Digital Production Manager - Commercial Print San Jose^

Job Description

Job Description

This job is posted on behalf of Talent Guide USA by Top Echelon.

Digital Production Manager – Commercial Printing

Excellent Compensation | Outstanding Benefits | Growing Operation | Advanced Technology | Career Advancement

A growing commercial printing company is expanding its operations in the area and looking for an experienced Digital Production Manager to take responsibility for its digital printing department.

This is a key leadership position for someone who understands production digital printing, people, workflow, quality, and deadlines and wants the opportunity to run and continue developing a growing department.

The company is progressive and technology-driven , continues to invest in modern digital printing and workflow technology, and has built a strong reputation for developing and promoting its people.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Excellent management-level compensation
• Outstanding company benefits
• Growing and expanding operation
• Modern production digital printing technology
• Significant investment in automation and workflow
• Paid technical and leadership training
• Regular performance and compensation reviews
• Stable company with low employee turnover
• Strong team-oriented culture
• Opportunity to build and develop your own team
• Company promotes from within
• Excellent long-term advancement potential

The Position

The Digital Production Manager will have day-to-day responsibility for the digital printing department , including its people, equipment, workflow, productivity, quality, scheduling, and continuous improvement.

This is a hands-on production leadership role . You'll manage the department, but you should also understand the equipment and processes well enough to work with operators, troubleshoot production problems, improve workflows, and keep work moving.

The plant produces a diverse mix of commercial print, including marketing materials, brochures, booklets, direct mail, personalized and variable-data work, short-run publications, and other high-quality digital products .

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operation of the digital production department
• Lead, train, coach, and develop Digital Press Operators and production personnel
• Coordinate staffing, scheduling, workloads, and production priorities
• Ensure jobs are completed on time and to customer specifications
• Monitor productivity, quality, waste, downtime, and department performance
• Establish and maintain production standards and procedures
• Work with operators to troubleshoot equipment and print-quality problems
• Maintain high standards for color, registration, image quality, and consistency
• Coordinate preventative maintenance and equipment service
• Improve department workflow and overall equipment utilization
• Identify bottlenecks and implement process improvements
• Work closely with Prepress, Customer Service, Scheduling, Bindery, Mailing, Quality, and Plant Management
• Help evaluate new equipment, software, automation, and production technology
• Maintain a safe, organized, efficient production environment
• Recruit, train, and develop employees as the department continues to grow

Experience We're Looking For

Candidates should have previous digital printing production leadership experience in a commercial printing, direct mail, transactional, or similar high-volume print environment.

Experience with production equipment such as:

HP Indigo | Canon imagePRESS | Canon varioPRINT | Ricoh Pro | Xerox Iridesse | Xerox iGen | Konica Minolta AccurioPress | Kodak NEXFINITY | Similar Production Digital Equipment

The company is interested in people who understand more than a specific make or model of press. The right person will understand the entire digital production workflow —from files and scheduling through printing, quality, finishing, and delivery.

Experience with variable-data printing, color management, digital front ends/RIPs, workflow automation, production scheduling, preventative maintenance, and continuous improvement is valuable.

Are You Ready to Run the Department?

You may already be a Digital Production Manager, Digital Print Manager, Production Supervisor, Digital Department Manager, or Digital Operations Manager .

The company will also consider a strong Digital Lead or Lead Operator who has been training employees, coordinating workflow, troubleshooting production issues, and functioning as the go-to person in the department—and is ready for an opportunity to officially move into management.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a department , develop people, improve processes, and have a direct impact on an operation that is continuing to invest and grow.

If you're an experienced digital printing professional looking for a leadership role with excellent compensation, outstanding benefits, progressive technology, and real advancement potential, we'd like to hear from you.