Part of our client’s success derives from their ultimate goal…to print things that people will fall in love with. Their service, ideas, technology and cost‑efficiency make them a supplier that is championed by exciting, discerning clients. Everything from signage, wall coverings, glass manifestation, window graphics, exhibition graphics, displays, vehicle livery, hoardings…you name it, they print it.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Head of Production to work with big-name brands and some of the country’s most influential creative agencies.
Accountabilities
- Overall responsibility for managing production and ensuring all jobs are delivered on time and to pre‑requisite quality standards.
- Monitor the incoming work schedule, prioritise jobs, allocate labour and determine the fitting schedule for internal and external fitters.
- Manage the production workflow, optimise for efficiency, and supervise the production team.
- Overall responsibility for scheduling drivers and job paths, and for utilising drivers in production when they are not driving.
- Overall responsibility for ordering all materials for jobs.
- This role will be line manager for 15+ operators. Some of the associated responsibilities include:
- Ensure operators are onboarded and sufficiently cross‑trained on different machinery
- Supervise and motivate operators to do their best work
- Advise general management on operator pay reviews
- Advise general management on staffing gaps and lead recruitment efforts for production
- Manage the operator holiday schedule and approve time off
- Responsible for operator performance management and disciplinary actions where necessary
- Provide production expertise to the commercial teams and general management.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for advice on jobs to the sales team.
- Identify general management on production bottlenecks or efficiency improvements.
- Advise general management on new machinery requirements, and help assess new machinery.
- Misc
- Ensure health and safety compliance within production.
- Ensure the factory stays clean and tidy.
Experience
- 5+ years’ experience managing production is required
- 5+ years’ experience (ideally 10+) in the large format print sector is strongly preferred
- Experience managing a similarly sized team of operators is strongly preferred
- Existing knowledge of large format print machinery and file prep is strongly preferred
- Experience purchasing materials (particularly within the print industry) is a bonus, but not required
- Experience recruiting operators (particularly within the print industry) is a bonus, but not required
- Experience as a hands‑on operator (particularly within the print industry) is a bonus, but not required
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