/10,207

Company Summary

Resource Partnership is a recruitment specialist, solely focused on Packaging and Product Branding, with over 19 years experience.

With a prestigious client portfolio, we work with companies throughout the UK, Eire and Europe.

We provide rapid and effective recruitment solutions at all levels with a confidential, professional and attentive service.

Job Description

Retail Packaging Project Manager able to take packaging projects from design concept through to production. Must have a very strong personality, excellent design awareness & of environmental implications
Must be very well organised, able to juggle many projects of varying complexity, able to understand brand guidelines & work within them, present & enthuse buyers & marketing teams to work with designs chosen. Manage & track project timelines.

Candidates must have food retail experience, be enthusiastic, team players, able to multi task and re-prioritise jobs on daily basis.
To live and breathe retail packaging and to know what’s going on in the high street and want to challenge and deliver great work !

Responsibilities
-actively manage category packaging design projects from brief through to instore
-manage relationships with relevant people in categories eg npd manager, technical manager, customer manager
-liaise with people at all levels to commercial director
-manage category design budget
-manage external relationships with design agencies, photographers, artwork and repro companies
-prioritise and manage timelines and critical paths across multiple projects
- manage external manufacturers eg printers
- be aware of trend and innovation in all areas of packaging and proactively contribute to team awareness
- be aware of packaging structure and encourage innovation
- be aware of competitor changes and developments
- be able to persuade and influence at all levels
- influence categories and suppliers to work with a defined process
- deliver solutions within launch timescales
-manage multiple projects within tight deadlines

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