Production Supervisor

Southern Graphic Systems, LLC; East Butler (Butler County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plans

Dental plan

Vision plan

Life insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Flexible spending account

Job summary

Collide, part of the Propelis Group, seeks a Suppvr - Production to lead the production team across multiple activities including color, retouching, assembly, and quality control. You will align with the Project Coordination team to keep projects on schedule and on budget.

You will resolve complex production issues with strong technical expertise and partner with clients to ensure high-quality deliverables while fostering process improvements and team development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Production or related field.
• MBA or Master's degree preferred.
• 6+ years of previous managing production teams experience.
• Occasional travel either locally, nationally, and/or internationally may be required.
• High/Basic degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications.
• Strong analytical, budgeting, project management, and planning skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Attends pre-production meetings and/or interacts with customers directly as necessary.
• Ensures high quality standards in all production client deliverables.
• Works with project team and client contacts to ensure deliverables meet specifications.
• Maintains market/competitor trend knowledge for clients and communicates insights to the team.
• Develops knowledge base for client categories and shares consumer insights with the team.
• Develops production solutions to issues impacting department or clients.
• Builds internal partnerships to meet client needs and keep projects within scope, budget, and timelines.
• Drives improvement of production processes to better serve clients and meet financial targets.
• Sets priorities for the team and coordinates work with other supervisors.
• Follows up with reports to ensure jobs meet hours and deadlines and company policies.
• Plans, directs, coordinates activities; mentors, coaches, and develops team.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Production management

Budgeting

Project management

Communication

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Production or related field

MBA or Master's degree preferred

Tools

MS Office Suite

Outlook

Internet applications

Job description

Description

Collide, part of the Propelis Group, provides brand activation solutions across print, promo, digital and fabrication, supporting large and small brands around the world from brand creation to implementation.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This role supervises a Production Team engaged in one or more production activities, such as color & retouching, assembly, production art or quality control. The Supvr - Production partners with the Project Coordination team to ensure projects remain on schedule and on budget. This position manages and makes adjustments to schedules, workloads, and resourcing as needed to ensure deadlines are met and the optimal performance of the team. The Supvr - Production is responsible for resolving the most complex production problems using strong technical expertise and a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Attends any pre-production meetings and/or interacts with customers directly as necessary.
• Ensures high quality standards in all production client deliverables.
• Works closely with project team, and client contacts as needed, to ensure production deliverables within specific area of expertise to follow project specifications and meet client needs.
• Maintains a good understanding of market and competitor trends for assigned clients and communicates details with project team.
• Develops knowledge base for client categories and keeps team up to speed on consumer insights, trends, etc. Leverage knowledge to strengthen client relationships.
• Develops sound and effective production solutions to issues that impact a department or client.
• Creates strong and effective internal partnerships to ensure client needs are met and projects stay within scope, budget, timeline, quality and other Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Proactively leads the development of improved production processes to better serve clients and achieve financial targets.
• Sets priorities for the team to ensure task completion; coordinates work activities with other supervisors.
• Follows-up with direct reports to ensure jobs are on target for established hours and deadlines and adhering to company policies and procedures.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of employee(s) to ensure goals or objectives are accomplished. Mentors, coaches, trains and develops team.
• Additional duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Production or related field
• Advanced degree (MBA, Master's) preferred
• 6+ years of previous managing production teams experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Occasional) travel either locally, nationally, and/or internationally may be required
• High/Basic degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications.
• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning).
• Solid understanding and application of mathematical concepts.
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients.
• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to work with and influence peers and management.

PHYSICAL ASPECTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk, hear and see.
• Regularly/Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly/Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold & heat, risk of electrical shock, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low/moderate.

* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

About Propelis:

Propelis is a portfolio of global marketing services and technology companies with a combined legacy of 150+ years, 2,000+ clients, 9,000 employees, and operations across 30 countries. Propelis provides the scale and support of a global organization while preserving the unique culture and identity of each company in its portfolio. www.TimetoCollide.com

EEO Statement:

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We offer equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

We strive to make our employment website and application process accessible to all users and applicants. In doing so, we provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or assistance completing the application process, please contact a member of our Human Resource Team.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $70,420 USD - $85,000 USD annually. Ultimately, in determining pay, we will consider the successful candidate's location, experience, and other job-related factors. Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short/long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.

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Qualifications

Education

Bachelors (required)

Experience

Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills (required) High/Basic degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications (required) 6 years: Years of previous managing production teams experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience (required)

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