Print & Direct Mail Planner

ANRO; West Chester (Chester County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

ANRO in West Chester, PA seeks an Experienced Professional for full-time Print Estimation and Production Planning. You will collaborate with Sales, customers, and production teams to estimate costs, schedule effectively, and manage job flow from specifications to billing.

Strong math, organizational ability, and print knowledge are essential. The role requires a 4-year degree preference, with high school diploma acceptable, and experience in print environments including offset, digital, bindery,

Qualifications

• Requires basic to advanced math and measurement
• Experience in print production planning or estimating preferred
• Knowledge of print workflows (offset/digital) and bindery is beneficial
• Ability to read customer specifications and POs and align with production

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Sales, customers, vendors and Production
• Estimate costs and plan efficient schedules
• Decide production process and equipment based on parameters
• Enter jobs into billing and manage workflow from specs to delivery
• Assist with new print-based job planning and layouts
• Maintain quality, safety and on-time delivery with deadlines

Skills

Organizational skills

Customer service

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Multitasking

Strong math skills

Communication

Education

High School Diploma

Technical School training

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word)

EFI Monarch

Job description

Job Details

Level: Experienced

Job Location: Anro, Inc. - West Chester, PA 19382

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Travel Percentage: Negligible

Job Shift: First shift

Job Category: Manufacturing

Collaborates and coordinates with Sales Force, customers, vendors and Production

Coordinates with estimators for efficient cost options and with production for effective scheduling and may recommend changes or improvements.

Makes decisions on production process and equipment based on job parameters, volume and cost.

Manage jobs through work flow process including customer specifications and POs, scheduling, requisition raw materials and outside operations, bindery requirements and layouts.

Planning may require creating new Print based jobs.

Work efficiently and effectively to assure completion of production to meet customer demand

Ensure jobs are entered into billing quickly and accurately.

Performing other duties or special projects as required or as assigned by the manager

QualificationsEducational/Training/Experience:

• High School Diploma
• Technical School training desired
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Preferred Education and Experience

• Print Estimating and/or Job planning experience is preferred with 5 year history
• Knowledge of color, paper, and print-flow operations highly recommended (including offset and digital sheetfed, digital webfed, wide format, bindery, finishing and direct mail.
• Knowledge of operations from layout to post press including finishing and mail is preferred
• Familiar with Print MIS systems desired, EFI Monarch or PSI

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Skills include Organizational, Customer Service, strong problem solving, analytical and multitasking abilities
• Excellent math skills and measure in applying customer specifications including algebra, equations and geometry
• Proficient in MS office, particularly excel and word and EFI Monarch software
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Critical thinking skills, problem solving, logical and practical
• Working independently or with a team
• Conscious of Quality, Safety and Security
• Flexible and able to work with deadlines, work load requirements and able to prioritize estimates based on customer and production demands
• Adaptability Attendance/Punctuality