Product Development Coordinator

About the role

Join a winning Amcor team that's transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. As a Product Development Coordinator, you'll unpack possibility through innovative packaging solutions, benefiting customers, colleagues, and the planet.

Responsibilities

• Effectively coordinates and collaborates with internal and external customers regarding new, improved, or changed designs.
• Organizes all project activities to guarantee successful new product launches with no press impacts and long-term cost efficiency, on-time, and in full compliance with customer's requirements.
• Promotes active customer involvement by processing new designs and printing substrates to maximize production to customer satisfaction while keeping product development costs to a minimum.
• Coordinates and communicates with Customers regarding new, improved or changed designs.
• Ensures that all relevant stakeholders from operations are fully informed and aligned on production specifications and requirements.
• Facilitates regular meetings and communication channels to guarantee that everyone involved understands and agrees on the necessary details for successful production.
• Requests and approves development of new inks with suppliers in alignment with customer's requirements and process needs for optimal print performance, applying stringent controls to color and ink issues.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of print and converting fundamental principles and techniques, especially offset, gravure, inline and offline die-cutting, Hot-foil stamping and fold/gluing.
• Works independently to deliver the highest quality products.
• Estimate tooling investment for new projects, manage approvals with customers or through technical account team.
• Organize on press approvals with customers. Support color matchings and coordinate preparation of color booklets with customer signatures.
• Manage project timelines and on time delivery of tools for first productions.
• Educate and train other Graphics Coordinators at various sites to maximize production and costs.
• Utilize advanced technologies to implement computer solutions to improve the graphic function.
• Work with all levels of production teams to gain insight into ongoing printing issues as they relate to current cylinder and tool usage.
• Utilize test materials to determine exact color matching and design flow working with various production personnel to ensure full compliance with customer graphic requests.
• Maintain full documentation of all Graphic Functions to ensure and maintain highest customer confidence.
• Ensure all tests and testing materials are properly documented in terms of composition and all record keeping complies with standard policies and procedures as well as industry standards.
• Control costing issues through administration of graphic function. Control costing of equipment used, cylinders, tooling etc. by effective dealings with suppliers and vendors to insure the highest quality equipment while maintaining costs at market or lower level.
• Control and approval all invoices involved in the graphic/production process making sure all documentation is properly executed, signed and approved.
• Maintain knowledge of current trends and developments in the field. Apply relevant new knowledge to performance of responsibilities.
• Participate in professional continuing educational programs when available. Incorporate knowledge of pertinent new trends, developments and ideas into the department procedures and make recommendations for any related changes.
• Provide assistance to other teams and department members when necessary.

Requirements

• Technical degree in Graphic Design, Packaging Engineering, project management or similar graduation.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in project management, preferably in the printing industry, with roles related to NPI, packaging engineering, continuous improvement, etc.
• Excellent PC skills including Microsoft (Excel, Word).
• Basic skills in Adobe Illustrator.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with particular ability to manage customer relationships and work within a team environment.