Packaging Project Manager

About This Role

Seeking a skilled, organized and detail-oriented Packaging Design Project Manager who is collaborative and supportive to handle day to day management and communication of packaging design, development, and production. The ideal candidate will have experience managing a variety of creative projects across multiple stakeholders and ensure timelines, creative objectives/content, and quality standards are met.  This role requires someone who can handle change and involves close collaboration with internal teams and suppliers to deliver innovative and cost-effective packaging solutions.

We are looking for a creative, inclusive, fun-loving person who wants to help us grow our brands.    This person sees continuous improvement as the goal, prioritizes creating remarkable design solutions and can see the “Big Picture” with new packaging.  The ideal candidate will have a desire to improve all aspects of the packaging solution, elevate the brand and have a positive, energetic personality who wants to be engaged to see the end results come to fruition.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with design team to create packaging concepts that are high-quality, accurate, fulfill stated objectives and are visually appealing.

• Day to day management and communication on a variety of different projects

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and status reports.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including buying, design, legal and quality assurance.

• Daily check ins with new product dashboards

• Daily in-take and managing the PM program adding all status updates, comments, changes or additional information pertaining to design deliverables

Required Skills

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, Project Management, or related field.

• 5-8+ years of experience in project management, preferably within the CPG or Retail industries

Skills:

• Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and multitask effectively.

• Genuine understanding of the creative process

• Proficient in creative project management software Asana, WRIKE or similar – a plus

• Knowledge of packaging materials, manufacturing processes, and sustainability trends.

• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with diverse teams.

• Understanding of Adobe Creative Suite a plus

Certifications (preferred):

• PMP (Project Management Professional) or similar certification is a plus

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Compensation Details:

$86700 - $108500 Per Year

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits* that address life’s necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (rapid company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met).  Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 9.6% of total eligible compensation
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
• Company Car, phone and fuel card are provided for field-based positions
• Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It’s a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities – and we support our employees in doing the same by offering an annual Ace Cares Week