Shift Supervisor

Our client, is the leading flexible packaging company in Manitoba. This vibrant, progressive organization has experienced solid growth over the past few years by offering the marketplace high quality products, competitive pricing, and excellent service. The cornerstone of the organization’s success is due to their strong, daily focus on customer satisfaction.

The Shift Supervisor will perform the following duties:

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate workflow, develops strategies and oversees all production activities in the plant
• Employee safety and security in the plant is a priority.
• Responsible for the effective and efficient planning and scheduling of personnel and equipment to reduce bottlenecks and problems.
• Directly supervise, support and motivate plant staff
• Coordinate and manage all inventory supplies to ensure minimum waste and spoilage.
• Monitor quality, accuracy and timeliness of all job orders to meet customers’ expectations.
• Adhere to production control records, delivery dates, and schedules,
• Report operation issues to management.
• Attend daily production meetings.
• Assist in the development, growth, and mentoring of employees.
• Maintain and support the highest standard of personal, professional and ethical conduct.
• Contribute to the cohesion and productivity of the Company by forming cooperative and constructive working relationships with all staff.

Required Qualifications:
• Three or more years of solid printing industry experience including exposure to prepress, press, packaging applications would be an asset.
• Two or more years of supervisory experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office Suite including outlook, Word, Excel.
• Knowledge of all facets of print production including prepress, press, copy and data centers, post press functions and manufacturing systems, and quality control.
• Knowledge of IT technology and process implementation.
• Experience working on project teams defining business workflow and its integration with a print management information system as it pertains to packaging for consumable products.
• Familiarity with printing enterprise applications such as front end customer relationship management, plant facing manufacturing management systems as well as distribution applications.
• Working experience utilizing reporting tools such as Globetek.
• Knowledge of business management principles in a non union environment.
• Knowledge of printing equipment and tools including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance.

If you would like more information about this position, please contact Gail Eckert, Senior Consultant, Management Search at (204)934-8828 if you believe you can make a strong contribution to this organization in the role of Shift Manager; please submit your resume in confidence to: gail@legacybowes.com.