Color Lab Supervisor

Silgan Dispensing•Slatersville, RI

About The Position

The Color Lab Supervisor manages the color manufacture department, overseeing color matching, scheduling, and color concentrate production. The role supervises Color Lab personnel, maintains safe working conditions, manages the department budget and inventory, and ensures equipment and machinery are maintained. It also supports production, Sales, Engineering, Product Stewardship, vendors, and corporate sourcing on colorant, material, quality, and compliance matters. The position may perform other duties according to skill and availability when work in the primary classification is not available.

Requirements

Associate degree or equivalent experience.
Experience managing production schedules, deadlines, shipment dates, and quantities.
Ability to perform the listed duties proficiently.
2–5 years of color matching process or formulation experience preferred.
Prior supervisory experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

2–5 years of color matching process or formulation experience.
Prior supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

Manage the color matching process, including formulating and matching customer targets for the Sales department.
Approve or adjust color concentrates before submission to molding, ensuring additives are correctly proportioned and resins meet Silgan Dispensing standards.
Manufacture production and customer color chips using plastic injection molding methods.
Review molding schedules for changes to deadlines, shipment dates, and quantities, and schedule production so the Molding department receives colorant on time.
Order pigments, supplies, and machine-repair parts.
Assign work to Color Lab personnel using a team format and handle discipline, vacation requests, absenteeism, and related personnel issues.
Maintain safe working conditions in the Color Lab and conduct department meetings on safety, quality, and finance.
Maintain adequate inventory of pigments, additives, and related supplies; keep perpetual inventory records and balance obsolescence against productivity.
Ensure equipment and machinery are maintained in good working order and manage the department budget.
Conduct annual hourly employee performance reviews.
Manage recycling of barrel inventory and ground material, including assessing material remaining from prior runs for reuse or scrap.
Work with Product Stewardship to ensure ingredients comply with government packaging regulations, including FDA requirements, and maintain compliance letters and colorant and resin specification sheets.
Attend meetings, including the daily production meeting.
Provide technical support to Sales and Engineering regarding materials, additives, and colorants.
Inspect, test, and verify incoming materials; schedule raw-material deliveries and oversee colorant quality control.
Maintain records of Color Lab activity, including extrusion, henscheling, dye weighing, colorant formulas, grinding, unit submissions, and color checks.
Meet with vendors and corporate sourcing to discuss pricing, new products, and material-related problems and solutions.
Ensure budgetary and corporate objectives are met.
Perform other job-related duties as requested by the supervisor and according to skill and availability.