Packaging Project Manager

Primark Stores Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking an experienced Packaging Project Manager for a 12-month contract in Reading, UK. You will oversee the governance, planning, and coordination of key packaging projects, ensuring timely delivery and budget adherence. With over 5 years of project management experience, you will collaborate across teams to implement innovative processes and connect product messaging. The position offers generous benefits including healthcare, pension, and flexible working options.

Benefits

Healthcare

Pension

Potential bonus

27 days of leave

Flexible Working

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management with cross-functional delivery.
• Experience in setting up new ways of working successfully.
• Adept at balancing strategic and operational goals.

Responsibilities

• Manage the overall project plan, governance framework, and milestones.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to connect packaging and digital messaging.
• Deliver projects on time and within budget with stakeholder needs considered.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Process implementation

Job description

Packaging Project Manager 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Because your new ideas are our way new ways of working. Evolve, your way.

Our Customer teams are right at the heart of what we do. Surrounded by some of the best brand and marketing specialists in the industry, you’ll bring your own ideas to the business to shape the experience of our customers as part of a forward-thinking team.

The Packaging Project Manager will oversee the governance, planning, and coordination of a key business project. This role will take a project-level view to transform our design and messaging across all packaging and labelling to better communicate around our products. It will involve orchestrating multiple teams, external partners, and diverse stakeholders, setting and managing project timelines, and working with the Packaging Design Manager and Packaging Centre of Excellence to ensure delivery of the project on time and on budget.

This role will be responsible for designing and implementing a new way of working, process map, RACI, and briefing approach for packaging design – to bring the right skills sets together at the right time, improve efficiencies, and connect product messaging across POS, digital, and labelling.

What You’ll Do:

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Establish and manage the overall project plan, governance framework, and milestones to deliver a reimagined packaging design and messaging system - from briefing, design, artwork to a phased roll out.
• Develop a new, integrated, and efficient way of working across key stakeholders and to connect the packaging, POS, and digital messaging, including how technology can play a role.
• Set up a working Group to build cross-functional collaboration across Sustainability, Compliance, QA, Packaging COE, Marketing Operations, Commercial, Digital, Store Design, and more.
• Work closely with the Packaging Designers and Packaging Centre of Excellence to deliver the best solution.
• Work with the Programme Lead to share updates and feed into business-wide governance updates.
• A clear and efficient packaging design and messaging process adopted across the business.
• Project delivered on time and to budget with stakeholder needs considered.

What You’ll Get

The world is changing, and it’s essential we support our colleagues. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark, so it’s crucial we provide the right environment for you to perform at your best. That’s why we offer benefits that put you first.

Some of our benefits are:

• Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus.
• 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays, and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
• Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.
• Flexible Working, opportunity for an early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course, with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

Essential

• Experienced project manager with a strong track record in cross-functional delivery.
• 5+ years of experience.
• Adept at balancing strategic goals with operational realities.
• Experience in setting up and implementing new ways of working with high success.

Desirable

• Experience in packaging or with FMCG or Retail experience.
• Experience in design-based projects.

Primark promotes equal employment opportunity, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where people can be themselves, access opportunities, and thrive together. If you require extra support at any stage of the selection process, please get in touch with our team.