Ink Room Manager

Ink Room Manager at MCC summary:

The Ink Room Manager oversees the ink department's operations, including ink inventory, formulation, and quality control to support production needs and customer satisfaction. They manage staff, collaborate with procurement and R&D, and ensure cost‑efficient and timely delivery of inks while maintaining safety and environmental standards. This role requires expertise in ink chemistry, color formulation, supervisory experience, and effective communication skills within a manufacturing setting.

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The Ink Manager is responsible for managing ink levels, testing, sampling, and supplies. They are a resource for all departments, ensuring that production and finishing capabilities are maintained to meet the customer’s expectations. Also manage the operations of the Ink Department, ensuring that the Department delivers inks to each press promptly while meeting all customer requirements in a cost‑efficient manner. The Ink Manager is also responsible for supervising internal and external supplier staff, communicating with Customers, Suppliers, MCC Leadership, Procurement, Technical Development, R&D, Managers, Supervisors, operations personnel, and Sales to maintain relationships, establish cost savings, and explore newly available products.

Develop an understanding of MCC’s Novamet program and how to execute it on production. (Includes preparing/mixing of Novamet inks to be used in production, along with inventory levels and technical know‑how.)

Why work at MCC:

• Competitive compensation
• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and 401(k)
• Paid Holidays:
  New Year's, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, plus two floating Holidays

Responsibilities:

• Managing the operation of the Ink Department (internal/external staff), including ensuring proper staffing and coverage for the department.
• Plant technical leader of Novamet Ink Chemistry
• Hiring, training, coaching, and evaluating the performance of Ink Technicians and working with HR for employee discipline issues, terminations, and recruitment.
• Develop ink technology training for use by operations.
• Collaborating with the Procurement Department in purchasing products.
• Manage ink and anilox inventory levels.
• Maintaining and lowering the cost structure of purchased products.
• Overseeing inventory control for the Department.
• Maintaining proper records and formulations of inks used for customers’ orders.
• Ensuring all equipment is maintained in proper working order through preventive and unscheduled maintenance.
• Researching and recommending changes in department production methods or processes, new products, and equipment purchases to improve productivity and quality, and to reduce costs.
• Assisting with the planning and execution of all press approvals.
• Promoting quality and safety.
• Responding to customer requests in a timely, efficient, and professional manner.
• Assisting press operators as problems arise in a timely and efficient manner to prevent and/or reduce downtime.
  
  Managing color standards and approval processes.
• Maintaining vendor relations.
• Manage returns of defective materials, including inks, varnishes, stock, and supplies, for credits.
• Manage waste disposal program for inks, solvents, and glues, including vendor notifications for pickups.
• Perform post‑run calculations on materials and compare to the quote. Notify estimating to adjust quote information as necessary.
• Invoicing approval and pricing verification.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry‑related education or equivalent knowledge and work experience.
• Requires a minimum of 5 years of experience running a production ink room.
• Minimum of 5 years of supervisory experience in an ink/color…