Screen Department Supervisor

About the role

The Screen Department Supervisor reports directly to the Production Manager, leading a team of 8-12 individuals in creating standard processes while continuously seeking opportunities to improve and find better ways of doing things. They lead with a servant-leader mindset, supporting and developing their employees while ensuring they have the training, resources, and knowledge needed to succeed. They oversee department workflow, prioritizing jobs to ensure they are completed on time while maintaining high-quality standards, minimizing rework, and ensuring product comes out right the first time. This role requires a flexible, open-minded leader who is willing to adapt, challenge the status quo, and embrace change rather than simply relying on the way things have always been done. They are also responsible for cross-training and developing their team, while continuously looking for ways to improve both their people and the department as a whole.

Responsibilities

• Direct the labor and workflow through the department. This includes setting daily goals/expectations for each operator based on the required work that day.
• Ensure quality and production standards are met and develop procedures and processes to support the functions necessary to meet those objectives.
• Ensure all orders are produced profitably and on time from the Department.
• Keep accurate inventory of what materials are on hand for producing products in their department, while also working with Purchasing Manager to avoid material shortages, making plans as necessary to safeguard material for specific products and/or customers.
• Have the knowledge and ability to print/produce products, and the understanding of how to operate the various pieces of equipment in the department.
• Successfully train all team members to operate assigned equipment, and retrain when new processes or equipment is introduced.
• Approach challenges with the optimistic assumption that an effective solution will be found; looking at new projects and daily challenges as an opportunity to improve the department in a positive way.
• Provide accurate and timely performance reviews, review employee timecards and PTO requests, review daily goals and performance standards with employees. Provide timely and professional corrective actions to team members when necessary or applicable.
• Consistently improve efficiencies and waste in order to increase profitability.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of commercial printing experience.
• Proven track record with time management, Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement is critical.
• Focus on servant leadership.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as job, order, safety rules, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to speak effectively and professionally.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be versed in Microsoft suite and familiar with usage of HRIS/ERP systems (being a plus).
• Strong reasoning and discretion ability. Must be able to think quickly, strategically, and use your judgment to make difficult decisions.