Join the Pulizzi Team

Essential Responsibilities:

• Prospect customers using the internet, social media, company lists and other methods to identify potential customers
• Contact potential customers via phone, emails and visits as appropriate, including cold calling
• Send company information or samples to customers and prospects as appropriate
• Maintain records of contact and response; follow up using the appropriate tool, currently Sales Force
• Serve as the primary contact for customers ensuring to track their orders, their needs and their frequency of orders
• Build relationships with customers, understanding their needs and communication style
• Visit or contact customers on a frequency necessary to serve their needs; following up on current or future orders
• Communicate with Customer Service to obtain quotes; when appropriate create quotes independently ensuring Customer Service is aware of the quote
• Strive to stay in the communication loop with the customer through the whole process; partnering with Customer Service to support them and stay involved
• Responsible for sales metrics, including sales quotas, new customers, and customer retention among others

Other Responsibilities:

• Back up and support to Customer Service when needed
• Support to promotions position
• Attend weekly and periodic meetings as necessary

Supervisory Responsibility:

• None

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED required
• Sales experience preferred
• Use of computers including typical office programs and data bases; proficiency in Excel highly important
• Basic math skills essential
• Ability to accurately measure and read a ruler
• Valid PA driver’s license and use of a reliable vehicle/transportation

Competencies:

• Self-motivated and driven to succeed
• Passion to help customers and ensure their success; going above and beyond for them
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional listening skills
• Confidence; ability to take rejection
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• High level of attention to detail, tracking, following up, and anticipating needs
• Work at a fast pace and be able to multitask working on multiple jobs at once
• Problem solving and troubleshooting

Working Conditions:

• Ability to work in various environments within the day; meeting customers where they require. This may be indoors or outside and may require specific attire or PPE
• Must be able to drive to customer locations
• Face-paced environment
• Standing, Sitting and walking all day
• May need to wear PPE when customers require
• Advised to wear closed toed shoes

Mental and Physical Requirements:

• Communicate verbally and in writing
• Ability to assess and communicate moderately complex information
• Ability to work in a high-stress environment, balancing multiple responsibilities
• Driving more than 50% of the typical workday, occasionally out of state
• Periodically lifting 35-50 lbs.
• Be able to move at a fast pace
• Standing, bending, stooping, reaching, lifting during full shift
• Be able to see all colors of the spectrum

Tools

• Rewind chart
• Ruler
• Samples
• Business cards
• Sales folders
• LBP giveaway items
• PMS book
• Pens/pencil and notebook
• Cell phone

Essential Responsibilities:
• Take customer orders assigned and read each order thoroughly
• Set up machine according to the specifications of the order
• Measure label sizes to set up counter settings and core sizes appropriately
• Run a quality check of each job prior to running a full job. Obtain assistance or approval as needed prior to running the full job
• Process the full run of labels according to the customer’s specifications
• Print address label and core labels
• Determine packaging size and quantity if not already provided in the job information
• Package product according to requirements
• Process the inventory according to procedure; larger jobs may need to be placed on skids.
• Complete daily job to job press sheet to track each job

Other Responsibilities:
• Restock the box rack
• Clean and maintain work area, including removing trash
• Clean machines
• Pull inventory as needed
• Assist others during any downtime
• Attend weekly and periodic meetings as necessary

Supervisory Responsibility:
• None

Qualifications:
• Printing experience a plus
• Basic math skills
• Ability to read a ruler
• Basic computer skills

Competencies:
• High level of attention to detail
• Ability to stay on task and focus on the task at hand
• Self-starter and able to work independently
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to learn and assist with other tasks
• Work at a fast pace and be able to multitask working on multiple jobs at once
• Problem solving and troubleshooting

Working Conditions:
• Standing and walking constantly
• Lift up to 50 lbs. multiple times a day
• Indoor, climate controlled
• Moderate noise level
• May wear PPE
• Wear close-toed shoes

Mental and Physical Requirements:
• Communicate verbally and in writing
• Focus on each job details
• Maintain a high level of production
• Standing, bending, stooping, reaching, lifting during full shift
• Be able to see all colors of the spectrum

Essential Responsibilities:
• Set up, maintain and organize the daily schedule of inks and materials based on the jobs of the day; organizing them by the types of raw materials used in order to be most efficient.
• Use the job folder which contains all specifications and manually set up the printing press to run the job accordingly
• Place appropriate roll stock on the press, handle dies and print cylinders as needed
• Run a sample print prior to running a full job; measure and quality check each job based on specifications set by the customer
• Communicate with the Production Manager for final approval prior to running the full job
• Run and finish the full job and give file to the Lead Counter. Communicate with the lead counter any parameters of each job
• Complete daily job-to-job press sheet to track each job
• Keep records of finish product samples for matching to repeat jobs in the future from each customer
• Follow required maintenance schedule that is to be completed each day. Complete maintenance as appropriate; communicating to the appropriate technician if higher levels of maintenance are required

Other Responsibilities:
• Attend weekly and periodic meetings as necessary
• Write pull tags for each job if the Production Manager is not available; or if asked to do it
• Order parts through the digital provider for the machine as needed to maintain the maintenance schedule or to address machine downtime
• Daily cleaning and housekeeping of work area

Supervisory Responsibility:
• None

Qualifications:
• Hands on training in-house
• Experience commercial printing a plus
• Competency in use of computer systems; aptitude for being trained on in-house computer systems
• Basic math skills essential
• Ability to accurately measure and read a ruler

Competencies:
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• High level of attention to detail
• Work at a fast pace and be able to multitask working on multiple jobs at once
• Problem solving and troubleshooting

Working Conditions:
• Standing and walking constantly
• Lift up to 50 lbs. multiple times a day
• Indoor, climate controlled
• Moderate noise level
• May wear PPE
• Wear closed toed shoes

Mental and Physical Requirements:
• Communicate verbally and in writing
• Focus on each job details
• Maintain a high level of production
• Standing, bending, stooping, reaching, lifting during full shift
• Be able to see all colors of the spectrum
• Attend weekly and periodic meetings as necessary
• Write pull tags for each job if the Production Manager is not available; or if asked to do it
• Order parts through the digital provider for the machine as needed to maintain the maintenance schedule or to address machine downtime
• Daily cleaning and housekeeping of work area

Supervisory Responsibility:
• None

Qualifications:
• Hands on training in-house
• Experience commercial printing a plus
• Competency in use of computer systems; aptitude for being trained on in-house computer systems
• Basic math skills essential
• Ability to accurately measure and read a ruler

Competencies:
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• High level of attention to detail
• Work at a fast pace and be able to multitask working on multiple jobs at once
• Problem solving and troubleshooting

Working Conditions:
• Standing and walking constantly
• Lift up to 50 lbs. multiple times a day
• Indoor, climate controlled
• Moderate noise level
• May wear PPE
• Wear closed toed shoes

Mental and Physical Requirements:
• Communicate verbally and in writing
• Focus on each job details
• Maintain a high level of production
• Standing, bending, stooping, reaching, lifting during full shift
• Be able to see all colors of the spectrum

Essential Responsibilities:
Production

• Works with production manager to determine best run schedules
• Details stock needs and creates pull tags for material needs
• If applicable if stock is not available, makes alternative arrangements to keep the production schedule full and notify Sr. management of material needs
• Communicates with warehouse for raw material needs
• Assigns jobs to press operator according to production needs
• Keeps track of the schedule and manages the schedule to meet production deadlines throughout the day
• Assists in press setup if needed
• Provides quality checks prior to a full job running
• Answers questions and helps to troubleshoot for in-process issues
• Involves production manager if problems cannot be resolved on the floor
• Assigns jobs to counters if necessary
• Assigns orders to shipping or inventory as needed (i.e. blanket orders)
• Must know how to run all equipment on the floor and be cross trained in all positions to step in to any gap or opening.

Management

• Interview candidates as part of the hiring process
• Assigns trainer for employees on their team
• Evaluates and documents performance, addressing both positive items and concerns
• Conducts periodic employee performance discussions and updates
• Attends weekly (Monday morning) briefings
• Attend and be prepared for manager meetings as scheduled
• Approves time off requests for their team
• Requests overtime approvals and assigns approved overtime
• Looks for and identifying process improvements in their area of responsibility

Other Responsibilities:

• Fill in where help is needed due to workload or staffing

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Production Team

Qualifications:

• HS diploma or GED required
• Degree in business or manufacturing preferred, or at least 8 years of experience in a production environment
• Prior printer experience, flexographic printing experience preferred
• Prior supervisory experience preferred
• Basic math skills required
• Fork truck certification preferred

Competencies:

• Strong work ethic
• Mechanical aptitude
• Effective delegation
• Computer skills – basic email and software programs,
• Teamwork, collaboration, and works well with others
• Be trainable
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to read a ruler and use measurement tools
• Ability to become certified to operation a fork truck if not already certified

Working Conditions:

• Noisy environment
• Minor exposure to chemicals
• Use of PPE including steel toed shoes, hard hats, harnesses and other as appropriate

Mental and Physical Requirements:

• Able to see all colors of spectrum
• Ability to be exposes to flashing lights/strobes
• Standing all day, walking
• Lift 40 lbs. over head
• Lifting and stacking if needed