On Behalf of our client, Manpower Malta is seeking to recruit a Prepress Manager who will lead and manage the core prepress functions of Platemaking and Inkmill, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and efficient production aligned with organisational strategy and security printing requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Support leadership in delivering strategy for security features and polymer-related propositions.
Provide subject matter expertise to guide operational decision making and annual planning.
Maintain strong governance, operational discipline, and compliance with relevant standards.
Ensure prepress operational plans are met in terms of quality, output, and timelines.
Oversee cost modelling, inventory forecasting, and consumables management.
Strengthen collaboration between site teams and central technical functions.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives including Lean, 5S, and SSQCDP.
Support central planning by supplying required prepress materials to other sites/customers.
Lead succession planning, training, and team development.
Implement flexible labour models and align resources with medium/long-term production needs.
Improve job variance capture, estimation accuracy, and SOP/FMEA/control plan updates.
Identify new technologies and prepare competitive proposals for equipment procurement.
Benchmark processes against other sites and key suppliers to maintain best-in-class standards.
Qualifications & Skills
Bachelors degree in a science-related field (or equivalent).
Strong analytical and technical aptitude with high attention to detail.
Experience in people management and continuous improvement (Lean).
Quality assurance awareness and problem-solving capability.
Experience in security printing or production planning is an asset.
Excellent technical reporting and presentation skills.
Working Hours: Day Shift (07:00-15:30)
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