Press Lead

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Oversees departmental staffing, scheduling, development and coaching, performance review, planning for continuous improvement within the designated cell, and input to the budgeting process.
• Participates in interview and selection process for the cell and/or job family, collaborates with interview team members to select candidates based on specific knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors.
• Develops and coaches individuals to support the process and to support operational objectives, strategic goals and individual career goals.
• Leads and monitors progression to ensure skill development.
• Develops and manages staffing schedules that support operational requirements to deliver material requirements that meet or exceed defined production goals.
• Communicates with previous and next shift Process Leads to maintain smooth shift transition related to operational status and work in process.
• Communicates appropriately to create understanding of how daily activities link to operational goals and strategies.
• Promotes an Organizational Culture that drives continuous process improvement (CPI) initiatives, upward feedback and leading by example as a key strength to the business needs.
• Accomplishes duties using safe work practices and equipment while being responsible for reporting all injuries and observed unsafe conditions.
• Coaches fellow employees on safe work practices as appropriate and contributes to the overall success of the company's safety program.
• Assists with development of WI’s and JA’s to assist in the training and development of all employees within the family/cell.
• Responsible for opening Kodak equipment notifications and communicating with the Kodak team to troubleshoot prepress equipment.
• Inspects and signs off on color OK's for specialty jobs and monitors the quality of said jobs.
• Focus on CPI to reduce waste in all areas.

Requirements And Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong technical knowledge of printing equipment (Heatset)
• Basic computer skills and familiarity with SAP
• Work in a team environment and effectively lead and train others
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills
• Ability to define problems, collect data and draw valid conclusions
• Valid driver's license required or eligible to get a valid Florida state driver's license
• Work in a noisy area using hearing protection
• Strong organizational and team leading skills are desired