Growing beauty company is seeking a detail-oriented Packaging Project Coordinator to support packaging development and product launches across cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, haircare, and other beauty categories.
About the Role
This role will coordinate cross-functional projects from concept through production, ensuring packaging is delivered on time, on brand, and to specification.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate packaging-development timelines, critical paths, approvals, and status updates across multiple product launches.
- Partner with Brand, Product Development, Creative, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, and external vendors to keep projects on schedule.
- Maintain project trackers, packaging specifications, artwork files, samples, and version-control documentation.
- Support artwork-routing and approval processes, ensuring alignment with brand, regulatory, and production requirements.
- Track prototypes, samples, components, testing, and production milestones; proactively flag risks, delays, or quality issues.
- Coordinate communications with packaging suppliers, printers, manufacturers, and other external partners.
- Assist with packaging cost tracking, purchase-order coordination, and launch reporting.
- Identify opportunities to improve packaging-development processes, accuracy, and on-time delivery.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in project coordination, packaging, product development, production, or operations; beauty, CPG, or consumer-products experience preferred.
- Working knowledge of packaging components, artwork workflows, print production, and vendor coordination.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with confidence collaborating across internal and external teams.
- Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets and project-management tools such as Asana, Monday.com, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.
- A proactive, collaborative approach and enthusiasm for bringing innovative beauty products to market.