DescriptionBASIC FUNCTION: The Printing Department Manager provides leadership, coordination, and technical subject matter expertise to ensure the departments are achieving all key objectives. Designs, directs, and manages all printing day-to-day production within specific guidelines.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Manage department personnel:
o Accountable for hiring, maintaining, training, and terminating staff within the department in coordination with Human Resources and the Plant Operations Manager.
o Accountable for managing staffing levels, overtime, time-off/ timecard approvals, regular and frequent performance conversations, disciplinary actions, and policy adherence.
o Responsible for ensuring employees within the department are taught and utilize GMP, Food Safety, Quality, HAACP, and Safety practices in accordance with corporate, plant, and auditing rules and guidelines.
o Motivate and engage work teams to accomplish operational objectives, maintaining a solid floor presence.
o Recognize and develop employee skills, abilities, and talents to create a succession plan and promote growth opportunities.
- Achieve forecast and budget targets:
o Measure and analyze key production and operating data.
o Oversee and chair productivity improvement meetings with technical leads and supervisors.
o Minimize waste by ensuring waste reduction and improvement processes are being communicated, followed, measured, and corrected to reach targets.
o Review all production run estimates for printing to ensure all necessary equipment and consumables are present to produce work and equipment run speeds are being met.
- Manufacture a quality product that meets customer requirements:
o Work with Quality Manager on quality improvement initiatives and corrective action to customer complaints.
o Prepare department staff to handle customer and HACCP audits, municipal and customer inspections, and plant tours.
o Conduct and document regular internal audits to measure outcomes, maintain compliance and attest to quality throughput for customers.
- Work with Engineering, Maintenance, and suppliers to ensure the layout, installation, and start-up of new equipment is performed efficiently, cost-effectively, and safely.
- Participate in an active role in Leadership Team Meetings and establish trusting relationships with other managers to coordinate and support all plant operations.
- Ensure, where applicable, the product safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and legality of all products produced and sold.
- Work in accordance with all company policies and procedures regarding employment, safety, quality, product safety and legality, security, and regulatory compliance as applicable.
- Additional duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS: (education, experience, specific skills, machinery/tools, etc.)
- Minimum bachelor's degree in engineering, Technical, or Business Management/Operations.
- Minimum 10 years of manufacturing leadership.
- Minimum of 7 years flexographic printing experience.
- Experience specifically working on a Uteco Onyx CI Flexo Press is preferred but not required.
- Registration and color matching experience preferred.
- Experience working in large-scale (greater than 100 employees) operations is preferred.
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, making informed decisions quickly.
- Proven track record of accomplishments and results in the areas of safety, productivity, and product quality.
- BRC, SFQ, HAACP, Six Sigma experience preferred but not required.
- Excellent computer skills working with Microsoft products, EMaint, and SAP.
Working Conditions - Ability to work in a hot or cold environment.
- Work around solvents, ink, and adhesives used in the manufacturing process.
- Must wear the necessary PPE for all phases of the job.
- Safety steel shoes, hearing protection, safety glasses, hairnet, beard net, etc.