Digital Production Manager – Commercial Printing A growing commercial printing company is expanding its operations in the area and looking for an experienced Digital Production Manager to take responsibility for its digital printing department. This is a key leadership position for someone who understands production digital printing, people, workflow, quality, and deadlines and wants the opportunity to run and continue developing a growing department. The company is progressive and technology-driven, continues to invest in modern digital printing and workflow technology, and has built a strong reputation for developing and promoting its people. Why Consider This Opportunity? Excellent management-level compensation Outstanding company benefits Growing and expanding operation Modern production digital printing technology Significant investment in automation and workflow Paid technical and leadership training Regular performance and compensation reviews Stable company with low employee turnover Strong team-oriented culture Opportunity to build and develop your own team Company promotes from within Excellent long-term advancement potential
The Position:
The Digital Production Manager will have day-to-day responsibility for the digital printing department, including its people, equipment, workflow, productivity, quality, scheduling, and continuous improvement. This is a hands-on production leadership role. You'll manage the department, but you should also understand the equipment and processes well enough to work with operators, troubleshoot production problems, improve workflows, and keep work moving. The plant produces a diverse mix of commercial print, including marketing materials, brochures, booklets, direct mail, personalized and variable-data work, short-run publications, and other high-quality digital products.
Responsibilities:- Manage the day-to-day operation of the digital production department
- Lead, train, coach, and develop Digital Press Operators and production personnel
- Coordinate staffing, scheduling, workloads, and production priorities
- Ensure jobs are completed on time and to customer specifications
- Monitor productivity, quality, waste, downtime, and department performance
- Establish and maintain production standards and procedures
- Work with operators to troubleshoot equipment and print-quality problems
- Maintain high standards for color, registration, image quality, and consistency
- Coordinate preventative maintenance and equipment service
- Improve department workflow and overall equipment utilization
- Identify bottlenecks and implement process improvements
- Work closely with Prepress, Customer Service, Scheduling, Bindery, Mailing, Quality, and Plant Management
- Help evaluate new equipment, software, automation, and production technology
- Maintain a safe, organized, efficient production environment
- Recruit, train, and develop employees as the department continues to grow
Experience We're Looking ForCandidates should have previous digital printing production leadership experience in a commercial printing, direct mail, transactional, or similar high-volume print environment.
Experience with production equipment such as HP Indigo | Canon imagePRESS | Canon varioPRINT | Ricoh Pro | Xerox Iridesse | Xerox iGen | Konica Minolta Accurio
Press | Kodak NEXFINITY | Similar Production Digital Equipment.
The company is interested in people who understand more than a specific make or model of press. The right person will understand the entire digital production workflow—from files and scheduling through printing, quality, finishing, and delivery.
Experience with variable-data printing, color management, digital front ends/RIPs, workflow automation, production scheduling, preventative maintenance, and continuous improvement is valuable.
Are You Ready to Run the Department?
You may already be a Digital Production Manager, Digital Print Manager, Production Supervisor, Digital Department Manager, or Digital Operations Manager.
The company will also consider a strong Digital Lead or Lead Operator who has been training employees, coordinating workflow, troubleshooting production issues, and functioning as the go-to person in the department—and is ready for an opportunity to officially move into management.
This is an opportunity to take ownership of a department, develop people, improve processes, and have a direct impact on an operation that is continuing to invest and grow.
If you're an experienced digital printing professional looking for a leadership role with excellent compensation, outstanding benefits, progressive technology, and real advancement potential, we'd like to hear from you.
