Print Production Manager - Midrand

Dis-Chem Pharmacies; Midrand; Presencial; ZAR 700.000 - 900.000; Jornada completa

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Market-related salary

Medical aid

Provident fund

Staff account

Descripción de la vacante

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is seeking a Print Production Manager at Head Office to lead end-to-end production of marketing materials across the Dis-Chem ecosystem. You will drive workflow from creative development to distribution, aligning timelines and resources with campaign priorities.

Lead a multi-functional team, optimise substrates, finishes, and costs, and ensure quality and compliance across all channels and environments.

Formación

• Degree or diploma in Print Production, Operations, or relatedfield.
• 5+ years’ experience in print/production with team leadership responsibility.
• 5–8 years’ leadership or people management in print/retail/operational delivery.
• Experience in retail or multi-channel production environments.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee end-to-end workflow from creative adaptation to print finishing and distribution.
• Plan production capacity based on creative pipeline and campaign calendars.
• Coordinate with Traffic Manager to align delivery timelines and priorities.
• Manage budgets, substrates, finishes, and production techniques.

Conocimientos

Print production

Team leadership

Workflow management

Substrates & finishing

Budget control

Cross-functional collaboration

DTP knowledge

Production scheduling

Educación

Degree or diploma in Print Production

Herramientas

Corel Draw

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Descripción del empleo

Dis-Chem Pharmacies has an opportunity available for a Print Production Manager for their Head Office. The Print Production Manager is responsible for the end-to-end production, finishing, and distribution of marketing materials across the Dis-Chem ecosystem, including retail, pharmacy, clinics, insurance, promotions, and activations/events. The role leads a multi-functional production team, ensuring creative is accurately adapted, produced, finished, and delivered to the correct locations for the correct channels. The role works in close coordination with the Creative Studio Traffic Manager to ensure seamless workflow from creative development into production, aligning timelines, priorities, and resource allocation. The role also drives operational excellence across print production, including substrate selection, cost management, wastage reduction, and process optimisation.

Minimum Requirements…

Essential:

• Degree or diploma in Print Production, Operations, or relatedfield
• 5+ years’ experience in print/production, with team leadershipresponsibility
• 5 –8 years’ experience in a leadership or people management role within print production, retail production, or operational delivery environments.
• Experience in retail or multi-channel productionenvironments

Responsibilities

Production planning and workflow management

• Oversee end-to-end workflow: creative adaptation to print production to finishing todistribution
• Work closely with the Creative Studio Traffic Manager to align production schedules with creative delivery timelines and campaign priorities.
• Plan production capacity based on incoming creative pipeline and campaigncalendars
• Account for varying formats across stores, clinics, and other environments when planningproduction

Execution and production operations

• Oversee print production across all materials (in-store signage, POS, campaign collateral, clinic and pharmacy materials, activation assets).
• Receive and validate final creative assets from the Traffic Manager, ensuring readiness for production and flagging any issues early.
• Ensure correct substrates, finishes, and production techniques areused
• Manage finishing processes and oversee distribution to all requiredlocations

Stakeholder alignment and team leadership

• Lead and manage the production team: Production Administrator, DTP Operator(s), Finishing Team Lead & Clerk, Distribution Manager.
• Coordinate daily with the Creative Studio Traffic Manager to manage priorities, deadlines, and workload across creative and production teams.
• Collaborate with Promotions, Visual Merchandising, Marketing, and Creative Studioteams
• Align timelines, expectations, and deliverables across stakeholders.

Governance, cost management and quality control

• Ensure all outputs meet brand, legal, and technical standards beforedistribution
• Establish clear handoff protocols with the Traffic Manager, ensuring all assets are approved, final, and production-ready before entering production.
• Manage production budgets, supplier costs, and internalefficiencies
• Drive reduction in material wastage and improve productionefficiency
• Monitor supplier performance and ensure SLAadherence

Competencies Essential:

Key competencies

• Deep knowledge of print production, print machines, retail environment and different types of POS items required in store, substrates, finishing processes, and distribution logistics.
• Thorough working knowledge of Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
• Strong understanding of creative-to-production workflows in a multi-channelenvironment
• Experience working with workflow management systems and structured handoffprocesses
• Proven ability to lead multi-functional operationalteams
• Strong coordination skills across creative and productionfunctions
• Ability to balance quality, speed, and cost across complex campaigndelivery

Key Performance Indicators

• Timelines: Seamless handoff from creative to production with no delays; on-time delivery of allmaterials
• Workflow Efficiency: Minimal rework due to poor handoffs; strong alignment between Traffic Manager and Production.
• Cost Efficiency & Wastage: Reduction in material waste and improved productionefficiencies
• Quality & Accuracy: All outputs meet brand and technical standards.
• Distribution Accuracy: Correct materials delivered to correct locations and formats
• Team leadership & operational performance: High productivity, operational discipline, workload management, and efficiency across production sub-teams.

SpecialConditionsofEmployment

SouthAfricancitizen

MIE,clearcriminalandcredit

Driver’slicenseand/orownreliabletransport

Remunerationandbenefits:

Marketrelatedsalary

Medicalaid

Providentfund

Staffaccount

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