Open Position

JOB SUMMARY

As the Production Manager, you'll be tasked with directing, coordinating, and scheduling activities to ensure optimal workflow efficiency. Your responsibilities extend to planning, developing, and implementing programs, systems, and workflows to enhance productivity. Upholding safety standards and enforcing company policies are paramount aspects of your role. Moreover, you'll be leading, managing, and motivating your team to achieve production, quality, and financial objectives. This entails analyzing production processes, setting priorities, and devising comprehensive plans and schedules to ensure timely delivery while upholding our commitment to quality. Furthermore, your role involves consulting with clients to identify tailored sign and graphic solutions that effectively address their business needs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversees production team, leads and coaches for optimal personal achievement
• Trains production team on safety standards, policies and procedures
• Resolves personnel challenges and strives to enhance a healthy work environment
• Communicates in a professional and respectful manner with team, clients and management
• Works with sales and management to reschedule workloads to meet deadlines
• Reviews production orders and schedules; conducts production meetings for the group
• Identifies specifications for the job: size, quantity, materials, color, specifications
• Orders materials in a fiscally responsible manner
• Schedules, oversees production flow, identifies and solves for bottlenecks
• Identifies solutions for staffing needs, materials shortages, and vendor challenges
• Assists in areas in need serving as a back-up when required
• Schedules delivery dates in accordance with client’s needs
• Coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products
• Performs quality checks on projects in production
• Reviews production workflow and operations and resolves problems
• Inspects equipment to ensure peak operational performance
• Assists with equipment and maintenance problems; seeks economical solutions
• Coordinates with technicians when equipment requires repair
• Creates, maintains production, vendor, team reports and information
• Continuously seeks to increase knowledge and attends trainings as required
• Monitors inventory, places, receives material orders, maintains records and conducts monthly inventory
• Ensures production floor, equipment and workstations are clean and clutter-free
• Oversees recycling, trash, and waste programs
• Serves as an ambassador of the Company administering policies in a professional and respectful manner

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, scheduling, evaluation, leadership, and supervision of production team. Carries out leadership responsibilities in accordance with company policies, procedures, safety, and applicable laws and regulations. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, coaching, employees; scheduling, directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing concerns and/or complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Previous production management experience in a print environment
• Project management and scheduling experience
• Proficient with MS Office Suite and overall computer, production software
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively
• Print, manufacturing knowledge and experience
• Ability to lead, motive and inspire teams toward the accomplishment of goals
• Production ready knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and other Adobe Graphic Design Software

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Associate degree in business, production management, manufacturing or 3-5 years of printing and/or production management experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Strong skills in work planning, workflow, scheduling, excellent ability to identify color, design, and print quality.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to read, interpret and write reports, business correspondence, work instructions, and workflow procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and employees.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts, measurements, and how to apply concepts such as fractions, ratios, and proportions to practical situations relative to print jobs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk the production floor throughout the day, talk, listen and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands, fingers, wrists, to type and feel; arms and hands to reach. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, large equipment, fumes, toxic chemicals, and heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.