Sr. Manager Global Artwork

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #163628 - Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

What you will do 

• Support the optimization and continuous improvement of a globally integrated packaging design-to-print process as the global subject matter expert in packaging graphics, print, and production processes. 

• Develop and maintain mechanical artwork & prepress partner selection and performance criteria, including managing relationships with global artwork/prepress partners. 

• Support Packaging Operations Director as business owner of the global packaging artwork approval system and related processes. 

• Ownership of a global print color management with support from divisional print production SMEs

Needed Skills:

• Working knowledge of common packaging materials and how they impact design execution [labels, paperboards, films, etc] 

• Working knowledge of color matching and hard/soft proofing technologies

• Working knowledge of basic office applications [Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc] and data visualizers

Required Qualifications 

• 8+ years experience in FMCG Packaging Graphics/Artwork/Design [Corporate or Agency On-Site]

• BS/BA degree

• Expertise in packaging artwork, adaptation, prepress processes, and color reproduction/management technologies.

• Proficiency in packaging and commercial printing/decoration techniques, including flexo, offset, gravure, and screen printing.

• Strong knowledge of project management, design approval systems, and the processes/systems for artwork asset management and artwork asset sheet processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent communicator. Proficiency in understanding and being understood by technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Managing Ambiguity. Ability to make decisions and develop recommendations in the face of uncertainty. 

• Strong integrator. Adept at successfully partnering with creative, technical, & business stakeholders across the entire design to print chain is critical

• Strong capabilities to collaborate  with and iInfluence cross functional Partners and translate business/functional needs into actionable steps.