Packaging Print Production Manager

Your Story.

As a member of the Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) team, the Packaging Print Production Manager oversees the end-to-end technical execution of packaging graphics from approved creative through final printed production. This role serves as the key liaison between Creative, Packaging, Procurement, and external print partners, ensuring packaging is production-ready, technically accurate, on time, and within budget. The role brings deep print production expertise to maintain brand and color consistency, optimize quality and cost, troubleshoot production challenges, and drive continuous improvement across packaging production processes.

Your Passion. Our Culture.

At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you. Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company. You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career. With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality. If you’re ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here.

Benefits that set us apart.

• Comprehensive medical including Fertility, Adoption benefits, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Remote ½ day Fridays
• Onsite Health & Wellness Center
• Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation
• Relocation Assistance
• Tuition Assistance
• Access to Employee Store

What You Do.

• Manage packaging print production from final creative through production and delivery across cartons, labels, corrugate, flexible packaging, and specialty materials.
• Partner with Creative, Brand Marketing, Packaging, Procurement, and Operations to translate designs into technically feasible, production-ready packaging.
• Manage prepress workflows, file preparation, proofs, separations, trapping, dielines, and final production specifications.
• Ensure packaging meets brand standards, color expectations, print quality requirements, and technical specifications across suppliers and substrates.
• Manage external printers and production partners, including estimating, bidding, supplier selection, scheduling, and performance.
• Review and approve production estimates, purchase requirements, invoices, and change orders while identifying opportunities for cost efficiencies.
• Maintain production schedules and proactively manage timelines, dependencies, risks, and bottlenecks to support launches and ongoing business needs.
• Lead press checks, color approvals, print trials, and production troubleshooting to ensure consistent execution.
• Apply expertise across offset, flexographic, gravure, and digital printing processes, materials, substrates, finishes, and color management.
• Identify production risks early and recommend solutions that balance creative intent, quality, timing, scalability, and cost.
• Manage multiple complex packaging projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Establish and continuously improve packaging production standards, workflows, documentation, and best practices across the organization.

Your Education and Experience.

• Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in packaging print production, packaging graphics, artwork management, or a related field.
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting complex packaging portfolios within a CPG, food and beverage, or manufacturing environment.
  • Experience leading packaging print production initiatives across multiple brands, product lines, or business units.
  • Experience with color management, print quality, prepress, and supplier governance processes.
  • Knowledge and prior experience in marketing and communication or packaging agency highly preferred

Our Story.

With over 2,400+ employees and net sales of nearly $1.8 billion, Sargento is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 70 years. We created the world’s first, successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses. Sargento is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where we manufacture and market shredded, slced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces. Sargento is known for the exceptional quality of our products and for product design, packaging and merchandising innovations that have transformed our industry.

To learn more about our culture and values, please visit our website at https://careers.sargento.com/us/en.