Pre Press Production Manager

Our client, who is a major player internationally in the sector they serve, is seeking an excellent Pre Press Production Manager to oversee the workload of operators, and plan, assign and track production within the studio.

The chosen candidate will be expected to:

· Report to the Operations Manager
· Manage all studio production operations and support associated departments to meet business/customer requirements.
· Supply regular updates to the Site Director.
· Play a key role with RCA and development of SGS QA systems
· Continually improve operator efficiencies whilst achieving all key customer performance objectives.
· Control processes within the studio to optimise throughput and efficiency.
· Minimise resource wastage and strive to increase recycling / reduce company carbon footprint.
· Ensure customer expectations for delivery are met on time and in full.
· Ensure production is carried out in accordance with appropriate documentation and procedures in order to obtain the required quality and performance.
· Check the maintenance of the department, premises and equipment.
· Ensure the appropriate validations are complete and up to date.
· Develop, motivate and manage production teams to maximise their performance potential and meet current and future business needs.
· Ensure that the initial and continuing training of the department personnel is carried out and adapted according to needs as defined in the training schedule.
· Conduct disciplinary investigations and hearings when required
· Assign, monitor and approve overtime to meet workload demands whilst keeping within forecast hours and ensuring all production staff are working in accordance with Working Time Regulations 1998.
· Ensure company H&S procedures are understood, implemented and adhered to.
· Monitor timekeeping and attendance and address accordingly.
· Conduct job evaluations and identify any necessary recruitment requirements, coordinate and conduct interviews and report results.
· Liaise with production staff and CSR team on daily production issues.
· Proactively communicate business developments with the production staff without divulging confidential or sensitive business information
· Work and communicate with the management team to promote a positive and proactive attitude towards continued improvement in all areas, demonstrating a united front.

The ideal candidate will be pro-active, with great communication and delegation skills. The capability of demonstrating a sense of urgency whilst achieving a consistently high quality of standards in a fast paced environment is also a must.
We are looking for someone who possesses a proven knowledge of Prepress workflows and experience in a managerial role.

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This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.