Digital Production Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety is the primary focus for the department.
• Promotes and practices safety awareness and the proper use of equipment.
• Works with Operations Manager and Digital Leadership to create and implement department goals and objectives.
• Consistent quality & delivery reliability as measured by KPI’s
• Sign-off jobs on presses as required.
• Maintains Color Standard Library for color and quality consistent with customer expectations.
• Oversees production or the department and ensures completed jobs meet customer standards.
• Pre-Production review of new jobs in coordination with Technical Team.
• Supports the concept of Quality at the Source and ensures all production staff views themselves as Quality Managers.
• Eliminate spoilage through quality.
• Collaborate with maintenance department and external vendors to ensure proper inventory of spare parts and preventative maintenance are completed timely.
• Troubleshoot press issues with operators and/or maintenance team.
• Ability to learn basics of HP Indigo and Digital Finishing (Prati and ABG Digicon) operations.
• Create and sustain a culture of relentless pursuit of continuous improvement and business excellence.
• Support a culture of engaged associates who are empowered to solve problems and participate in CI events, Kaizen, and A-3 teams.
• Utilize Lean Manufacturing tools from within the organization to drive key performance indicators.
• Coincides and communicates daily with Scheduling, Finishing Team Lead to ensure all jobs are prioritized.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of manufacturing experience required, and HP digital printing experience strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to manage a production environment.
• Continuous Improvement Lean Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Color theory understanding is preferred but not required.
• Literate in Microsoft Office or the equivalent.
• Ability to learn business information systems.
• Articulate, clear, persuasive, and passionate in the spoken and written word.
• Make effective and persuasive presentations on controversial or complex topics.
• Travel and move about in offices and plants.
• Relate to people at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work in an environment that encourages teamwork, participation, creativity, openness, honesty, and mutual respect.