Senior Offset Pressroom Leader & Process Optimizer

Priority Dispatch Corp.; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Salem One seeks an Offset Pressroom Manager to provide operational leadership across multiple offset production locations, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity while upholding G7 color standards. You will coordinate scheduling, quality, maintenance, and project management, driving continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration to meet business objectives.

The role requires strong knowledge of press operations, make-ready, and quality controls, with proven leadership to coach

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred (graphic communications, engineering, operations, or related); equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years of print manufacturing experience with leadership or supervisory responsibility.
• Strong knowledge of press operations, make ready/setup, quality requirements, and troubleshooting in a high-mix production environment.
• Experience leading teams, managing priorities, and coordinating cross-functionally to meet schedules and customer requirements.
• Working knowledge of Lean principles and structured problem-solving (5S, SMED) and ability to use metrics to drive action.
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and proficiency with basic reporting tools (Excel/ERP/MIS).

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the pressroom to improve performance, safety, quality, and costs.
• Lead and develop production teams through hiring, coaching, succession planning, and cross-training.
• Serve as the technical authority for offset printing operations and production optimization.
• Drive scheduling and production flow to align staffing with customer requirements.
• Establish and enforce process controls, standard work, and quality systems to reduce variation.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives using data-driven decision making.
• Partner with Sales, Project Management, Scheduling, Prepress, Finishing, Shipping, Maintenance, HR, suppliers, and customers to resolve issues.
• Lead root cause analysis and problem-solving to address production and equipment challenges.
• Oversee preventative maintenance strategy and equipment reliability.
• Manage customer and supplier engagement related to print quality and service performance.
• Direct compliance initiatives including quality standards, audit readiness, and safety.

Skills

Press operations

Quality systems

Lean principles

Structured problem-solving

Data-driven decision making

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Excel

ERP/MIS

Job description

Salem One seeks an Offset Pressroom Manager to provide operational leadership across multiple offset production locations, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity while upholding G7 color standards. You will coordinate scheduling, quality, maintenance, and project management, driving continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration to meet business objectives.

The role requires strong knowledge of press operations, make-ready, and quality controls, with proven leadership to coach