Shrink Assistant Print Manager (41235)

Summary/Objective: The Shrink Assistant Print Manager supports the Shrink Print Manager in leading safe, compliant, high-quality, and efficient department operations. This position coordinates daily activities, develops team capability, monitors performance, and collaborates across functions to meet customer requirements and departmental KPI goals. The role exercises delegated authority and assumes assigned leadership responsibilities in the Shrink Print Manager’s absence.

Specific Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Safety and Compliance

• Promotes the health, safety, and well-being of team members and protects products and equipment by reinforcing a safety-first culture.
• Coordinates departmental safety, fire-safety, hazardous-material, sustainability, recycling, and 6S activities in the Shrink Print Department and Cylinder Room.
• Supports compliance with applicable OSHA and EPA requirements and coordinates required training and documentation.

Operations and Performance

• Supports the Shrink Print Manager in planning and coordinating daily department activities to meet manufacturing schedules, customer requirements, and plant objectives.
• Provides day-to-day direction to supervisors and associates within delegated authority and assumes assigned leadership responsibilities in the manager’s absence.
• Monitors staffing, processes, equipment utilization, costs, and departmental KPIs; communicates results and coordinates corrective actions with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Coordinates equipment repairs and preventive maintenance based on safety, customer demand, and line efficiency; supports equipment purchasing and spare-parts availability.
• Supports capital-investment planning and implementation and monitors project and equipment performance.

Quality and Customer Requirements

• Collaborates with Customer Service, Sales, Quality, Process Engineering, Graphic Arts, Ink Development, supervisors, support staff, and operators to ensure products meet customer specifications.
• Partners with QA and QC to investigate material complaints and process issues, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and support accurate customer communication.
• Supports BRC requirements and other plant-wide quality initiatives and serves as the designated process owner for Shrink Print and Engraving when assigned.

People Leadership and Continuous Improvement

• Builds trust through daily engagement, leads by example, and reinforces company values and performance expectations.
• Supports hiring, onboarding, training, coaching, performance management, discipline, and housekeeping activities in coordination with the Shrink Print Manager and Human Resources.
• Ensures team members receive training on processes, changes, equipment upgrades, safety requirements, and performance metrics.
• Evaluates relevant technologies and methods, recommends improvements, and coordinates approved continuous-improvement initiatives.