Printing Manager - Offset Print

All jobs at Southern Champion Tray (SCT) require Team members to act in accordance with the shared Core Values and Operating principles of the company as they perform specific job functions. These include:

• Trustworthy – We strive for our actions to match our words in all our relationships.
• Servant – Hearted – We enable and empower our team to serve the needs of customers, Team members, suppliers and the community.
• Relational – We aim to build healthy relationships while fostering an environment that promotes compassion, balance, and personal and professional growth.
• Resourceful – We value strategic in sourcing, first looking to create solutions internally, and then looking to apply that knowledge to future opportunities.

Responsible for the leadership of all printing, sheeting, graphics and pre-press operations for the packaging facility. Guides and directs overall productivity and print quality for the department while simultaneously driving continuous improvement. Leads training, development and coaching of team members while ensuring a safe and healthy workplace through proper training and maintenance.

• Demonstrates personal commitment to Safety that promotes a culture of safety and an expectation of safety compliance; takes responsibility to ensure that team is educated and trained in all areas of safety
• Effectively communicates with team and other departments to report on daily production, plans for future production, operational needs or issues, and schedule changes; partners effectively with scheduling department to ensure effective and optimal production to meet customer needs; leads effective and engaging shift meetings with team.
• Proactively reviews and analyzes production, quality control, maintenance and operational reports to evaluate performance and to determine causes of operating or production issues or nonconformity with product specifications.
• Actively collaborates with the Sales, Customer Service and Production Team to ensure seamless execution of customer requests on time and within budget.
• Partners with equipment OEM and internal maintenance team to drive safety, quality, optimal uptime and machine predictability, as well as develop capital justification for machine enhancements or new equipment to drive continuous improvement within the department. Develop strong relations with suppliers to provide a foundation for excellent customer responsiveness and quality by seeking out current industry trends, product innovation, and modern technology.
• Owns color management strategy within all pertinent areas of the operations including maintenance of G7 certification
• Leads and champions change to support lean continuous improvement principles, best practices in plant, food safety and innovation
• Oversees inventory counts to maintain inventory of ink, blankets coatings, specialty inks and other supplies, in conjunction with monitoring use of materials
• Identifies, documents, and drives departmental performance to meet metrics for Safety, Quality, Productivity, Waste and other KPI’s identified
• Establishes, communicates and drives departmental Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) through engaging the team and ensuring understanding while equipping and empowering them with the tools and resources needed; establish clear accountability for the team’s work
• Manages staffing for all three shifts for printing, sheeting, graphics and pre-press to meet workload requirements and productivity standards
• Collaborates and proactively communicates with shift supervisors regarding staffing, team member issues, equipment updates, production issues or changes in schedule to maintain seamless communication between all shifts
• Engages and constructively challenges team members through continuous learning, development and coaching while offering opportunities to acquire new skills, collaborate with other teams, and participate on special projects
• Manages administrative needs of the team including ensuring proper maintenance of equipment, maintaining licenses or certifications, and ordering supplies; perform general supervisory responsibilities such as interviewing, administering…