SGS & Co is a global brand impact group delivering speed and quality through innovation and insights to drive impact for our world class clients. We combine deep expertise in design, graphic services, production, technology, and process optimization with unmatched marketplace understanding, dynamic ideas, and client first customer service. We bring the world’s best brands to life and set them up for success in a modern world.
We are currently seeking an Colour and Print Manager to join our team on a permanent basis. This is a hybrid working opportunity, with your onsite time most likely being spend at our primary UK location, based in Hull.
This role will see you focusing on print and plate analysis, and fingerprinting for flexo, offset, and gravure printers. Therefore, it goes without saying that you will a technically strong colour or print management professional, with the experience to back this up.
This role will see you play a key role in our Global Colour Team - and not only will you will have opportunity to support the ongoing centralisation of the team, and drive continuous improvement across all areas of our work, but you will also have the opportunity to flex your developing leadership muscles too, as you take on the day to day management of a small team of dedicated specialists. Not only that, but you will also have the opportunity to travel across the UK and Europe to supervise processes and lend your expertise onsite.
This is an outstanding opportunity to join a global organisation that is now the world's largest of its kind since becoming part of the Propelis Family of Brands. If you are ambitious, and looking to develop your leadership skills in the area of Colour and Print - there's nowhere better right now for you to do so than with us...
In this role you will:
Troubleshoot plate & print issues
Work directly with printers and end user accounts when print results are not as expected
Work with other Global Colour Team members to implement and drive standardization, centralization, and globalization across the business
Prepare training materials, and provide training to the internal team
Document SOP’s for new processes and corrective actions
Lead and support technical projects, and project teams
Represent the color team for customer on-boarding
You will have:
~7+ years’ experience in colour measurement or print management
~ The ability to evaluate fingerprint data
~ Solid understanding of measurement tools
~ Experience in prepress and flexo plate manufacturing (Gravure knowledge advantageous)
~ Experience in all aspects of colour and proofing
We will offer:
You will of course enjoy an excellent base salary. Other benefits of being a permanent employee of SGS&Co include:
~25 days holiday per annum + additional 'Me Day'
~ Flexible working during summer hours
~ Pension Scheme
~ Voluntary SGS Europe Group Healthcare Scheme
~ Life Assurance
~ Healthcare Digital GP Service
~ Holiday purchase scheme
~ Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme
~ City Bike Scheme (London only)
~ Employee referral program