Product Development Coordinator

What you'd do

• Effectively coordinates and collaborates strongly with internal and external customers regarding new, improved, or changed designs, organizing 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.
• Effectively coordinates and communicates with Customer regarding new, improved or changed designs
• Ensure that all relevant stakeholders from operations are fully informed and aligned on production specifications and requirements.
• Facilitate regular meetings and communication channels to guarantee that everyone involved understands and agrees on the necessary details for successful production.
• Request 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, specially offset, gravure, inline and offline die-cutting, Hot-foil stamping and fold/gluing.
• Works independently to deliver the highest quality products.
• Knows how to determine optimal print sequence in partnership with operations, adjust trappings and overprints to prepare stepped files with necessary printing marks for process control, and coordinate efficiently with prepress providers to maintain customer artworks and combine process requirements.
• 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

What they want

• 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.
• This position may require prolonged periods of sitting, stooping, standing, and/or reaching, balancing, climbing, kneeling, crouching, reaching with hands and arms, hearing and speaking.
• Use of close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 40 lbs.
• Must be able to travel both domestically and internationally.
• Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
• Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and su…