Job Description

While below is a brief outline of the General Job Description of this position to give you a starting point. Please feel free to customize it based on the requirements of your organizations and the industry. Please define the functions this position is expected to perform on regular basis on the job.

•   Ability to create prepress department
•   Defining prepress standards and developing systems and processes to maintain the standards
•   Developing operational mapping for inter-department synergies
•   Build capabilities and efficiencies through Skill Development of the prepress team
•   Planning, Creating & implementing all Prepress Operational activities
•   Developing and Maintaining relationships with companies’ external vendors (plate makers and cylinder engraver, prepress software and system suppliers, etc)
•   Introducing strong colour management standards in the company and advising on latest state-of the art technologies in the Gravure, Offset and Flexo print processes to ensure high quality output.
•   Integrating processes and work ways with external vendors
•   Creating and implementing strategies in order to increase RFT to meet the client SLA.
•   Contribution to continuous process improvements
•   Analysis of External and Internal Rejections and taking corrective and preventive action for Internal and External Rejections
•   Work very closely with factories on complete process from Plate / Cylinder making to Packaging Print
•   Aligning with the operational practices in the factory and providing improvement standards to achieve high quality consistent output
•   Trouble shooting and hand holding factories to achieve the desire results
•   Conducting periodic Press Audits at the factories to ensure machine profiling and calibrations are maintained.
•   Responsible for the Quality of final output of the Printed Artwork at the factories end
•   Actively participate in On-boarding of New clients
•   Provide Print and Technical Management advice to the clients

Desired Skill & Experience

Below are generally highlighted skills and qualification criteria for an ideal candidate. Please feel free to customize them based on the requirements of your organizations and the industry.

•   15+ years of experience in Packaging Prepress
•   Knowledge on Flexo, Offset and Gravure print processes and production environment
•   Should have an excellent Color management knowledge and skills
•   Should have hands on experience on application like Adobe “Illustrator and Photoshop”, Esko, GMG and other packaging high end software / systems.
•   Should be good in communication skills and in position to interact externally and internally
•   Should have managed a team as head of prepress
•   Should have experience in training and development program in the field of Prepress
•   Should have conducted Printer Audit which include qualitative and determining Printing Press Profile (Finger Printing)
•   Should be conversant with latest trend and technologies in Packaging and Prepress Printing.
•   Should have undertaken assignment for Printer development and also has conducted press approval.
•   Should have excellent Project Management skills

About the Company

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