Packing Manager

Job Title: Manager - Packaging Design

Location: Bangalore

Department: Design & Production (Packaging & Print)

Experience: Minimum 5+ years in Packaging Design / Development

About the Company

We are Indias leading network of 110+ K12 schools. With largescale printing and distribution of textbooks, learning kits, uniforms/merchandise, and marketing collaterals, we are building a bestinclass packaging function to improve protection, sustainability, cost, and brand experience.

Role Summary

Own the endtoend design and development of primary, secondary, and transit packaging for books, learning/STEM kits, school merchandise, and marketing materials. You will translate briefs into functional, costeffective, and brandaligned packaging covering structure, materials, artwork readiness, prototyping, testing, vendor handoff, and quality control.

Key Responsibilities

Packaging Concept & Structure

Convert business/brand briefs into structural designs, dielines, and CAD files (shipper boxes, rigid/folding cartons, mailers, sleeves, inserts).

Balance usability, protection in transit, and shelf/unboxing experience.

Materials & Sustainability

Select substrates (SBS/FBB, kraft/corrugated grades, duplex board, microflute, ecofriendly plastics/paper alternatives, foams/inserts) and finishes (lamination, varnish, foiling, emboss/deboss).

Drive recyclability, rightweighting, and waste reduction.

Artwork & PrePress Readiness

Create/validate dielines, keylines, bleed/trapping, color specs (Pantone/CMYK), barcodes/QRs, and labeling compliance (as applicable).

Collaborate with Brand/Content teams to adapt graphics to structural constraints.

Prototyping, Testing & Validation

Build rapid mockups; conduct transit/stack/compression tests and line trials with vendors.

Maintain packaging specs/BOMs and approval records.

Vendor Collaboration & Costing

Brief and evaluate converters/printers; compare quotations, optimize specifications for scale.

Support Procurement in vendor audits, AMC/SLAs, and costsaving initiatives without quality loss.

Quality & Compliance

Define QC checklists, AQL sampling, and incoming inspection standards; resolve NCRs/field issues with CAPA.

Ensure safety standards for school environments; adhere to applicable Indian packaging/labeling norms.

Project & Stakeholder Management

Plan timelines, manage change requests, and ensure ontime launches for admission seasons and academic cycles.

Partner with Supply Chain for packout efficiency, palletisation, and warehouse ergonomics.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Degree/Diploma from the Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) or equivalent in Packaging/Printing/Industrial Design.

5+ years handson experience in structural/package design and development (cartons, corrugation, mailers, inserts).

Proficiency with ArtiosCAD/Esko, Adobe Illustrator/InDesign/Photoshop; working knowledge of 3D visualization (nice to have).

Strong knowledge of paper/board grades, corrugation, print processes (offset/digital/flexo), and finishing.

Practical exposure to prepress, color management, dielines, and print QA.

Datadriven, detailoriented, with excellent vendor coordination and costing skills.