Packaging Project Manager (Retail, Grocery, CPG)

Our agency client is looking for a detail-oriented FULL-TIME Packaging Project Manager near Grand Rapids, MI.

The Packaging Project Manager will sit 5 days a week on-site at one of the agency's key clients, a grocery distributor, managing packaging execution on their behalf. As an embedded extension of the agency team, the Packaging Project Manager will be the day-to-day link between the client's internal stakeholders and agency creative team, while also coordinating directly with the client's food suppliers, preferred printers, and sourcing managers. This is a great fit for someone with a couple of years of packaging or CPG experience who's comfortable working independently in a client environment and wants to grow into a broader client-facing packaging role.

Packaging Project Manager Responsibilities:

• Serve as the agency's on-site representative at the client's office, supporting packaging projects from brief to shelf, including new product launches, redesigns, seasonal/promotional packaging, and retailer-specific requirements

• Act as the day-to-day liaison between the client's internal team and our agency's creative department, relaying packaging needs, timelines, and feedback in both directions

• Coordinate directly with the client's printers on print specs, color matching, dielines, and production timelines; help troubleshoot print quality issues as they arise

• Familiarity with packaging and labeling FDA/USDA food labeling requirements, nutrition facts panel accuracy, allergen declarations, and relevant retailer packaging/labeling standards

• Support the rollout of packaging change requests (formula updates, claims changes, label changes) across the client's suppliers and printers

• Provide regular status updates to both the client's team and your agency account lead, representing agency work product and priorities on-site

• Participate in post-launch debriefs with the client, printers, and suppliers to capture learnings and strengthen the agency relationship

Packaging Project Manager Requirements: 

• 1+ years of experience in packaging, product development, account/client services, or a related field, ideally within food, beverage, or CPG

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging, Marketing, Supply Chain, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience)

• Comfort working independently in a client's office as the on-site face of the agency, with strong professionalism and judgment in a client-facing environment

• Familiarity with packaging printers (flexible, folding carton, labels, etc.) and print production processes (offset, flexo, digital) is a plus, but not required

• Interest in or exposure to working with a creative/marketing team on packaging design and artwork

• Basic familiarity with food labeling requirements (FDA/USDA nutrition facts, allergen labeling) and willingness to learn retailer-specific standards

• Strong attention to detail and comfort managing multiple deadlines across several projects at once

• Exposure to or willingness to learn technical drawings, dielines, and color proofs

• Solid organizational and communication skills  you'll be coordinating regularly with the client, printers, sourcing teams, and your agency's creative department

• Prior agency experience, especially in an embedded or client-site role is a plus

• Experience or coursework related to grocery retail or private label packaging programs  is a plus

• Familiarity with sustainable/recyclable packaging materials and trends  is a plus

• Exposure to PLM, DAM, or artwork management software  is a plus

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

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For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 10/19/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

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