Printing Manager

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row. It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

PRINTING MANAGER

Location: Cedar City, UT

SUMMARY: Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Under the direction of the Manufacturing Manager, direct and coordinate, either directly or through subordinate Shift Supervisors, all press department operations. Be accountable for manufacturing costs, quality and quantity of production, methods used and effective use of production hours, skills, machines and equipment. Participate in planning production schedule, staffing requirements and manufacturing controls as related to manufacturing operations. Expedite scheduled production, investigate delays and initiate corrective action to assure economical production through efficient procedures. Administer company rules, regulations and policies governing employment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Implement and maintain color control systems.
• Train employees on printing and color control.
• Establish and hold supervisors/employees accountable to print quality expectations.
• Train employees on lamination.
• Establish and hold supervisors/employees accountable to lamination quality expectations.
• Troubleshoot and address print/lam production issues.
• Oversee and ensure all presses and laminators are properly maintained to meet highest quality printing and laminations.
• Lead continuous improvement projects using lean manufacturing principles, project management methods, and world class printing expectations.
• Attend daily scheduling and design review meetings.
• Identify and resolve employee training issues.
• Heavily involved in Technical improvements. Improvements include refining internal operation methods or sequences as well as improving efficiency.
• Monitor and measure daily production output as compared to standards in the areas of run times, waste, down time and have ready dates. Anticipate and prepare for short term and long-term production needs.
• Establish action plans and timelines for quality, safety and service improvements.
• Provide internal and external root cause / corrective action analysis for the Production Department
• Active team leader for various teams including but not limited to safety, waste and SMED.
• Responsible for continually improving safety procedures in the Production Department.
• Responsible for manufacturing's segment of new product development.
• Travel upon request to meetings with vendors or customers.
• Participate as a member of APC’s Division Leadership Team and the Food Safety Team ensuring that fundamental food safety practices are adopted and maintained. The Division Leadership Team also ensures that adequate resources are available to achieve food safety objectives and support the development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of SQF System.
• Other duties as assigned.