John Synnott
Carrollton, TX *****
Cell 972-***-****
************@*****.***
Commercial Printing Professional
Highly skilled and well diverse printing professional who excels in many areas of the print process.
Specialties include management, pre-press, maintaining labor costs, and improving efficiency,
Process control.
Skills
Heat Set Pre-Press Management Production Supervisor
Open-Web Environment
Customer Service Production Planning
Professional Experience
Trend Offset Printing, Dallas, TX
Production Coordinator / Production Planner 5/07 – 2/09
• Review estimate and back up to Sales order. ( To verify funding / charges )
• Communicate with sales, adjust specs for maximum efficiency
• Verify utilization of production equipment ( Maximize press capabilities )
• Implement production planning
Night Plant Production Coordinator (Night Plant Manager) 1/07 – 5/07
• Oversee entire plant on second shift – Prepress, Press room, Bindery / Finishing
• 65 to 100 employees depending on production labor needed
• Direct department supervisors, Pre-press, Press room, Bindery and Shipping
• Maintain labor costs, adjust production schedule as needed
• Communicate to director of production revisions in schedule, manufacturing,
and shipping status
Prepress Department Manager 9/00 – 1/07
• Schedule and maintain 24/7 production coverage
• Communicate with customers for resolution of file submission errors
• Monitor progress of projects throughout pre-production cycle
• Track project through Pre-flight, proofing, correction cycles,
and coordinate with production.
Maintained ( 2 ) Plate processing lines, managed onsite back up
parts room, drive motors, circulations pumps, gear blocks, rollers
for emergency repairs
• Scheduling for printing production
• Reduced error remake from 9 % to 1.4 % for entire department
Customer Service Manager 8/99 – 9/00
• Directly manage 8 member service team
• Liaison between sales and customer service
• Compare production instructions to Sales order
• Ensure production dates accommodate end user requirements
• Address and resolve customer quality issues
Computer Skills
• Hagan
• Pro Graph
• Excel
• Word
• Outlook