Design Planner

Job Location

Mason

Job Description

P&G is the largest consumer packaged goods company in the world. We have operations in over 75 countries, with 65 trusted brands that improve lives for 5 billion consumers worldwide. This brings many advantages, including the opportunity for our employees to enjoy a diverse and rewarding lifelong career filled with new and exciting challenges. Supply Network Operations Planners are vital to the success of our business at P&G. From Day 1, you will be accountable for being responsible for your own projects, working with teams to generate new ideas and implementing changes; as well as being accountable for results.

Do you want to work with brands that millions of consumers love and make the world feel better? The North America Personal Health Care Artwork Team is looking for a dedicated and driven Design Planner to join the team. This role will be highly integrated with the Design and Artwork Team, who will depend on you to play a core role coordinating the WebCenter Project setup, task management and holding functions accountable. This role will partner with Design and a multi-functional internal and external team on medium to high complexity packaging or retail design projects throughout the design execution process. The Design Planner will be the executional single point of accountability for North American Personal Health Care brands including: Vicks, ZzzQuil, Prilosec, Metamucil, Align, Pepto, and Nervive. You will be working with both the Design and Artwork Teams with a great culture, that’s dynamic, agile, and excited about creating and delivering the companies next great innovations.

As the Design Planner, you will:

• Function as the main WebCenter contact for the managed project.
• Collect project information required to create project in WebCenter. Follow-up with project team on any missing information in a timely manner.
• Create and manage new WebCenter projects using appropriated workflow process based on project scope.
• Assign Roles as specified on the Digital SKU Base Plan (DSBP) supplied by the Initiative Leader.
• Upload the Digital Sku Base Plan in WebCenter.
• Request the Affected Finished Product Part numbers (AFPP) from the Initiative Leader and confirm Distribution System Manager (DSM) Readiness with packaging partner(s). Enter AFPP number(s) once DSM Readiness is confirmed.
• Confirm the Bill of Materials (BOM) has successfully pulled data from DSM into WebCenter.
• Confirm with Design Delivery (DD) that Copy In Context (CIC) Mapping can begin. Initiate the CIC Mapping task with the Brand Visual Execution (BVE) (sends email to BVE alerting them to begin task).
• Use DSBP reference artwork codes to download reference files from Brandstore and upload in WebCenter project (as needed).
• Create “Child” Projects and assign specific Packaging Material Parts (PMPs) to each (with guidance from DD).
• Initiate Design Intent (DI) uploads from design. Following up that DI approvals are completed in accordance with the Critical Path Schedule (CPS).
• With guidance from DD, initiates the Print Feasibility tasks with BVE for print proofing.
• Communicate and follow-up with each team on planned WebCenter project due dates and missed deadlines for: Finished Product Parts (FPP’s) attached to AFPP, mapping, CIC upload dates, team approvals and project completion in accordance with the CPS.
• Track, maintain, and distribute CIC status report which includes project CIC upload dates, expected approval dates, and document any outstanding issues and delays. Participate and verbally communicate this status in multiple weekly team meetings.
• Upload required files to each WebCenter project and follow-up with team if not received in a timely manner so there is not an impact to CIC kickoff.
• Elevate workflow problems and technical issues to End-to-End Support by submitting support request tickets to ensure quick resolution to system errors, supplier mapping issues, issues with DSM pull from Enovia and other issues that may arise.
• Monitor and promptly update project status and members that change.
• Manage and communicate the timeline associated with tasks in WebCenter. Follow up with late tasks impeding the projects progress.
• Submit WebCenter access request form for new internal (P&G) users and ensure access and provide CIC approval training. Provide training (as needed) to existing team members if needed due to mistakes or errors.
• Understand and be able to train multi-functional team on FullKit at each gate and enforce deliverables prior to CIC kickoff.
• Understand and enforce Risk Assessment if all FullKit deliverables aren’t met before CIC kickoff.
• Enforce the “Change Management” process by reviewing all CIC markups and if applicable, notify team that a change management (Artwork and/or Copy) form is required and place CICs on hold until the approved document is returned.
• Will be the lead in North America Personal Health Care as we transition (timing to be determined) to new Artwork Workflow Management tool.
• Once Design Planner skills are learned and capacity allows, expand skills to learn Artwork Specialist role in order to flow to the work as needed
• As work/systems evolve to a full End-to-End process, will need to be able to flow-to the work in copy (Manage Artworks) and execution (Real Time Artwork).

Job Qualifications

Education:

• Have a minimum of a high school diploma, GED or equivalent education, however, a two or four-year college degree or equivalent administrative experience is preferred.

Requirements (Skills / Experience) for the role:

• 5 (+) years of experience.
• Must have strong project and time management skills.
• Partners with Brand, Design, Products Research, Safety, Packaging, Regulatory, and Brand Visual Execution.
• Experience leading multiple high complexity projects simultaneously, with attention to detail, leadership and follow through.
• Must be proactive, solution-oriented, and very communicative on project status.
• Strong collaboration skills across multi-functional team. Strong organizational skills and priority balancing.
• Strong attention to detail, copy, dates, data entry.
• Takes ownership of continuous improvement on quality and speed.
• Computer and system skills (WebCenter, Digital Sku Base Plan, Enovia, Intermediate Level Excel and Outlook)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated experience in building productive, collaborative relationships within and across organizations.
• Clear and efficient Communication skills; time management skills; Acts as business owner with great sense of urgency and focuses on priorities; Operates with discipline; can put order in complexity.
• Sense of urgency in correlation with an understanding of timeline dependencies as there can be an ever-changing shift in scenarios.
• Understand complex scenarios with the ability to logically map issues (why-why) and use troubleshooting methods to assist in solving changing scenarios.
• As WebCenter tool sunsets, be influential in the next generational tool; train PHC’s multi-functional team on the new tool and provide training documentation as needed.

Just So You Know:

All will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, citizenship, HIV/AIDS status or any other legally protected factor.

Starting Pay / Salary Range: $64,000-$92,700

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Job Schedule

Full time

Job Number

R000128863

Job Segmentation

Recent Grads/Entry Level (Job Segmentation)

Starting Pay / Salary Range

$64,000.00 - $92,700.00 / year