Design to Delivery

Job Description

<p>Position Snapshot</p><p>Business area: Nestle Canada Inc</p><p>Job Title: Design to Delivery (D2D) Packaging Partner</p><p>Location: North York, ON located at 25 Sheppard Ave W, North York, ON M2N 6S8; Hybrid</p><p>Grade: 16</p><p>Position Summary:</p><p>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.</p><p>A day in the life of an D2D Packaging Partner:</p><ul><li>Act as the marketing liaison for agency selection, briefing, and artwork timeline management.</li><li>Lead the Design-to-Delivery (D2D) workflow, ensuring timely and accurate inputs from all stakeholders.</li><li>Manage relationships with internal and external design, artwork, and pre-press partners.</li><li>Develop and maintain D2D timelines, & Inputs, facilitate meetings, and manage /resolve project risks.</li><li>Oversee label copy accuracy via Copy Deck (Label D) and coordinate UPC/SCC creation.</li><li>Oversight and Management of ContentHub facilitating functional inputs, ensure final artwork and digital assets are archived following standardized procedures</li><li>Ensure accuracy and on-time delivery for artwork files</li><li>Deliver print-ready files to pre-press and printers, including UPC scan testing.</li><li>Support excellence in operational packaging execution, determining optimization efficiencies across intersection points between cross functional teams and categories</li><li>Provide print guidance and support to marketing on packaging innovation.</li></ul><p>Role Requirements</p><ul><li>3+ years experience in project management, design 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. Ideally experience in both.</li><li>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.</li><li>Completion of a University degree or diploma</li><li>Strong project management and communication skills.</li><li>Passion for packaging design and print innovation.</li><li>Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities in fast pace environment</li></ul>