Print Production Officer

The job purpose is to deploy the print quality improvement strategy decided by the Packaging Technology Manager in order to :
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Support Print Production Manager vision, process & strategy
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Qualification/audit of current & new printers (targets, process, KPI’s)
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Deploy the print quality improvement strategy & optimize the print quality to the state-of-the-art, whatever the print technology
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Deploy process and standards for print quality and color management.
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Control & monitor KPI on pack rendering consistency & quality.
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First Print scoring and image profiling
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Prepress and print technology development projects
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Co-manufacturers evaluation, process, monitoring & KPI's
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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

• Engage with regional repro and printers
• Color Profiling
• Day to day mission

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• To benchmark regional prepress, print technics and color management by technology intelligence
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• To manage Graphic Partners improvement and performance, building up a trustful relationship
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• To deploy the rules and ways of working of Royal Canin internally and externally,
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• To manage projects as technology deployment

Job Specifications/Qualifications

• Education & Professional Qualification:
• 4 years Minimum of technical experience on Packaging printing

technology (in printer, or repro house)

• Knowledge/Experience:

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• Be familiar with Color, Prepress, and Print technics
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• 4 years of professional experience (graphic chain)
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• Successful packaging experience with a repro-house or photoengraver and/or printer
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• Strong capacity to understand all aspects of a problem and apply appropriate solution.
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• Skill to unite interfaces around shared projects.
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• Skill to well-communicate with the different interfaces (internal-external) and report sticking points to the relevant people transparently and objectively
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• Very customer-focused, able to focus on the end result and stick to the target
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• Able to define processes, workflows, performance and quality criteria clearly
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• Good understanding of how a company works, organizational skills, determination, teamwork
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• Educational skills in transferring technical expertise.
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• Individual contributor with solid self-motivation skills

1. Languages

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• English