Packaging Development & Innovation Coordinator

Alcora Corp; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

MONAT is seeking a Package Development Coordinator to support the Director of Package Development & Innovation in developing and commercializing primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging. This role coordinates packaging projects, documentation, samples, testing, artwork, suppliers, and production activities to meet aesthetic, functional, quality, cost, and timing objectives.

The position requires coordinating packaging samples, artwork, and testing, maintaining trackers and specs, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in packaging/engineering or related discipline preferred.
• Experience in packaging development, manufacturing, quality, project coordination or related field preferred.
• Strong organizational, documentation and follow-up skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project-management tools; travel to suppliers and facilities when required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate packaging development activities for new products, updates, kits, promotional programs and samples.
• Maintain project trackers, timelines, milestones, and action items; communicate risks or delays to the Director.
• Coordinate packaging samples, artwork, color standards, pre-production samples and approvals.
• Support tooling projects by tracking drawings, prototypes, qualifications, validations and production readiness.
• Maintain packaging drawings, specifications, standards, range boards and supporting documentation.
• Prepare Product Specification Sheets and Fill & Assembly Instructions.
• Coordinate packaging testing (compatibility, fill-weight, UV, functionality, adhesion, transit) and document results.
• Provide approved artwork, specs and standards to Quality for inspections and manuals.
• Coordinate samples, documentation and testing with suppliers, contract manufacturers, fillers and internal teams.
• Support line trials, scale-ups, first production runs and packaging investigations; participate on-site when required.
• Partner with Product Development and Quality to investigate and resolve packaging or production issues.
• Support development and validation of shippers, case packs, internal partitions and transit-packaging configurations.
• Maintain organized records of approvals, standards, test results and project documentation per MONAT protocols.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Documentation

Communication skills

MS Office

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering / related field

Tools

Artwork-management platforms

Specification management platforms

Job description

MONAT is seeking a Package Development Coordinator to support the Director of Package Development & Innovation in developing and commercializing primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging. This role coordinates packaging projects, documentation, samples, testing, artwork, suppliers, and production activities to meet aesthetic, functional, quality, cost, and timing objectives.

The position requires coordinating packaging samples, artwork, and testing, maintaining trackers and specs, and