Director of Print Operations - L2 Brands

L2 Brands is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-quality, custom-logo apparel, headwear and home décor serving the large and growing Collegiate, Resort/Destination, Golf and Corporate markets. For over 30 years, L2 Brands, through its League, Legacy, Ouray and Locale lifestyle brands, has created premium customized products that connect consumers with the schools, traditions, destinations and workplaces they identify with and love.

L2 Brands is deeply committed to our tight-knit, open door culture. We demonstrate this by placing creativity at the heart of everything we do, designing trend-right products, encouraging input from all levels of associates, pitching in to help others when needed and taking care of our people with great benefits. Our office motto is “Work Hard and Be Nice”, and behind that credo are L2’s Core Values of putting our customers’ satisfaction at the heart of our daily life, innovating new products and processes to win, requiring a teamwork mentality and accountability, and making a difference in both our local community as well as our factories by doing things the right way.

Summary: The Director of Print Operations is charged with the profitability, on-time delivery and quality of L2 Brands’ domestic printed products. This includes training, supervising and coordinating staff and activities for high output and cost efficiency. This position is also uniquely responsible for implementation of Lean techniques and culture, L2 brand standards, and management of production staff and processes to ensure that strategic goals are being met in the spirit of the Company’s Core Values.

Job Level Expectations:

1. Empowerment to act and establish vision with staff and suppliers, including significant leeway to exert judgement, take risks, adjust plans "on-the-go" as needed and take initiative to advance department into uncharted territory;
2. Develop and implement plans for improvement, advancement and innovation to meet departmental/company objectives today, while positioning the department to deliver results in the future;
3. Responsible for recruiting, developing, succession planning, cross-training and adapting the department's staff to ensure human capital is properly in place;
4. Promote effective communication across all levels of the organization, as well as assessing the level of impact the department is having on customers and the entire organization;
5. Identify risks, trends, best practices, industry standards and external factors that impact the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Production Management

1. Lead and develop overall production resources, Lean processes, personnel, and production floor culture to maximize capacities/efficiency, on-time delivery and profitability goals.
2. Develop, manage and set the cultural tone for managers, supervisors and team leaders, who maintain day-to-day responsibility for order fulfilment workflow, output, and quality of their departments.
3. Plan and organize production goals, resources, and staffing on a daily, weekly and monthly basis with direct reports and COO.
4. Establish standards of productivity for employees and throughput rates and monitor/evaluate their performance in conjunction with Print Manager and Supervisors.
5. In conjunction with SVP – Continuous Improvement, analyze and implement solutions to reduce defects and scrap.
6. Assist COO & SVP – Continuous Improvement with longer term capacity planning, strategy and execution, measure through development of appropriate metrics needed to track results and identify improvement areas and corrective action needed; report same to Senior Management Team.

Production Development

1. Assist the Product Development team in researching and developing new product & decoration concepts, time studies, and costs.
2. As member of Decoration Committee, research new equipment and decoration processes that drive competitive advantage and sustainable profitability of L2’s product offering.

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

1. High School Diploma, at a minimum, Postsecondary education a plus.
2. Experience as a Manager/Supervisor for at least 7+ years.
3. Working knowledge of all tasks, duties & responsibilities related to screen print, DTG (direct to garment printing), sublimation & digital heat transfer printing.
4. Understand all processes, equipment and procedures in the area.
5. Knowledge of all health/safety, quality and productivity standards in the area.
6. Leadership, analytical skills & problem solving.
7. Knowledge of company policies, rules and regulations.
8. Understand principles of Lean Manufacturing.

Travel:

This position requires minimal travel to printing or decorating shows or exhibits & possibly to El Salvador to visit League Central America manufacturing facility.