Label Printing Production Supervisor

Label Aid•Huron, OH

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Label Aid is seeking an experienced Label Printing Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day production across its digital printing, flexographic printing, finishing, and rewind departments. This is a hands-on supervisory role responsible for production operations, quality standards, and supporting employees on the production floor. The supervisor assigns operators and equipment, sets job priorities, keeps work moving between departments, supports operators at presses and finishing stations, and ensures quality and delivery expectations are met. Quality is a core part of the position. The supervisor carries out and oversees press checks and in-process inspections, and ensures QC personnel perform accurate, timely, and thorough checks. The role also provides hands-on technical support and may step in to operate presses, finishing lines, or rewind equipment when needed. The successful candidate maintains a strong presence on the production floor, keeps jobs moving, ensures quality standards are met, and provides employees with direction and support. Label Aid is a family-owned manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels, tags, and tape based in Huron, Ohio, serving customers across consumer, industrial, chemical, automotive, and other markets.

Requirements

Hands-on experience with digital printing, flexographic printing, and/or finishing and rewind equipment; preferably in pressure-sensitive labels, flexible packaging, narrow-web printing, or a related production environment.
Some previous experience supervising or managing production in a manufacturing environment, such as as a shift supervisor, team lead, or production manager, is strongly preferred.
Strong understanding of print production, print-quality standards, color management, and calibration.
Working knowledge of print-production quality-control practices, including press checks, first-piece approval, and in-process inspection, and ability to verify work against approved artwork and job specifications.
Experience troubleshooting print defects, equipment problems, and recurring production issues.
Familiarity with label materials, substrates, coatings, laminates, adhesives, and converting processes such as die cutting, varnishing, slitting, rewinding, embossing, and hot foil stamping.
Strong mechanical aptitude and technical problem-solving ability.
Comfort working with production measures such as waste, spoilage, setup time, downtime, and throughput.
Ability to organize people, equipment, and priorities across multiple production areas in a fast-paced environment.
Strong attention to detail and ability to enforce quality standards and address misses directly and constructively.
Strong communication and coaching skills, with the ability to set expectations and hold employees accountable.

Nice To Haves

Experience with toner-based digital printing platforms such as Xeikon or HP.
Experience with UV inkjet platforms such as Domino or Durst.
Experience with narrow-web flexographic presses.
Experience with digital finishing systems such as ABG Digicon.
Previous production-supervision or production-management experience in manufacturing is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead daily production across digital printing, flexographic printing, finishing, and rewind, including equipment assignments, job priorities, and workflow.
Monitor production to ensure quality, productivity, and delivery expectations are met.
Take accountability for print quality and investigate defects, reruns, spoilage, customer complaints, and recurring production problems to identify root causes and corrective actions.
Monitor waste, spoilage, setup time, downtime, press speeds, throughput, and equipment utilization to identify problems and keep production on target.
Provide hands-on technical support for digital and flexographic presses and finishing and rewind equipment, including setup, operation, calibration, color management, and troubleshooting.
Ensure presses, finishing equipment, and rewinders are maintained, calibrated, and production-ready; coordinate preventive maintenance as needed.
Train, coach, cross-train, and develop operators across production areas; set expectations and hold employees accountable for quality, productivity, attendance, safety, and established procedures.
Carry out and oversee press checks, first-piece approvals, and in-process inspections, confirming print quality, color, registration, copy accuracy, barcodes, variable data, die cutting, and finishing against approved artwork and job specifications.
Spot-check QC personnel’s work, coach them on inspection procedures, and follow up on missed or incomplete checks.
Stop production or hold shipment when product does not meet approved specifications or quality requirements, and promptly escalate issues to Management.
Maintain accurate and complete quality and production records, including inspection logs, first-piece approvals, and documentation of reruns, spoilage, and nonconforming product.
Work with Prepress, Scheduling, Quality, Shipping, Customer Service, and the Production Manager to resolve issues and keep jobs moving through production.