- Location: St. Louis
- Type: Contract
- Job #46118
Technology Partners is currently seeking a talented Merchandising Display Specialist. Do you have structural corrugated experience, with a focus on temporary, pre-packed retail displays? Let us help you make your next big career move a reality!
What You Will Be Doing:
Our Merchandising Specialists leverage their industrial design backgrounds and ability to conceptualize in 3D and develop innovative temporary pre-packed consumer product displays that force shoppers to stop and engage. These experts have the talents and the expertise of engineers, creative elites, and marketers to turn a concept into an impactful experience for the consumer.
Our Merchandising Specialist develops concepts and design specs, provides advice on artwork based on printing methods, generates promotional packaging specifications, tests for structural integrity, manages supplier and co-packer relationships, and interfaces with various internal and external groups to take each project to market.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Deliver temporary promotional packaging materials and temporary, pre-packed retail merchandise vehicles that can withstand supply chain handling and assure visual impact through product presentation that adheres to each customer's guidelines and exceeds the expectations of marketing, factories, purchasing, quality assurance, co-packers, customers, and shoppers.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with co-workers, vendors, and factories while leading structural design as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Develop and provide innovative, structurally sound, cost-effective prepacked merchandise vehicles that convey our product’s features and benefits to the shopper, increasing trial, sales, and brand awareness.
- Manage formal ship testing to ensure product, packaging material, structural integrity, and assembly are compatible with the retail supply chain
- Provide and propose continuous improvement of existing POP vehicles through material/labor reductions and structural improvement
- Support the MDO Merchandising Specialists (liaisons between Sales & Marketing) through all activities associated with the display development process from concept through successful manufacturing, co-packing, and deployment.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Minimum 2-3 years of experience in structural corrugated design and secondary packaging
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite, Teams, SharePoint, and Excel
- Ability to travel as needed
- Strong project management skills
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
- Ability to multitask and adapt to changing priorities
Desired Skills & Experience:
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite, Teams, SharePoint, and Excel.
- Savviness with web-based tools
Pay: $45.50 – $65 /hr.
We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to provide sponsorship at this time or accept candidates who would require a corp-to-corp agreement.
If this position sounds like you, WE SHOULD TALK!
We realize our people are our most valuable asset, that is why we offer the following benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Long and Short-Term disability
- Life insurance
- Direct deposit
- Referral program
Your better future is ready, and we want to put the right tools in your hands to get you there. Let's go!
Keywords: Merchandising Display Specialist, Structural Design, Corrugated Packaging, Project Management, Retail Displays, Product Packaging, Packaging Design, Visual Merchandising, Supply Chain, Vendor Management
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Pay ranges are influenced by candidate qualifications, experience, and role specifics, with the actual rate determined considering skills, market conditions, and are subject to change by the employer; pay negotiations follow all state and federal legal guidelines.