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Production Controller

Salary:

30-40k

Location:

North West

Location: North West

Salary: £33K – £37K

 

The Company:  My Client is a B2 and Digital printing company based in the North West who are currently turning over 3 million and employ 32 people. The company has been a successful business for many years and understands frustrations people can have across the floor with production and support. This is why they take pride in providing a smooth production line, by recruiting skilled people who can ensure their quality is up there against competition.

 

The Role:

  • Convert confirmed orders into practical production plans with the correct route, sequence, capacity, materials, outwork and delivery milestones.
  • Maintain a realistic schedule across pre-press, printing, finishing and despatch, resolving clashes and escalating capacity risks early.
  • Monitor live jobs, identify slippage or constraints and coordinate recovery actions while protecting quality, customer commitments and margin.
  • Review estimates, job specifications, selling prices and expected margins before release; challenge missing, inconsistent or commercially weak information.
  • Use Tharstern confidently for estimating and estimate review, job creation, production routes, purchasing, scheduling, job costing, WIP and management reporting.
  • Maintain accurate job statuses, dates, quantities, specifications, purchase orders and notes so that colleagues can rely on the system.
  • Control the efficient, profitable and on-time flow of print work from accepted order through production, despatch, job closure and invoicing readiness.
  • Protect commercial performance by ensuring production methods, costs, selling prices, materials, outwork and job data are accurate
  • Provide clear, reliable information to Sales, Client Services, Production, and senior management so that commitments are realistic and decisions are commercially sound.

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Contact Sue Kirkman:

Sue Kirkman

Senior Consultant - Print/B1/B2/Digital/Large Format/Print Management/Labels/Signage/Packaging/BMS
07980 88 44 14

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