Pre-Press Department Supervisor

The Press and Pre-Press Department Leader position is responsible for leading the mounting, ink and press departments in all aspects of associate safety, product quality, associate hiring, staffing, budgeting, planning equipment maintenance, setting a yearly strategy and achieving the necessary productivity from both departments as required to meet customer demands.

Responsibilities and Duties:

This job description and performance standard document has been prepared as a guide to ensure better communication and understanding. All responsibilities, however, have not been included, nor could they be. Your Supervisor/Manager may from time to time ask you to perform other related duties not specifically included in this description. Likewise, this description will be revised when required to meet current business needs.

• The Press and Pre-Press Department Leader is responsible for all Associate aspects in terms of safety, annual reviews, staffing, hiring and potential terminations.
• Trains, guides, and assists Associates in the successful execution of their roles. Coordinates training of new Associates by assigning a qualified trainer, and monitoring the timely completion and documentation of the training program.
• Is responsible for department budget, annual budgeting process within press / pre-press and the actual budget spend on a monthly basis. Monitors, inventories and purchases materials that are vital to production.
• Generates improvement ideas and embraces improvement projects to better the business. Leads KAIZEN Events in either department to meet safety, quality or productivity goals.
• Is responsible for evaluating the department equipment routinely, working with maintenance to improve or repair equipment in the CMMS program as necessary to minimize unplanned downtime.
• Arrives regularly prior to their scheduled shift to review the production schedule, to review staffing issues, and to touch base with the prior Shift Leader for continuity (Shift-to-Shift Tie-In) and preparation for the communication huddles.
• Sustains and audits our core disciplines, and holds Associates accountable for compliance with all quality control, productivity, safety, housekeeping, scrap data input, and communication expectations and procedures.
• Insists that the associates under their supervision work proactively and with a sense of urgency utilizing the Set-Up / Start-Up Procedures to facilitate systematic and timely start-ups on production equipment.
• Drives strict compliance with all Quality Control procedures to make sure we are making product First Time Right, and assure consistency and limit our quality exposure throughout the run by continuously monitoring the process including auditing roll-to-roll checks.
• Be Safe! Encourage all employees to engage in safe working behaviors

Skills and Qualifications :

• Bachelor Degree from an accredited four-year college/university. Engineering or manufacturing emphasis preferred.
• Five years or more experience in a supervisory/management/leadership position in an industrial production environment.