Digital Press Supervisor (Labels & Packaging) 21st Century Healthcare - 3.1 Tempe, AZ Job Details Full-time $70,000 - $80,000 a year 1 hour ago Benefits Health savings account Health insurance Dental insurance 401(k) Paid time off Vision insurance 401(k) matching Life insurance Qualifications Computer operation Machine setup Manufacturing management Digital printing Equipment setup (production tasks) Equipment troubleshooting Printer (troubleshooting support) Manufacturing facility experience Team development Schedule management Technical troubleshooting support Production documentation Quality control records management Mechanical troubleshooting Production troubleshooting Full Job Description Company Overview 21st Century Healthcare is a leading international manufacturer of dietary supplements, dedicated to creating innovative and affordable health solutions for families worldwide. Committed to fostering a supportive environment, we prioritize employee growth, learning, and success as we continue to expand our impact over the next decades. Job Summary Supervise and support HP Indigo 6K+ digital press operations for high-quality label and packaging production for vitamin, supplement, and consumer health products. This hands-on leadership role is accountable for press performance, print accuracy, color consistency, equipment uptime, production documentation, team development, and safe manufacturing practices.
Essential Functions:
Supervise daily HP Indigo 6K+ press operations and assigned personnel to achieve production schedules, quality standards, uptime, waste, and on-time delivery targets. Provide hands-on technical leadership for press setup, operation, changeovers, color management, substrate handling, and production of pressure-sensitive labels, packaging components, and related print materials. Assign and prioritize work based on production schedules, staffing, job readiness, equipment capacity, and downstream finishing requirements. Train, coach, and develop press operators on HP Indigo procedures, job setup, color and quality standards, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, GMP, safety, and site SOPs. Monitor print quality and process performance, including registration, density, color consistency, image defects, variable data accuracy, barcode/QR readability, label copy accuracy, spoilage, and rework. Oversee daily start-up, shutdown, cleaning, preventive maintenance, and operator maintenance activities in accordance with HP Indigo requirements and site SOPs. Use HP Indigo press controls, color-management, automation, workflow, and diagnostic tools—including Spot Master and PrintOS—to improve uptime, quality, repeatability, and operator effectiveness. Coordinate with prepress to ensure files are production-ready, color-managed, imposed correctly, and aligned with approved artwork and labeling requirements before release to production. Partner with finishing, quality, maintenance, and production planning teams to resolve production constraints, coordinate priorities, and support on-time delivery. Monitor consumables and press materials, including ElectroInks, blankets, PIPs, imaging oil, substrates, primers, and related supplies; communicate replenishment needs and support inventory control. Review production records, spoilage, material usage, maintenance activity, quality checks, downtime, and corrective actions for accuracy and completeness. Ensure the print area remains clean, organized, audit-ready, and compliant with company safety, quality, GMP, housekeeping, and controlled-production requirements. Drive continuous improvement in press uptime, changeover efficiency, waste reduction, first-pass quality, standard work, and overall department performance. Monitor employee performance, provide day-to-day feedback and coaching, support attendance and staffing requirements, and participate in performance management in accordance with company practices. Lead troubleshooting of press, color, substrate, workflow, and equipment issues; coordinate escalation to maintenance, HP service, quality, or management as appropriate.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Strong understanding of HP Indigo digital print production, color management, substrate handling, job setup, quality control, production documentation, and press performance metrics. Ability to read and follow job tickets, SOPs, production schedules, quality specifications, and safety procedures. Comfortable using computer-based press interfaces, production software, and basic Microsoft Office or equivalent business tools. Mechanical aptitude with the ability to perform routine maintenance, identify abnormal press conditions, and support troubleshooting. Strong attention to detail, especially for color, copy, lot/version control, label accuracy, and repeatability. Demonstrated leadership ability to assign work, prioritize competing jobs, coach employees, communicate expectations clearly, and collaborate across departments.
Education and Experience:
Minimum 4 years of digital printing/press experience, including job setup, print quality control, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and production documentation. Hands-on experience with HP Indigo or comparable digital printing equipment strongly preferred; HP Indigo 6K/6K+/WS6800/WS6900/8000 experience is a plus. Experience in pressure-sensitive labels, narrow-web printing, packaging, or related print production preferred. Prior lead, supervisory, or demonstrated team-lead experience in a printing, packaging, or manufacturing environment preferred. Experience with ElectroInk, Spot Master, PrintOS, or comparable digital print/color-management workflows preferred. G7 or other color-management training/knowledge is a plus. Experience in nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, food, beverage, or another regulated manufacturing environment is a plus.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
Requires adherence to company safety, quality, cleanliness, documentation, and controlled-production procedures. Ability to stand, walk, lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds. Visual acuity required for color evaluation, defect detection, registration checks, and label quality review. Manual dexterity required for press adjustments, substrate handling, maintenance tasks, and consumable changes. Ability to bend, reach, climb steps/platforms, and work around production equipment safely. The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
Pay:
$70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Vision insurance
