Assistant Print Manager

Position Overview

Assistant Print Manager

Location:

Corporate Headquarters – Cleveland, OH 44102

Job Type: Full Time

Midwest Direct, founded in 1982, provides mail presorting and direct mail services. We help clients create and deliver print, mail, and digital messages with accurate audience data.

$500 Sign-On Bonus!

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate daily print production activities to meet deadlines and customer expectations.
• Monitor production schedules and adjust priorities to maximize efficiency and output.
• Ensure all jobs are produced according to client specifications, quality standards, and delivery timelines.
• Manage, coach, and develop production staff; conduct performance evaluations, training, and skill development.
• Create staffing schedules and manage labor allocation to meet production demands.
• Foster a safe, collaborative, and accountable work environment.
• Establish and maintain quality control procedures across all production stages.
• Review proofs, press checks, color consistency, finishing accuracy, and final product quality.
• Resolve production issues, defects, and customer concerns quickly and effectively.
• Oversee maintenance schedules for printing presses, finishing equipment, and production machinery.
• Coordinate repairs, service contracts, and equipment upgrades.
• Monitor equipment performance and recommend capital investments.
• Manage inventory levels for all consumables; coordinate purchasing and vendor relationships.
• Negotiate pricing, delivery schedules, and service agreements.
• Monitor production costs including labor, materials, waste, overtime, and equipment usage.
• Identify opportunities to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and increase profitability.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and operational planning.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations, workplace safety standards, and environmental guidelines.
• Maintain clean, organized, and safe production areas; lead safety initiatives and incident reporting.

• 5+ years of print production or manufacturing management experience.
• Strong knowledge of web inkjet, offset, and digital printing.
• Experience with bindery, finishing, mailing, and fulfillment operations.
• Mechanically inclined.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Knowledge of color management and print quality standards.
• Physical requirements:
  
  ability to walk production floor regularly, lift up to 25–50 lbs occasionally, push and pull large paper rolls, and work in noisy manufacturing environments.
• MUST be able to pass criminal background check and drug test.

Salary: 55,000 - 60,000 per year.

Midwest Direct is an equal opportunity employer and celebrates our employees' differences, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.