Hybrid Packaging Partner – Design to Delivery, 12-month Contract

at Nestle

• Job title: Packaging Partner – Design to Delivery, 12-month Contract
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: CA$80,000 - CA$105,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, North York, Canada

About the role

• Packaging Partner executing visual communications for Nestlé's innovation and design updates across brands. Collaborating with teams to ensure delivery aligns with Nestlé standards.

Responsibilities

• Drive the end-to-end execution of packaging visual communications for innovation, renovation, and design updates across multiple Nestlé brands.
• Collaborate with brand leads and cross-functional teams to ensure flawless delivery from concept to shelf, aligned with Nestlé standards.
• Act as the marketing liaison for agency selection, briefing, and artwork timeline management.
• Lead the Design-to-Delivery (D2D) workflow, ensuring timely and accurate inputs from all stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with internal and external design, artwork, and pre-press partners.
• Develop and maintain D2D timelines, & Inputs, facilitate meetings, and manage /resolve project risks.
• Oversee label copy accuracy via Copy Deck (Label D) and coordinate UPC/SCC creation.
• Oversight and Management of ContentHub facilitating functional inputs, ensure final artwork and digital assets are archived following standardized procedures.
• Ensure accuracy and on-time delivery for artwork files.
• Deliver print-ready files to pre-press and printers, including UPC scan testing.
• Support excellence in operational packaging execution, determining optimization efficiencies across intersection points between cross functional teams and categories.
• Provide print guidance and support to marketing on packaging innovation.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in project management, design, commercialization or consumer marketing at Nestlé with training or knowledge in print production for packaging, or 2+ years design agency experience in account management and/or project management/commercialization. Ideally experience in both.
• Experience in leading and managing cross-functional teams, managing agency relationships, and deep experience managing packaging artwork projects from brief development through to print execution.
• Completion of a University degree or diploma
• Strong project management and communication skills.
• Passion for packaging design and print innovation.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities in fast pace environment.

Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
• Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
• Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
• Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships.