Location
Isleport
Position
Planning & Replenishment
Advertising Salary
£32,273 P/A
Advert Closing Date
30 May 2025

So, what will I be doing?

Do you have an eye for detail? If you are looking to work for a high quality, food manufacturer that's a household name across the UK known for making delicious dairy products, look no further!

You will need to work as an integral team member of central production planning team to deliver the effective management of the artwork process. To ensure all critical paths meet product launches for our retailers & brand. You are responsible for building, communicating and managing the design to print critical paths for retailer & brand products. You will work cross functionally with retail customers design agencies and packaging suppliers to manage critical paths and the pre-artwork stage to file to primer stages. You will ensure artwork sign off hits timescales by working with the Technical team. You will be the expert on packaging and print processes.

Key responsibilities:

  • To oversee design and print process for all new and amended product artwork for all customers. Issue PCN’s as & when required.
  • Agree & issue critical paths based on customer artwork, finished product specs and packaging supplier lead times at the start of each project. Whilst understanding  customer requirements and launch dates.
  • Liaise with the packaging design agencies and provide guidance as & when required. and packaging lead times by supplier in order to build accurate critical paths for new products.
  • To attend retailer range meetings as specified.
  •  To agree and attend pre-artwork meetings and arrange attendance from Packaging suppliers and relevant internal staff.
  • To build excellent relationships with our packaging suppliers & design agencies.
  • Provide cutter guides/print specs / AAF’s and any other relevant packaging information to customers at the start of each project. Check and update cutter/s for each customer requirement.
  • Ensure all packaging artwork is checked and circulated Development, (Technical & Production teams) for accuracy in accordance with the artwork check list.
  • PO’s to be raised at point of artwork release, whilst sharing additional charges that may have occurred during the artwork process.
  • Maintain the accuracy of the artwork folders for Co-owners to access as & when required.
  • Attendance at print runs based on risk assessment.
  • Build and maintain excellent relationships, confidence and trust with internal teams. To create shared understanding and effective solutions.

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

Essential:

  • Good academic level of education.
  • Project management experience.
  • Confident Communicator
  • Excellent IT skills & MS Office skills.
  • Excellent numeracy & literacy skills.
  • Effective time management skills.

Desirable:

  • Understanding the NPD/EPD processes of a manufacturing business.
  • Printing industry experience.
 

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centers in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

  • competitive holiday allowance
  • non-contributory pension scheme
  • life cover
  • healthcare cash back plan
  • cycle to work scheme
  • subsidized Yeo Valley products and services
  • preferential rates with our partners
  • annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
  • learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.

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