Project Manager, Packaging Engineer

SGX is looking for a Project Manager to support the Innovations team on‑site with our client, a Global CPG company in St. Louis. We are looking for a Project Manager who understands and is passionate for advertising and all things packaging and brand related.

SGX is a fast‑paced and dynamic environment, fueled by design thinking. Packaging design is at the heart of our business – our teams flex their problem‑solving and design skills across all channels. We are proud to produce creative work that is among the top tier in the industry, for some of the largest Consumer Packaged Goods brands in the world. Our focus on globally delivered design, design adaptation, around the pack and digital content has positioned us at the head of a fast‑changing industry.

Our team members possess an open mind, positive attitude, and are adaptable to change. We pride ourselves on challenging ideas – not people. We are nimble, team‑oriented, fun, friendly, honest, and supportive. We foster a can‑do culture.

The position will help facilitate jobs in the execution phase of our Client’s production needs. As a facilitator within the supply chain for packaging artwork issues, you will communicate with On‑Site Personnel /Sales and Clients to ensure proper printability for packaging. You will help maintain and improve our SGX relationship with the Client. Your primary concern will be to coordinate packaging production via job instructions and schedules to complete jobs.

Within SGX, you will effectively communicate specifications for each piece of packaging artwork on your brands by utilizing our order entry system as well as being a resource for production departments when issues or questions arise.

This is an Onsite role in St. Louis, MO. Candidate must be fluent in English and Spanish.

• Consult with On‑Site Personnel and/or Client during the artwork development and pre‑press execution
• Attend any pre‑production meetings (or other meetings), when feasible, per On‑Site Personnel’s/Sales request or request of the Client
• Respond in a timely manner to Clients
• Establish a good and professional working relationship with our Client(s) and design firm(s), and printers
• Communicate artwork issues with the client as well as internal and external stakeholders
• Respond timely to requests of Client/On‑Site Personnel /Sales and others
• Document all critical and pertinent information that may impact quality
• Participate in process improvement efforts and various production meetings to foster a positive creative impact on the business
• Verify technical supplied data is correct to supplied art
• Communicate received and shipped art to On‑Site Personnel/Sales and perform user functionality in a Client’s database used for tracking artwork projects
• Understand the Client’s process (deliverables, rework)
• Communicate issues to Management
• Order entry (ensure orders are complete and concise when delivered to production)

This position requires the following knowledge and skills:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent. College Degree preferred
• 5-10 years’ prepress/packaging/print experience preferred
• Fluent in English and Spanish preferred
• Experience in the design, print or production art industry
• Full comprehension in reading work instructions and business memos
• Ability to work independently after initial training

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The following physical requirements are commonly performed in this job. There are times, on occasion, when the employee may be asked or expected to perform duties with physical requirements that are different from those listed here.

It is the employee’s duty to notify the management of any physical limitations or inability to perform a certain task.

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand;…