Project Administrator – Corrugated Packaging & POP Displays
Top Benefits
About the role
The Central Group of Companies is an industry leader in performance-driven marketing-at-retail solutions, specializing in both packaging and point-of-purchase (POP) display with clients across North America. Our dynamic company offers employees a collaborative, client-focused and business casual workplace with excellent benefits, and a unique supportive family culture.
If you embody integrity, teamwork, passionate excellence, and you enjoy working in a high-performing and high-energy environment, we are currently recruiting a highly motivated individual for the role of Project Administrator – Corrugated Packaging & POP Displays!
The Project Administrator – Corrugated Packaging & POP Displays supports the Project Management team with order entry, purchasing, invoicing, and coordination tasks across multiple departments. This entry-level position is ideal for someone looking to grow in a fast-paced, creative packaging and display production environment.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable working with both internal teams and external suppliers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Enter corrugate orders into the manufacturing system
- Places material orders for Manufacturing and Suppliers
- Prepares Purchase Orders to Suppliers
- Receives Purchase Orders and provides back up for accounting.
- Assists PM with monthly inventory reporting.
- Prepares invoicing to be sent to accounting.
- Assists with quotes and estimating.
- Liaison with ICI plant to coordinate late & rush board orders and communicate to PM Team
- Assists PMs with special projects.
- Back up reception (share responsibility with other Administrator), lunches only.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor degree or certificate in Graphic Communication Management, Packaging Design or similar, or equivalent combination of education and in field experience.
- Previous administrative experience (experience in displays or packaging is an asset)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)
- Comfortable learning and using custom software platforms (e.g., Nimble, Conductor, Display Watch, Visual)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
Working Conditions:
- Office-based environment with occasional interaction with plant operations and visitors
- Minimal travel to visit customers and between locations.
Working Relationships:
- Prepress 3%
- Sales – 4%
- Project Managers – 80%
- Customers – 5%
- Fulfillment – 3%
- Visitors – 5%
Perks and Benefits:
- Health and dental benefits
- Pension plan
- Wellness bursary
- Support for continuing education and professional association fees
About The Central Group of Companies
Central is an industry leader in performance-driven marketing-at-retail solutions, specializing in both packaging and point-of-purchase (POP) display with clients across North America. Our dynamic company offers employees a collaborative, client-focused and business casual workplace with excellent benefits, and a unique supportive family culture.
Central Group is committed to equal opportunity employment. Accommodations are available upon request from people with disabilities during the recruitment and selection process.
We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
About The Central Group
The Central Group is a Performance at Retail company that ensures the highest possible return on your marketing-at-retail investment. To achieve maximum results, we combine the most unique shopper research techniques, the best of applied innovation through design, excellence in operations and retail execution, all offered at the highest possible value.
We are an award-winning, full-service designer and manufacturer of marketing-at-retail merchandising solutions. Our professional team works from a state-of-the-art complex to produce innovative packaging and in-store displays that deliver unsurpassed value to our clients. Combine Central’s world-class manufacturing capabilities, with its unrivaled creativity, and you come up with the most intelligent and innovative solution for your objective — guaranteed.
Your experience at Central begins with confidence that your organization will be building relationships with a team of highly experienced passionate industry professionals who have the best interests of your business at heart. Our people have decades of industry knowledge and experience from the entire marketing-at-retail spectrum allowing us to customize a solution uniquely suited to your business challenges.
We can help you win at Retail because we are:
- a vertically integrated retail marketing company focused on client performance
- industry leaders in the areas of display, packaging and technology solutions
- recognized as one of Canada’s best managed companies and top employers
- 4 facilities and over 400m sq. ft., including design, state-of-the-art manufacturing and fulfillment
- all Quality and Environmental accreditation including FSC, SFI and PEFC certifications
- deep corporate social responsibility commitments
- largest and most diverse design group with a history of history of 35+ years of industry leadership
Project Administrator – Corrugated Packaging & POP Displays
Top Benefits
About the role
The Central Group of Companies is an industry leader in performance-driven marketing-at-retail solutions, specializing in both packaging and point-of-purchase (POP) display with clients across North America. Our dynamic company offers employees a collaborative, client-focused and business casual workplace with excellent benefits, and a unique supportive family culture.
If you embody integrity, teamwork, passionate excellence, and you enjoy working in a high-performing and high-energy environment, we are currently recruiting a highly motivated individual for the role of Project Administrator – Corrugated Packaging & POP Displays!
The Project Administrator – Corrugated Packaging & POP Displays supports the Project Management team with order entry, purchasing, invoicing, and coordination tasks across multiple departments. This entry-level position is ideal for someone looking to grow in a fast-paced, creative packaging and display production environment.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable working with both internal teams and external suppliers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Enter corrugate orders into the manufacturing system
- Places material orders for Manufacturing and Suppliers
- Prepares Purchase Orders to Suppliers
- Receives Purchase Orders and provides back up for accounting.
- Assists PM with monthly inventory reporting.
- Prepares invoicing to be sent to accounting.
- Assists with quotes and estimating.
- Liaison with ICI plant to coordinate late & rush board orders and communicate to PM Team
- Assists PMs with special projects.
- Back up reception (share responsibility with other Administrator), lunches only.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor degree or certificate in Graphic Communication Management, Packaging Design or similar, or equivalent combination of education and in field experience.
- Previous administrative experience (experience in displays or packaging is an asset)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)
- Comfortable learning and using custom software platforms (e.g., Nimble, Conductor, Display Watch, Visual)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
Working Conditions:
- Office-based environment with occasional interaction with plant operations and visitors
- Minimal travel to visit customers and between locations.
Working Relationships:
- Prepress 3%
- Sales – 4%
- Project Managers – 80%
- Customers – 5%
- Fulfillment – 3%
- Visitors – 5%
Perks and Benefits:
- Health and dental benefits
- Pension plan
- Wellness bursary
- Support for continuing education and professional association fees
About The Central Group of Companies
Central is an industry leader in performance-driven marketing-at-retail solutions, specializing in both packaging and point-of-purchase (POP) display with clients across North America. Our dynamic company offers employees a collaborative, client-focused and business casual workplace with excellent benefits, and a unique supportive family culture.
Central Group is committed to equal opportunity employment. Accommodations are available upon request from people with disabilities during the recruitment and selection process.
We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
About The Central Group
The Central Group is a Performance at Retail company that ensures the highest possible return on your marketing-at-retail investment. To achieve maximum results, we combine the most unique shopper research techniques, the best of applied innovation through design, excellence in operations and retail execution, all offered at the highest possible value.
We are an award-winning, full-service designer and manufacturer of marketing-at-retail merchandising solutions. Our professional team works from a state-of-the-art complex to produce innovative packaging and in-store displays that deliver unsurpassed value to our clients. Combine Central’s world-class manufacturing capabilities, with its unrivaled creativity, and you come up with the most intelligent and innovative solution for your objective — guaranteed.
Your experience at Central begins with confidence that your organization will be building relationships with a team of highly experienced passionate industry professionals who have the best interests of your business at heart. Our people have decades of industry knowledge and experience from the entire marketing-at-retail spectrum allowing us to customize a solution uniquely suited to your business challenges.
We can help you win at Retail because we are:
- a vertically integrated retail marketing company focused on client performance
- industry leaders in the areas of display, packaging and technology solutions
- recognized as one of Canada’s best managed companies and top employers
- 4 facilities and over 400m sq. ft., including design, state-of-the-art manufacturing and fulfillment
- all Quality and Environmental accreditation including FSC, SFI and PEFC certifications
- deep corporate social responsibility commitments
- largest and most diverse design group with a history of history of 35+ years of industry leadership