Packaging Designer, Gent, Cross BU

About Amcor

Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve value chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly light-weighted, recyclable and reusable, and made using a rising amount of recycled content. Around 47,000 Amcor people generate US$12.5 billion in sales from operations that span about 230 locations in 40-plus countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC

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Job Details

Position Job Title:Packaging Designer

BG and BU:Amcor Flexibles Europe, Middle East and Africa, Cross Business Units

Function:Research & Development

Sub-Function:Innovation Center Europe

Location: Gent

Line Manager’s Job Title:Packaging Design Manager

Advertising Legal Entity:Amcor Flexibles Transpac BVBA

Work contract Legal Entity:Amcor Flexibles Transpac BVBA

Contract Type:Permanent

Job Purpose

Packaging Designer will be responsible for the development of graphic designs and physical mock-ups related to Amcor’s European Innovation Center packaging prototyping services.

Job Dimensions & Scope

Scope & Geographical spread: Amcor Flexibles Europe, Middle East and Africa, Cross Business Units

Reporting Function: Research & Development

Internal Relations: Sales, Marketing, Research & Development

External Relations: Customers, Suppliers

Location: Amcor Innovation Center Europe in Gent Belgium

Training program expected at Innovation Center North America (~2 months)

Principal Accountabilities

• Manage graphic design and printed/unprinted mock-ups related processes according to customer or project requirements.
• Design and adapt efficient packaging layouts, and create packaging mock-ups from provided digital art, and specifications or from scratch.
• Support the creation of formal and informal technical drawings- Die-Lines - as part of designing a final package container based on project CTQs.
• Be hands on producing physical packaging mock-ups – wide range of package styles and formats - flexible, rigid components and hybrid.
• Use insights and consumer empathy mindset to find and solve packaging problems, maintaining communication with the customer regarding design suggestions, questions and lead times.
• Ensure digital files’ artworks are set up to meet printing specifications and are in the best form possible to expediate the manufacturing process.
• Capable of utilizing the documented customer’s brand guidelines and understand the client’s product and process specification in order to present Graphic design solutions that meets the customer needs.
• Be familiar with the terms, tools, procedures of the production graphics departments.
• Workflow planning (considering priority shifts)
• Manage job priorities based on a schedule and maintain the job status updates to customers and internal contacts as needed. Taking responsibility to meet job deadlines.
• Maintain, improve and suggest mock-up tools and techniques to achieve successful results.
• Participate in innovation sessions, customer visits and other development initiatives.

Major Challenges & Complexities

• Manage of several projects at the same time
• Challenging leadtimes
• Manage prioritization shifts
• Lack of clear guidelines on customer needs, but be able to define strategies

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or industrial design preferred
• Must have understanding of digital graphics, printing process and techniques, desktop publishing software and how they apply to the printing processes.
• Must have strong understanding of semiotics, ergonomic and design concepts. Must have visual culture, market and packaging visual communication standards and aesthetic principles.
• Must have strong physical mock-up production capabilities and be able to evolve and use the appropriate tools.
• Expert with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Digital, Flexographic & Rotogravure printing experience preferred - Basic understanding of packaging flexible materials and converting processes preferred
• Fluent English, Dutch speaking preferred
• Added value: experience with 3D Modeling & Animation

• Safety conscious
• Creative and strategic thinker
• Natural talent for design and a keen eye for detail. Must be quick, accurate and pro-active.
• Ability to work in fast paced environment (time and project management).
• Able to ‘connect the dots’ and identify solutions to problems not in traditional ways.
• Comfortable working with wide range of customer contacts - Ability to partner and work with internal and external customers.
• Strong organizational skills

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AMCOR FLEXIBLES EMEA

With more than 55 plants in 22 countries, Amcor Flexibles Europe, Middle East and Africa (AFEMEA), a division of Amcor, is a market leader and the world’s largest supplier of flexible packaging. We deliver innovative packaging solutions and provide enhanced quality products for the food, beverage, pharma, personal care, medical and industrial markets. Its award winning approach towards sustainability makes AFEMEA the preferred partner for customers looking for responsible packaging solutions.