Job Description

The Printing Manager provides leadership to the Press Department, supervisors, and production work teams and is a member of the site leadership team. Facilitates department meetings, intervenes as necessary to keep the goals and results consistent with company direction, and works with the supervisory team members to develop their full potential. The Printing Manager, in conjunction with the team, is responsible for safety, quality, productivity, equipment condition, and housekeeping.

• Works with all employees to maintain a safe work environment. Encourages and leads department to work in a safe manner and to seek improvement in work practices for their benefit. Develops and implements safety procedures and policies with the EH&S Manager in achieving departmental and plant safety goals.
• Directly involved in responsibilities/actions related to Food Safety Programs.
• Ability and responsibility to stop any process that is not meeting food safety requirements.
• Responsible for compliance with all facility food safety, food defense, and quality policies and procedures including product safety (GMPs)/Sanitation policies and procedures. Employee must continually work to promote the orderliness and cleanliness of their work area in support of SQF/5S and other company standards.
• Assures that the department maintains quality standards and uses SPC techniques for problem resolution through knowledge of product specifications and training of personnel.
• Ensures that product quality, production efficiencies, and overall productivity meets or exceeds established standards, and is directly accountable for expenditures exceeding budgeted levels.
• Ability and responsibility to stop any process that is not meeting customer quality requirements.
• Manages and facilitates the long-term goals of the department. Utilizes knowledge and experience, providing training to supervision.
• Oversees scheduling, material handling issues and maintenance, as well as resolving production problems.
• Helps department achieve goals and has responsibility for personnel issues, including required discipline.
• Provides a communication network between direct reports and upper management.
• Strives to have a technical proficiency and understanding of the machinery in the department.
• Provides assistance to the team in problem resolution and assures that testing and product development is carried out in a professional manner.
• Works effectively with other department managers to resolve issues and coordinate efforts to achieve stated goals.
• Must provide leadership in full support of GPI's Mission, Vision, and Core Values (Integrity, Respect, Accountability, Relationships, and Teamwork)
• Must provide leadership and fully support all GPI efforts for Lean, 5S, Six Sigma, and other Continuous Improvement processes

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3+ Years in a Leadership role
• 3+ Years in Manufacturing
• Must be a leader with strong communication skills, good organizational skills, and the ability to motivate employees to perform
• Quality conscious
• Production experience in large format offset litho printing is preferred
• Direct experience in the folding carton industry is preferred