Design Excellence Print Manager - Self Care

Reckitt Benckiser

  • Slough, Berkshire
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
We are ReckittHome to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.​Marketing Excellence​Marketing is at the heart of Reckitt. We pride ourselves on our unique way of driving growth for some of the world's most loved and trusted health, hygiene and nutrition brands. Our purpose and fight are what motivates us to design and deliver distinctive communications throughout our consumer funnel, so that we deliver category growth as well as a positive impact on society. With extensive media and digital teams embedded throughout the organisation, we measure both our business and our societal impact. Our global teams lead on our overarching brand strategy, brand guardianship and innovation pipeline in close partnership with R&D. Leaving our local marketing teams to deliver on our regional goals in partnership with our Sales teams. With the scale of our 2500 marketing community - alongside our leading-edge Marketing Academy - your opportunities to grow and upskill will be extensive.About the roleThe Design Excellence Print Manager is responsible for ensuring print quality, colour consistency, and supplier enablement across Reckitt's Powerbrand portfolio within a specific category. Reporting into the Head of Design Excellence - Print & Activation, this role works at the intersection of design, production, and supply chain, ensuring that brand intent is flawlessly translated into physical packaging across global markets.This role is benchmarked against Print Production Manager roles in global FMCG businesses and Production/Print Leads within design and pre-press agencies. It requires deep technical knowledge of colour management, substrates, print technologies, and supplier engagement, coupled with a passion for governance and continuous improvement in deployment execution.Your responsibilities
  • Print Quality Assurance
  • Define and uphold Reckitt's print quality standards, including colour targets, tolerances, and reproduction expectations across print methods.
  • Partner with packaging suppliers and printers to ensure fidelity to colour and brand guidelines in all print runs.
  • Conduct or support press pass approvals and global print trials, both remotely and on-site when required.
  • Monitor print performance across brands and markets, identifying risks and leading corrective action plans.
  • Supplier Enablement & Governance
  • Act as a technical partner to Reckitt's print suppliers and converters, ensuring they are equipped with the tools and data required to meet expectations.
  • Collaborate with Procurement and Packaging Development teams to assess supplier capability and print readiness.
  • Drive consistent deployment by ensuring approved profiles, proofing standards, and pre-press tools are shared and used.
  • Champion a right-first-time print philosophy, reducing the need for reprints or on-site interventions.
  • Category & Brand Support
  • Serve as the go-to print expert for the category design team, providing guidance on feasibility, materials, and colour reproduction.
  • Participate in the packaging development lifecycle, supporting upstream conversations about substrate selection and brand expression through print.
  • Liaise with Design Leads and Artwork Agencies to ensure technical print constraints are addressed early in the process.
  • Assist in the development of training materials and best practice guides for internal teams.
  • Process Improvement & Innovation
  • Support the Senior Design Activation Manager in identifying opportunities to modernise Reckitt's print workflows, tools, and standards.
  • Contribute to print technology trials, assessing new inks, finishes, and substrates that support brand impact and sustainability goals.
  • Help define future-facing print strategies that enable Reckitt to operate at the leading edge of packaging production.
The experience we're looking for
  • 8+ years of experience in print production, colour management, or pre-press roles within FMCG, packaging suppliers, or global creative agencies.
  • Deep expertise across flexo, gravure, litho, and digital print techniques, colour targets (e.g. Pantone, CxF), and profiling tools.
  • Proven experience working with global print suppliers and managing international print trials.
  • Strong understanding of packaging materials and finishes, including film, board, foil, and biodegradable options.
  • Familiarity with artwork development, reprographics, and colour workflows across digital and physical formats.
Skills
  • Print Technology Expertise: Expert in translating design intent into high-quality, reproducible print results.
  • Colour Management Mastery: Skilled in tools like GMG, X-Rite, CxF and press-side colour calibration.
  • Supplier Collaboration: Strong communication and problem-solving skills in supplier-facing environments.
  • Quality Assurance & Troubleshooting: Able to quickly identify and resolve print production issues.
  • Cross-Functional Support: Comfortable supporting design, procurement, and supply chain functions.
Mindset & Approach
  • Detail-Oriented & Quality-Focused: Relentless in pursuit of colour and print consistency.
  • Collaborative & Knowledge-Sharing: Works well with global teams and suppliers, sharing knowledge and tools.
  • Curious & Technically Driven: Passionate about staying ahead of print innovations.
  • Hands-On & Field Ready: Willing and able to attend press checks and supplier visits globally.
  • Governance-Oriented: Understands the importance of process and compliance to drive consistent outcomes.
The skills for successBrand Strategy, Presentation skills, Drive Innovation, Storytelling, Creativity, Digital Marketing, Commercial acumen, Collaboration, FMCG/Consumer Health Experience.What we offerWith inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.EqualityWe recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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