Print Specialist

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The main focus of this role is to ensure the package received from the EMEA Central Graphics team, which contains the customer approved material is compiled to the complete package which is useable by the Deco Team to ensure a Formula One label change, a smooth production at full plant efficiency, minimised spoilage & at the highest printing standard.

In case of local plate making, this role is in charge of the local platemaker (graphics technician) and the supervision of that process.

The Plant Print Specialist takes the lead in every new design project for the local plant and steers all the deco team at the time of label change to a new design, ensuring every member of the team understands their responsibilities in the process. The print specialist is in charge of signing off every new design for the local plant at the highest Print Quality standard.

He / she operates in accordance to European Quality Procedures (EQP) 24 & 81

Key responsibilities

• Govern the quality of print packages in plants, making sure all parties are aware of the requirements and are happy with the content every time, for every design
• Receiving customer approved design packages from Central Graphics, understanding the requirements from the customer and executing on them
• By applying their expert knowledge of their production location, converting the supplied material into a complete package for the deco team, allowing the plant to produce a can which meets customer expectation
• Liaise with the local ink supplier on site, to ensure that the supplied formulation of ink can be used in production or has to be reformulated on site for optimal production experience. Continuously seeking improvements on quality, usage and efficiency meeting the agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Monitors & drives ODM reduction programs at plant level
• Leads the Deco teams during the first production run of every new design for the plant and final responsible for the sign off of the production, creating the Ball Global Master Standard for the design
• Trouble shoot printing issues, come up with solutions and where necessary escape to the Regional Print Specialists to find the most pragmatic resolution for a future production run
• Leads the local RCA in case of Graphics related print defects
• Manage customer on site visits to sign off on production, arrange for the pre-meeting ensuring the customer is aware of the procedure during label sign off optimising label change time, creation of HFI and spoilage.
• Make educated decisions during a production run on the route to follow when the team runs into an issue that cannot be resolved by the Backend team leader or printer operator
• In charge of arranging efficient pre-production design meetings for new designs for the plant with the relevant stakeholders in the team responsible for the label change and design set up on the decorator
• Organize review meetings in case of issues during a label change, involving the relevant team members to analyse, learn and improve
• Understand the production requirements for the plant using Balls data management systems: SAP, eSMArt & SFOL and adequately respond to these tools, to ensure the package preparation is completed within the agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA)
• Key contact for Customer Fulfilment & Production Planning (IBP) to establish the optimized production plan, but also where necessary the possibility to deviate from the SLA
• Use of eSMArt system to ensure all new designs for the plant are prepared in the system and the provided information is understood
• In charge of obtaining Design Master Standards (DMS) that follow the provided target. Maintaining its data using the eSMArt system and distributing potential Ball Master Standards to Ball G&D for approval
• Preparation of packages for all production lines in the plant for the next 24 hours, ensuring all elements are included
• Accountable for the platemaker (Graphics technician) on site in the plant, ensuring all duties are carried out according to the EMEA SOP ensuring the highest quality input standard.
• In charge of maintaining all DMS in a safe place. Main internal contact for plant QC in case of question / complaints on quality relating to print & color
• On production of existing labels for the plant, the Print Specialist is not responsible for the quality of the subsequ