Production Director

Our client is one of Europe’s fasting growing print businesses delivering uniquely memorable experiences for brands and consumers every day. Over multi site operations they have Digital, Litho and Wide Format production with all associated data, pre-press, finishing and logistics.

We are tasked with finding a forward thinking print production expert. The Production Director will be expected to drive and develop all print production operations, with the adoption of best practise in all areas to enhance the customer experience, drive efficiency and enable new product opportunities.
The Production Director, reporting to the COO and will work in close collaboration with fellow directors from Technology, Ecommerce, Commercial and Marketing to help drive the organisation’s client facing products towards continued growth and internal systems to greater efficiency.
The Production Director will lead team of departmental managers and production staff, Job Management, Pre-Press, Digital Printing, Offset Printing, Finishing, Bindery, Fulfilment, Stock and Delivery.

Key Responsibilities / Performance Requirements:

• Inspire and Develop our client’s talent
• Lead the team daily with a pragmatic determination to complete and finish projects to plan and KPI
• Issues should be removed completely rather than managed daily by engineering or development of our solutions, including, lean process, machinery, MIS, workflow, bespoke software, training, personal development or recruitment.
• Collaborate closely with the business and customers to understand overall market requirements and help translate strategic and product priorities into robust production solutions
• Develop and manage relationships with equipment, technology and supply chain partners.
• Provide a production solution product which internal and external customers trust and enjoy
• Identify, develop or deliver production solutions that enable the wonderful

Desired Skills & Experience
• Lean, process engineering and automation
• Training and staff development
• Resource planning and cost management
• Contract and supplier management
• Installation and facility management
• Colour Management
• ISO Management
• Logistics

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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.