About the Team
The Production Services team delivers production excellence and is formed by a multicultural team of production experts who provide marketing production solutions. In a nutshell, the Production Services team activates business's efficiencies and quality delivery.
Purpose of the role
As an apprentice, you will be working on some of the world's largest brands, to get an exposure in marketing production processes. These may include but are not limited to general, finance, prind and display procurement, and account administration as part of supporting the production team.
Key responsibilities:
- Organize meetings, appointments, and production schedules.
- As the liaison between the production team, management, support team and external parties (suppliers).
- Maintain and update production-related documents, reports, and records.
- Coordinate with suppliers, vendors, and internal teams to ensure all necessary materials and resources are available.
- Complete order encoding and uploading to company platforms
- Provide coordination deployment permits to client and warehouses (client warehouse and trade)
- Work and communicate with central processing team located outside of your head office
- Collate sample print proofing and actual size mockup
- Handle file gathering and transition process from creative to production
Skills, knowledge, experience, and exposure
- Fresh graduates in printing technology & publishing, business administration, economic management, marketing, advertising, industrial engineering
- Available for a 6-month apprenticeship contract
- Highly enthusiastic about BTL (Below the Line) marketing, in-store media, and printing
- Proficient in data management and administrative tasks for project tracking and monitoring
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize, and meet deadlines
- Strong verbal and written English communication skills
- Microsoft Office with intermediate in Microsoft Excel background
- Sales administration background is a plus
- Depending on the industry, familiarity with production software or tools could be a plus.
Mindset to navigate the role
- As an apprentice, you will bring a committed and dedicated can-do attitude to the role and learn new things.
- Capable of handling both individual and group work assignments (specifically in managing transactional work on a daily basis).
- An improvement-oriented mindset
- Attention to details
Temperament for the role
Working in a very fast, changing and ambiguous environment, for the apprentice to easily adapt and quickly adapt, we expect:
- A positive can-do attitude at all times
- A high level of energy when delivering and the ability to face challenges in a serene and collaborative manner.
- A curious mind, i.e. wanting to know all about internal operations and processes, aiming for continuous improvement.
- Collaborative spirit: use we, not me. If someone is in trouble, you will do your best to support them.
- A good communication skillset with both internal and external teams
Role requirements
- You would be required to be present on the assigned client's office on a daily basis.
- The contracted hours are 9am to 6pm, Mon Fri.
- Willing to be assigned to any client in different industries.
- Commit to completing a 6-month full-time apprenticeship contract.
We are an equal opportunities employer and as such, will make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate the needs of all candidates. If you have any such needs or requirements in the context of your interview, please notify us so that we can make the appropriate arrangements.
