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Packaging Corporation of America SR DESIGNER - ASHLAND, OH in Ashland, Ohio
As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers - large and small - package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence. We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers.
Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.
People * Customers * Trust
Under limited supervision, the Senior Designer collaborates with customers and sales representatives to create designs for new products, redesign packaging for existing products, and develop new uses for existing packages for the purpose of securing new business and expanding present business.
The Senior Designer is integral to the total service team accessible to our customers.
PCA offers customers the expertise of our Senior Designers to develop the optimal design solutions for their business.
Senior Designers utilize proprietary PCA software and techniques to create packaging and Point of Purchase (POP) displays to help customers get noticed and get results in the marketplace.
The Senior Designer is assigned projects which are typically more complex in nature and is expected to adapt procedures, processes, and techniques to accomplish the project.
PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Apply advanced design skills in the creation of designs for packaging and/or point of service displays for new and existing products in accordance with PCA design and safety standards.
Evaluate customer needs and expectations and translates them into drawings, designs, and prototypes within the manufacturing capabilities of the plant.
Coordinate activities related to developing graphics, prototypes and samples, including vendor negotiations, designing dies, material availability, direction, troubleshooting, reviewing samples, testing, and redirection based on feedback and results.
Coordinate multiple design projects to successful completion by effectively managing existing resources and procuring external sources as needed.
Liaise with appropriate plant departments to ensure regular communication regarding project status, resource availability, design feasibility, and scheduling.
Develop designs and recommends materials and production methods that will meet customer requirements and most efficiently utilize existing plant facilities and equipment.
Create or secure samples of designs for customer inspection, production orders and/or division operation.
Perform packaging and component testing, evaluates results, and advise sales, manufacturing, and customers of findings.
Evaluate existing customer or prospective customer packaging for possible improvement in style, function, appearance, cost and/or ease of packaging as directed by supervisor.
Conduct design reviews with customers.
Generate product cost data, including estimation of run speeds, packaging costs material usages, and scrap factors.
Provide advance technical assistance to the Sales Representatives and customer service representative regarding layouts, estimating, die making, order specifications, customer packaging procedures, and material handling techniques orders detailed artwork and printing dies, and approves printing press and die