Production Supervisor – Ali Bin Ali

Job Description:

Production Supervisor

Ali Bin Ali Printing Press LLC

Doha, Qatar

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s/University Degree in any business related course or Printing Technology
• Minimum of 10 years working experience in the field of diverse printing industry plus minimum 3 years in a supervisorial capacity
• Must have technical skills in prepress, press, post press and graphics
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written in English and Arabic
• Knowledge in printing cost estimation
• Must possessed strong managerial and leadership skills
• Computer Literate (basic MS Office Applications)
• Customer Service Oriented and Public Relation expert

Roles and Responsibilities:

This role as head of the team is to ensure the smooth running of production process involving in planning, coordination and control.  Guards production techniques and follows accordingly to meet client with utmost satisfaction. The Production Supervisor will be responsible in achieving short to medium term objectives set by the departmental and divisional level

• This role works in a fast paced and stressful situation interfacing the entire Production team, Sales team, Art & Studio Team and Administrative Support team.
• Physically and mentally demanding on site atmosphere, this job provides overall production update to the General Manager on regular basis
• Circumstantially meets important clients to resolve printing imperfections
• External service providers to settle issues in the Production areas
• Decides on the performance rates of production personnel within specifically defined guidelines and recommendation
• Reports complex issues to the General Manager such as personnel misconduct and other issues affecting daily routines, such as machines malfunctions, work output imperfection, staff resignation and other operational issues causing the delay
• Oversee production process and draws up production schedule and adjust when necessary
• Ensures production is cost effective
• Works out the human and material resources
• Liaises among different department heads
• Reviews performance of subordinates
• Implementing company’s policies and goals
• Ensures health and safety guidelines in the production are followed
• Facilitates on site visit of equipment supplier’s engineers and technicians
• Monitors and supervises external service provider to ensure service completion
• Conducts regular meetings with production team to evaluate performance and to create team building
• Coaches and mentors Production staff when required
• Conducts training and motivates staff to grow other than their line of expertise
• Ensures that new recruits are properly oriented
• Leads, Supervises and motivates teamwork
• Conducts study and analyses production flow process to maximize production at the minimum lead time
• Analyses staff behaviors in order to make them more productive
• Analyses production planning and control and engineer new techniques to improve production output
• Study existing market and or printing sample and checks possibility of adapting the same technique and refer to higher level for approval
• Identifies need of the market and conducts research for any new printing technology
• Provides recommendation for any new information acquired from outside that can be useful in improving the production
• Acquires formal studies and training related and beneficial to work
• Supervises, trains and evaluates production line workers
• Facilitates the training of line workers in the use of all equipment
• Assists the line workers as to printing orders according to the job specifications
• Determines resources and materials required for each job and process
• Co-ordinates work schedule to ensure timely and effective completion within the department
• Performs minor maintenance and repair of equipment used
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with other line supervisors and line workers to obtain proper coordination
• Responsible in prioritizing, planning, directing, and controlling entire production operation.
• Follows safety standards when working with machineries and noxious materials and ensures that line worker is properly trained in all safety and environmental areas
• Understanding the scope of the job and ensures delegation of duties in right channel

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