Pre-Press Manager

Description

Build your Career with an Industry Leader

As the global leader of premium labels, MCC helps brands stand out in competitive markets and inspire positive consumer experiences. Backed by over a century of printing experience, MCC is focused on the future by developing consumer-driven innovations and sustainable packaging solutions. Working for our team, you can truly make a difference.

The Graphics Prepress Manager oversees the graphic front end operations, ensuring that graphic files, contract proofs, and print tools meet all quality and technical standards for printing. Utilizing Lean Principles, the leadership position sets the foundation for successful printing production by fully engaging team members in a positive work environment, collaborating with internal and external customers to meet and exceed their expectations, and focusing on continuous improvement in graphic operations.

Why work at MCC:

• Competitive Compensation
• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and 401(k)
• Paid Holidays: New Years, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, plus two floating Holidays
  
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Champions the utilization of Managing for Daily Improvement (MDI) and other Lean tools to ensure all Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost KPIs are achieved.
• Provides leadership to professionals whose primary areas of responsibility include pre-flight, planning, pre-press, imposition, tooling, and platemaking processes.
• Partner with Sales and Operations leadership to ensure best in class service for both MCC customers and manufacturing facilities.
• Responsible for the delivery of MDI data, production ready files, proofs, tooling, and plates to meet strict internal and external timelines, scheduling, and quality requirements.
• Lead the development, implementation, and adherence of standard work to ensure the effectiveness of Graphic Reproduction Excellence processes for internal and external customers.
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement (CI) by ensuring collaboration with teammates and management to maximize efficiencies by identifying and removing waste along with improving cycle time.
• Responsible for proper staffing, training, coaching, and development of departmental teammates. Recommends personnel actions such as hiring and promotions.
• Makes recommendations for departmental upgrades by keeping current with industry and technology advancements.
• Collaborate with piers in the larger GRE and MCC organization to improve safety, quality, service while managing cost at a regional level.
• Individual must be able to work independently with minimal guidance required. This implies initiative, follow through, good time management, planning/organization, and decision-making skills.
• Individual must be able to interact effectively with a wide variety of people in a wide variety of settings, possessing strong communication skills, maintaining flexibility, objectivity, and a capacity to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Individual must be able to handle administrative activities, maintain records, reports, or files. This includes the preparation and maintenance of teammate records and documentation.
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred and 5+ years of Management experience in Customer Service or Graphics Reproduction, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Expertise with ERP and Graphics Systems
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations, methods, and practices.
• Excellent two-way communication skills (including both oral and written)
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited information may exists. Competence to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Aptitude to determine root cause of problem and implement an appropriate corrective action.
• A high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• High energy level and capacity to marshal resources to accomplish projects and manage initiatives.
• Exceptional customer focus and ability to build effective working relationships at all organizational levels
• Adaptable to changing environment and support of multiple clients.
• High degree of professionalism, discretion, and integrity.
  
  
  

Diversity & Inclusion:

MCC fosters an inclusive culture that respects and embraces our teammates’ diverse backgrounds and experiences, so that everyone can achieve their full potential here. We aspire for our company to truly reflect the diversity of our customers and the markets we serve. We are committed to equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of peoples’ gender identity/expression, age, language, sexual orientation, ability, race, socioeconomic status, national origin or other characteristics.

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