Job Description:
The job purpose is to deploy the print quality improvement strategy decided by the Packaging Technology Manager in order to :
Support Print Production Manager vision, process & strategy
Qualification/audit of current & new printers (targets, process, KPI’s)
Deploy the print quality improvement strategy & optimize the print quality to the state-of-the-art, whatever the print technology
Deploy process and standards for print quality and color management.
Control & monitor KPI on pack rendering consistency & quality.
First Print scoring and image profiling
Prepress and print technology development projects
Co-manufacturers evaluation, process, monitoring & KPI's
technical support for the graphics team
Context:
- Deploy our global print strategy
Scope :
- Regional: APAC
- All Mars Petcare brands managed by Royal Canin teams
- All pack technologies
Interfaces:
- Worldwide Graphics partners: repro & printers and tool makers &
ink suppliers
- Internally: Graphics Production, Supply team, Packaging
commercials, Packaging SQA
Ways to operate it :
1. Engage with regional repro and printers
2. Color Profiling
3. Day to day mission
To benchmark regional prepress, print technics and color management by technology intelligence
To manage Graphic Partners improvement and performance, building up a trustful relationship
To deploy the rules and ways of working of Royal Canin internally and externally,
To manage projects as technology deployment
Job Specifications/Qualifications
1. Education & Professional Qualification:
- 4 years Minimum of technical experience on Packaging printing
technology (in printer, or repro house)
2. Knowledge/Experience:
Be familiar with Color, Prepress, and Print technics
4 years of professional experience (graphic chain)
Successful packaging experience with a repro-house or photoengraver and/or printer
Strong capacity to understand all aspects of a problem and apply appropriate solution.
Skill to unite interfaces around shared projects.
Skill to well-communicate with the different interfaces (internal-external) and report sticking points to the relevant people transparently and objectively
Very customer-focused, able to focus on the end result and stick to the target
Able to define processes, workflows, performance and quality criteria clearly
Good understanding of how a company works, organizational skills, determination, teamwork
Educational skills in transferring technical expertise.
Individual contributor with solid self-motivation skills
3. Languages
